Fleet Street is named after the River Fleet, which runs from Hampstead to the River Thames at the western edge of the City of London. … See more

The area around Fleet Street contains numerous statues and memorials to prominent public figures. At the north-eastern corner is a bust of Edgar Wallace, and a full-length … See more

The barber Sweeney Todd is traditionally said to have lived and worked during the 18th century in Fleet Street, where he would murder … See more

Early history
Fleet Street was established as a thoroughfare in Roman London and there is evidence that a route led west from Ludgate by 200 … See more

In the High Middle Ages senior clergymen had their London palaces in the street. Place-names surviving with this connection are … See more

Several writers and politicians are associated with Fleet Street, either as residents or regulars to the various taverns, including Ben Jonson, John Milton, Izaak Walton See more

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