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Magpie Lane in Oxford, once known as Gropecunt Lane. Gropecunt Lane (/ ˈ ɡ r oʊ p k ʌ n t /) was a street name found in English towns and cities during the Middle Ages, believed to be a reference to the prostitution centred on those areas; it was normal practice for a medieval street name to reflect the street's function or the economic activity taking place within it.
In Scotland, the term originated in royal burghs created in the twelfth century, the word deriving from the Old French word venelle meaning "alley" or "lane". Unlike a tenement entry to private property, known as a "close", a vennel was a public way leading from a typical high street to the open ground beyond the burgage plots. [1]
High Street was at the centre of Viking Dublin and Medieval Dublin (9th–13th centuries); Christ Church Cathedral is located immediately on its northeast end. It is south of the Viking settlement site at Wood Quay and east of Dublin Castle ; it was the main street in the medieval period.
In the late 12th century, the Merchants' Guild Hall was established on the street. The tailors also had their guildhall on Winetavern Street before moving to Tailors' Hall on Back Lane in 1583. In the 1370s the senior judge Nicholas de Meones (whose family gave their name to nearby Rathmines) is recorded as buying three houses on the Street.
Great New Street, Little New Street, Middle New Street, New Street Court, New Street Square – built in the mid-1600s, and named simply as they were then new [255] [186] Great St Helen's and St Helen's Place – after the adjacent St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate and former priory here of the same name [ 256 ] [ 257 ]
The path of the city walls c. 1714 Map of the Dublin City Walls by Leonard R. Strangways, 1904 Surviving piece of Dublin city walls near Cornmarket The walls and fortifications around Dublin were raised by the Ostmen in the 9th Century, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and the majority of the cities in Ireland remained subject to incursions by native clans until ...
Coldharbour House, Cold Harbour, Cold Harborough or Cold Inn was a medieval mansion house on the north bank of the River Thames just upstream from London Bridge and close to the site of today's Cannon Street station. The house was located in Upper Thames Street, a narrow riverside lane, along with other noblemen's mansions.
While buildings within the walled city reflect the city's medieval history, this part of the city is in many ways a normal, modern German town with some concession to the tourist trade. Many stores and hotels catering to tourists are clustered around the Town Hall Square and along several major streets (such as Herrngasse, Schmiedgasse).