30 January marks two executions in history: one genuine and one ceremonial. On 30 January 1649 Charles I was beheaded, following the Rump Parliament declaring him guilty of treason. On 30 January 1661 the remains of Oliver Cromwell, the man behind the the Rump Parliament and the king’s execution, were exhumed from Westminster Abbey and ceremonially executed.
There’s already a post on streets with Cromwell connections, but I’m working to an ongoing challenge to find ever-more tenuous connections between historical figures or events and London streets, and there’s a Cromwell association I missed before. It is tenuous, so bear with me.
The City Livery Companies of London play an important role in the city’s history and street names, and one of them, the The Worshipful Company of Needlemakers, was granted livery in 1656 by Oliver Cromwell.
The Bank of England is known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, but the nickname comes not from the institution’s age but from a 1797 cartoon by James Gillray .
Another tidbit of information about the street is that it is where Sir Thomas Hariot, who introduced the potato to England, died.
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2 responses to “Threadneedle Street and a tenuous connection with Cromwell”
I love a tenuous connection, especially when it concerns London.
So, thanks a lot for this one, which was most enjoyable.
Best wishes, Pete.
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