Eastcheap, London

E63921

Eastcheap, London is a historic street in the City of London, famed in literature as the lively setting of Shakespeare’s Boar’s Head Tavern frequented by Falstaff and Prince Hal.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Eastcheap, London canonical 2
Bucklersbury 1
Cheapside 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic street
street
country United Kingdom
currentCharacter commercial street
currentUse offices
retail units
damagedIn Great Fire of London
fictionalAssociation Boar's Head Tavern
Prince Hal
Sir John Falstaff
governedBy City of London Corporation
hasNameEtymology derived from Old English "cheap" meaning market
hasNearbyLandmark All Hallows-by-the-Tower church
St Clement Eastcheap church
St Margaret Pattens church
The Monument
hasNearbyUndergroundStation Bank tube station
linked to: Bank station

Cannon Street station
Monument tube station
hasPostcode EC3
historicalFunction meat market
provision market
historicallyKnownFor alehouses
inns
taverns
historicalParish St Clement Eastcheap
St Leonard Eastcheap
inLiteraryTradition associated with boisterous low-life London culture
locatedIn City of London
England
Greater London
London
linked to: City of London
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory City of London Corporation
mentionedIn Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 2
mentionedInWorkBy William Shakespeare
near Cannon Street
Fish Street Hill
Gracechurch Street
King William Street
London Bridge
Monument to the Great Fire of London
partOf City of London financial district
linked to: City of London
roadClassification A1213
runsBetween Great Tower Street
Monument Street
settingFor scenes in Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Queen Victoria Street hasJunctionWith Bucklersbury
linked to: Eastcheap, London
City of London hasDistrict Cheapside
linked to: Eastcheap, London
Doll Tearsheet setting Eastcheap, London