Threadneedle Street, in the City of London, got its name from the Merchant Taylors' Company, whose present hall is built on an estate acquired by them as early as 1331. It leads from Bishops-gate Street to the Bank of England, which hence is often called the 'Old Lady in Threadneedle Street.'
Threadneedle Street
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 189
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