Bank in Giltspur Street
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Bank in Giltspur Street
Image: © Basher Eyre Taken: 8 Apr 2010
This is a reference to the area once being popular with spurriers, who advertised their trade with signs depicting gilded spurs. Long, D. (2021). London’s Secret Square Mile. 2nd ed. Cheltenham: The History Press.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.515616
Longitude
-0.101934