Bucklersbury is an area in the City of London, between Poultry and Walbrook which now consists of a single road of 150 feet, but which used to be considerably longer before the Great Fire of London. [1] [2]
Bucklersbury is an area in the City of London, between Poultry and Walbrook which now consists of a single road of 150 feet, but which used to be considerably longer before the Great Fire of London. [1] [2]
The history of Bucklersbury goes back to the Roman era, where it was within the fortified Londinium. A Roman mosaic dating from 200 to 250 CE was discovered near to Bucklersbury in 1869 and it was named the “Bucklersbury pavement” due to its location halfway between Bucklersbury and Poultry. [3] The London Mithraeum was uncovered at Bucklersbury house (Built in the 1950s, torm down in 2011) [4] on the neighbouring street of Walbrook. [5]
The first record of Bucklersbury was in 1275, in a deed from Thomas Bukerel, the area being named after the prominent family called the Bukerels/Bucherels. [6] In the 1400-1500s the area was a home for apothecaries and groceries, described as having sweet aromas and perfumes, even being mentioned by William Shakespeare in his comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor. [7] [8] [9] There was a tower in Bucklersbury called Servats tower, which was owned by Isabella of France as a great wardrobe complex, later it served as a home for Sir Thomas More in the 1500s. [8]
In 1997, Bucklersbury Passage was built on the site where the shops had been since Tudor times. [8]