Lothbury

Lothbury

Lothbury is a street in the City of London. It runs east-west, between Gresham Street to the west and Throgmorton Street to the east. The area was populated with coppersmiths in the Middle Ages before later becoming home to a number of merchants and bankers. The Bank of England is on the southern side of Lothbury, and some of Sir John Soane’s work dating from 1788 can be seen today. Opposite the Bank is the church of St Margaret Lothbury by Wren.

41 Lothbury is a particularly noteworthy office building, with its interior columns, marble walls and floor. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Great Northern & City Railway planned an underground railway station at Lothbury, but this was abandoned because of financial constraints. Today the nearest London Underground station is Bank a short way to the south.


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  • Lothbury —    West from Throgmorton Street, at No. 39, to 43 Coleman Street, on the north side of the Bank of England (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street and Coleman Street Wards.    Earliest mention: Lodebure, 1181 1203 (H. MSS. Com. 9th Rep. p. 15a).    In… …   Dictionary of London

  • Lothbury tube station — Infobox Closed London station name=Lothbury owner=Never Opened planner=Great Northern City Railway locale=Lothbury platforms=2 tubestation=yesLothbury was an authorised but unbuilt underground railway station planned by the Great Northern City… …   Wikipedia

  • Lothbury, Ward of —    See Broad Street Ward …   Dictionary of London

  • St Margaret Lothbury — Infobox church name = St. Margaret Lothbury fullname = color = imagesize = caption = Exterior photo of St. Margaret Lothbury landscape = denomination = Anglican, earlier Roman Catholic diocese = parish = division = subdivision = founded date =… …   Wikipedia

  • Leslie O'Brien, Baron O'Brien of Lothbury — Leslie Kenneth O Brien, Baron O Brien of Lothbury GBE (February 8, 1908 ndash; November 24, 1995), was Governor of the Bank of England.He joined the bank in 1927, and rose through the ranks, becoming Chief Cashier in 1955, Deputy Governor in 1966 …   Wikipedia

  • (St.) Margaret Lothbury —    On the north side of Lothbury at No. 6 (P.O. Directory). On the ancient course of Walbrook. In Broad Street and Coleman Street Wards. The parish extends into Cheap Ward.    Earliest mention: St. Margaret de Lodebure, c. 1197 (H. MSS. Com. 9th… …   Dictionary of London

  • (St.) Mary Lothbury —    A parish and chapel so named 1255 in Cal. Close Rolls, H. III. I. p. 449, and 1321, 15 Ed. II. (Cal. P.R. Ed. II. 1321 4, p. 8).    Probably an error in transcript for St. Margaret Lothbury …   Dictionary of London

  • Swan Alley, Lothbury —    Messuage within the precinct or close of the Augustine Friars abutting on the west end of the churchyard wall where the pulpit stands, new built, granted by the Friars to Thomas Cromwell, and adjoining east to the lane leading to the Friars… …   Dictionary of London

  • Conduit in Lothbury —    Erected at the charges of the City in 1546, Sir Martin Bowes being Mayor. Water was brought from springs lying between Hoxton and Iseldon. In Coleman Street Ward (S. 18 and 285).    Not shown in the maps …   Dictionary of London

  • Green's Court, Lothbury —    See Bishop s Court …   Dictionary of London

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