Queen Victoria Street, London

Queen Victoria Street, named after the British monarch from 1837 to 1901 is a long street in the City of London which runs east by north from its junction with New Bridge Street in Castle Baynard Ward, along a section that divides those of Queenhithe and Bread Street , then lastly through the middle of Cordwainer until it reaches the Mansion House. The road was commissioned in 1861^[1]to streamline the approach to the central banking district, and provided for through the Metropolitan Improvement Act^[2]. Costing over £1,000,000, it remains a flagship street within the “Square Mile"^[3].

Notable buildings on this street

At the junction with New Bridge Street is Blackfriars station. The British and Foreign Bible Society was formerly located at 146 (1868 - 1985). A plaque on the Faraday building on the north side marks the previous site of Doctors' Commons. Also on the north side is

at 160 the Bank of New York Mellon and IDOX PLC, formerly the site of The Times offices
St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
the College of Arms
at 101 is the international headquarters of The Salvation Army
City of London School for Boys

At 135, on the south side is St Benet Paul's Wharf.

Baynard House is also located on Queen Victoria Street.

References

^ A Dictionary of London, Harben, H.A: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1922
^ "The Housing of the Working Classes in London" Porritt,E in Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Mar., 1895)
^ The City of London-a history Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0-09-461880-1