44-508: Honey Lane Market was an historic market near Cheapside in the City of London . It was built at the south end of Milk Street on the site of the parish church of St Mary Magdalen and All Hallows Honey Lane after the areas destruction in the Great Fire of London in 1666, and the market took over the area. The market at one time had 105 butchers' stalls. Edward Hatton noted in 1708 that
88-541: A Cheapside include Ambleside , Ascot , Barnsley , Birmingham , Blackpool , Bradford , Brighton , Bristol , Derby , Halifax , Hanley , Knaresborough , Lancaster , Leicester , Liverpool , Luton , Manchester , Nottingham , Preston , Reading , Settle , Wakefield and Wolverhampton . There is also a Cheapside in Bridgetown , Barbados; Lexington, Kentucky , US; Greenfield, Massachusetts , US; Saint Helier , Jersey; and London, Ontario , Canada. Cheapside
132-433: A civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1974 to form Lakes. In 1961 the parish had a population of 2562. From 1894 to 1935, Ambleside formed its own urban district . " Steamers " are the throwback name for the ferries (diesel-propelled) which run most days to Bowness-on-Windermere and Lakeside offering fine views of the lake and the mountains – see Waterhead locality below. Ambleside
176-553: A historical feature set against the English Civil War. William Gibson 's mystery novel The Peripheral depicts a 22nd-century Cheapside converted to a Victorian-era cosplay zone where only 19th century costume is allowed. Cheapside today is a street of offices and developments of retail outlets. It can no longer be described as "the busiest thoroughfare in the world" (as in Charles Dickens, Jr.'s day) and
220-636: A more contemporary treatment, the Cheapside of the Middle Ages was referenced in a derogatory sense in the 2001 movie A Knight's Tale as being the poor, unhealthy and low-class birthplace and home of the unlikely hero. Nineteenth century Cheapside is presented as the home of Mary "Jacky" Faber in Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer . Additionally, Cheapside is depicted as a major setting in the bestselling novel by Maria McCann , As Meat Loves Salt ,
264-453: A programme of regeneration takes place along Cheapside from Paternoster Square to Poultry . The draft Core Strategy of the City's Local Development Frameworks outlines the vision and policies for the Cheapside area, aiming to increase the amount of retail space along and near the street, and make the area a good environment for visitors and shoppers. The plan is to re-establish the street as
308-667: A quarrelsome London sparrow with a Cockney accent Cheapside. He lives most of the year in St Edmund's left ear in St Paul's Cathedral and is invited to the African country of Fantippo to deliver mail to cities because the other birds are not able to navigate city streets. Cheapside is also depicted in Rosemary Sutcliff 's 1951 children's historical novel The Armourer's House , along with other parts of Tudor London . In
352-870: A second service operates to the Brockhole Lake District Visitor Centre and Wray Castle . Waterhead has hotels, cafés, boat hire establishments and the YHA youth hostel. It is mostly green buffered from the town, including by copses of mature trees. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North West and ITV Border . Television signals are received from one of the two local relay TV transmitters (Windermere and Hawkshead ). Local radio stations are BBC Radio Cumbria 104.2 FM, Heart North West on 102.3 FM, Smooth Lake District on 100.8 FM, and Lake District Radio that broadcast online from its studios in Kendal . The town
396-460: A traditional design is a consolidation of two churches; until 2013 nearby Grasmere held services, whose reverend, Kevan Dorgan of Windermere was translated to the consolidated parish. His predecessor, who retired, was David Duanne. The Ambleside campus of the University of Cumbria , formerly St. Martin's College and Charlotte Mason College , is at the northern end of the town; courses held at
440-595: A wooden stand built to accommodate Queen Philippa and her companions collapsed during a tournament to celebrate the birth of the Black Prince in 1330. No one died, but the King was greatly displeased, and the stand's builders would have been put to death but for the Queen's intercession. In the early 1300s one of the armourers working in the area was Alice la Haubergere , who owned an armour shop and made her role within
484-523: Is a base for hiking, mountaineering and mountain biking. It has several hotels, guest houses , restaurants and shops. Specialist shops sell equipment, guides and give recommendations to walkers, backpackers and climbers. Ambleside is a popular starting point for the Fairfield horseshoe , a hillwalking ridge hike. A concentration of ten pubs or bars within a quarter-mile radius reflects how the local hospitality market serves residents, tourists, visitors and
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#1732798597677528-543: Is a common English street name, meaning "market place", from Old English ceapan , "to buy" (cf. German kaufen , Dutch kopen , Danish købe , Norwegian kjøpe , Swedish köpa ), whence also chapman and chapbook . There was originally no connection to the modern meaning of cheap ("low-priced" or "low-quality", a shortening of good ceap , "good buy"), though by the 18th century this association may have begun to be inferred. Other cities and towns in England that have
572-571: Is an attorney in Meryton." "Yes; and they have another, who lives somewhere near Cheapside." "That is capital," added her sister, and they both laughed heartily. "If they had uncles enough to fill all Cheapside," cried Bingley, "it would not make them one jot less agreeable." "But it must very materially lessen their chance of marrying men of any consideration in the world," replied Darcy. Charles Dickens Jr. wrote in his 1879 book Dickens's Dictionary of London : Cheapside remains now what it
616-697: Is instead simply one of many routes connecting the East End and the City of London with the West End . Cheapside was extensively damaged during The Blitz in late 1940 and particularly during the Second Great Fire of London . Much of the rebuilding following these raids occurred during the 1950s and 1960s and included a number of unsympathetic contemporary attempts at recreating the centuries-old architecture that had been destroyed. In recent years many of these buildings have themselves been demolished as
660-470: Is served by the local newspapers, The Westmorland Gazette and North West Evening Mail . William Wordsworth worked in Ambleside, as Distributor of Stamps for Westmorland, from 1813, while living at Rydal Mount in the nearby village of Rydal . This government position induced Shelley to write a sonnet of mild reprimand, To Wordsworth , but it gave an income other than poetry. In 1842, he became
704-506: Is the former site of one of the principal produce markets in London, cheap broadly meaning "market" in medieval English. Many of the streets feeding into the main thoroughfare are named after the produce that was once sold in those areas of the market, including Honey Lane, Milk Street, Bread Street and Poultry . In medieval times, the royal processional route from the Tower of London to
748-476: The Great Conduit . Cheapside was the birthplace of both John Milton and Robert Herrick . It was for a long time one of the most important streets in London. It is also the site of the 'Bow Bells', the church of St Mary-le-Bow , which has played a part in London's Cockney heritage and the tale of Dick Whittington . Geoffrey Chaucer grew up around Cheapside and there are a scattering of references to
792-512: The Palace of Westminster would include Cheapside. During state occasions such as the first entry of Margaret of France (second wife of King Edward I ), into London in September 1299, the conduits of Cheapside customarily flowed with wine. During the reign of Edward III in the 14th century, tournaments were held in adjacent fields. The dangers were, however, not limited to the participants:
836-497: The Poet Laureate and resigned his office. In 1846 Harriet Martineau moved into her new house, “The Knoll,” where she lived until her death in 1876. "Something of a Victorian superstar," she was a professional woman, international correspondent, ran a micro-farm on her property and formed and worked for a Property Association which helped working families in the neighborhood build their own homes. Her winter lectures packed
880-480: The Bridge . A shared Church of England and Methodist church. Before the 17th century the dead of Ambleside were buried at St Martin's Church, Bowness-on-Windermere , Ambleside then gained the right to its own registers and had a chapel dedicated to St Anne. This was too small to accommodate the enlarged Anglican congregations as tourism boomed from the Kendal and Windermere Railway opened in 1847. St Mary's Church
924-412: The City's "High Street", including as a weekend shopping destination (until recently many retail units in the City were closed on Saturday and Sunday). A major retail and office development at the heart of the scheme, One New Change , opened 28 October 2010. It is sited on Cheapside at the intersection with New Change, immediately to the east of St Paul's Cathedral. To address the anticipated rise in
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#1732798597677968-457: The City, near London Bridge . The boundaries of the wards of Cheap , Cordwainer and Bread Street run along Cheapside and Poultry; prior to boundary changes in 2003 the road was divided amongst Farringdon Within and Cripplegate wards in addition to the current three. The contemporary Cheapside is the location of a range of retail and food outlets and offices, as well as the City's only major shopping centre, One New Change . Cheapside
1012-677: The Methodist Church beside her home. The author Mairin Mitchell (1895–1986) was born at Ambleside, the daughter of Dr Thomas Houghton Mitchell, a local GP. Artist Kurt Schwitters was resident for 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 years until his death in January 1948. Under legislation to lower the risk of well-covered sympathiser spies he was interned in the Isle of Man for 14 months of World War II after fleeing Nazi Germany to Norway which
1056-545: The boundaries of the historic county of Westmorland and located in the Lake District National Park , the town sits at the head of Windermere , England's largest natural lake. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 2,596. Ambleside is within the unitary authority Westmorland and Furness , and is also part of the Lakes civil parish . Ambleside was formerly a township , in 1866 Ambleside became
1100-466: The busiest volunteer mountain rescue teams nationally. Bus services from Ambleside are operated predominantly by Stagecoach Cumbria . Key routes are: The nearest National Rail station is at Windermere , which provides services to Oxenholme and Manchester Airport . Ambleside features an oceanic climate , but being within the Lake District it does experience higher annual rainfall than
1144-418: The campus include Conservation, Forestry, and Outdoor Studies. On 1 December 2009, it was announced that the Ambleside campus would be 'mothballed' at the end of July 2010, and would no longer take new undergraduate students. The closure was in the face of fierce opposition from the Ambleside students, the townspeople, and support pledged from Tim Farron , MP for the campus and its students. In July 2011,
1188-524: The citizens of the neighbourhood during the Renaissance, when the street hosted the city's goldsmiths. William Wordsworth , in his 1797 poem The Reverie of Poor Susan , imagines a naturalistic Cheapside of past: And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside. Jane Austen , in her 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice , characterises Cheapside as a London neighbourhood frowned upon by the landed elite: "I think I have heard you say that their uncle
1232-634: The historic and modern financial centre of London , England, which forms part of the A40 London to Fishguard road . It links St Martin's Le Grand with Poultry . Near its eastern end at Bank Junction , where it becomes Poultry, is Mansion House , the Bank of England , and Bank station . To the west is St Paul's Cathedral , St Paul's tube station and square. In the Middle Ages , it was known as Westcheap, as opposed to Eastcheap , another street in
1276-470: The market was known for its meat, fish, and poultry. By 1835, the City of London School was built on part of the market site facing Milk Street on the corner with Russia Row . It was paid for with money bequeathed for the purpose by John Carpenter , city clerk in the reign of King Henry V . The school grew rapidly and in 1883 it moved to larger quarters on the Victoria Embankment . It
1320-472: The men's Olympic marathon took place on 12 August. The four Paralympic marathons were held on 9 September. Sources Endnotes 51°30′51″N 0°05′37″W / 51.5141°N 0.0937°W / 51.5141; -0.0937 Ambleside Ambleside is a town and former civil parish (now in the parish of Lakes ) in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria , England. Within
1364-403: The number of shoppers as a result of the regeneration, the street itself has undergone reconstruction works to make the area more sympathetic to pedestrian traffic; the works are expected to make Cheapside the main shopping area in the City of London. Cheapside formed part of the marathon course of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The women's Olympic marathon took place on 5 August and
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1408-422: The occupation part of her identity, which was unusual for the period. On the day preceding her coronation, in January 1559, Elizabeth I passed through a number of London streets in a pre-coronation procession and was entertained by a number of pageants, including one in Cheapside. Meat was brought in to Cheapside from Smithfield market , just outside Newgate . After the great Church of St Michael-le-Querne ,
1452-418: The parcel of land was estimated at £520,500 (in 1952) with costs to tax payers turned into a surplus by 2013. The current Honey Lane, a breezeway , is approximately 100 feet east of the old one and connects Cheapside and Trump Street . 51°30′51″N 0°05′37″W / 51.5143°N 0.0936°W / 51.5143; -0.0936 Cheapside Cheapside is a street in the City of London ,
1496-508: The student population associated with the University of Cumbria . The town's name is derived from the Old Norse " Á-mel-sǽtr" which literally translates as "river – sandbank – summer pasture". To the south of Ambleside is the Roman fort of Galava , dating from AD 79. In 1650 the town was granted a charter to hold a market. In the reign of James II , another charter was granted for
1540-664: The thoroughfare and its environs throughout his work. The first chapter of Peter Ackroyd 's Brief Lives series on Chaucer also colourfully describes the street at that time. William Shakespeare used Cheapside as the setting for several bawdy scenes in Henry IV, Part I . A reference to it is also made in Henry VI, Part II , in a speech by the rebel Jack Cade : "all the realm shall be in common; and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass". Thomas Middleton 's play A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (1613) both satirises and celebrates
1584-463: The top end of the street broadened into a dual carriageway known as the Shambles (referring to an open-air slaughterhouse and meat market), with butcher shops on both sides and a dividing central area also containing butchers. Further down, on the right, was Goldsmiths Row, an area of commodity dealers . From the 14th century to the Great Fire , the eastern end of Cheapside was the location of
1628-546: The town to collect tolls. The town's Market Place became the commercial centre for agriculture and the wool trade. The old packhorse trail between Ambleside and Grasmere was the main route between the two towns before the new turnpike road was completed in 1770. Smithy Brow at the end of the trail was where pack ponies were re-shod after their journey. With the coming of the turnpikes, the packhorse trains were superseded by horse-drawn stagecoaches, which regularly travelled between Keswick and Kendal via Ambleside. The Samling Hotel
1672-522: The university announced a plan to reopen the campus and increase student numbers at the Ambleside campus beginning in 2014. In September 2014, the newly refurbished campus was reopened. Brathay Exploration Group , a youth charity, mainly meets at associated Clappersgate . Ambleside Pier at Waterhead, about one mile south of the town centre, is a boarding point for Windermere Lake Cruises on Windermere . Services run year-round connecting to Bowness-on-Windermere and Lakeside . Between March and October,
1716-518: Was built in the 1780s, then called the "Dove Nest". Ambleside & District Golf Club founded in 1903 ended in the late 1950s; Windermere Golf Club is a few miles along the lake's east side. The Armitt Library and Museum opened in 1912 in memory of Sophia and Mary Louisa Armitt is notable as a resource for history. Its main resident collection overviews Lake District artists and writers with display panels, photographs and copies of their key works, and some originals of minor works. Bridge House
1760-597: Was built in the 1850s to a design by George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style. Notable features include: Early 20th century Vicar, Henry Adamson Thompson, is depicted on the right of the mural. His body and that of his only son, Henry Lionel Francess Thompson – killed in World War II – share the same part of the churchyard. Other burials include Annie, Sophia and Mary Louisa Armitt . The town's many decades-old Catholic Church in
1804-730: Was built over Stock Ghyll more than 300 years ago, probably as a summer house and apple store for Ambleside Hall. It was purchased by local people in 1926 and given to the National Trust . Listed Grade I , the building is now used as an information centre for the National Trust, and is part of the Trust's Windermere and Troutbeck property. The building was depicted by the Victorian landscapist Lewis Pinhorn Wood (1848–1918) in his late 19th century work The Cobbler's Shop on
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1848-407: Was five centuries ago, the greatest thoroughfare in the City of London. Other localities have had their day, have risen, become fashionable, and have sunk into obscurity and neglect, but Cheapside has maintained its place, and may boast of being the busiest thoroughfare in the world, with the sole exception perhaps of London-bridge . Hugh Lofting 's book Doctor Dolittle , published in 1951, names
1892-455: Was invaded in 1940; his release to London was secured with A. Dorner of Rhode Island School of Design 's attestation and sponsorship. Locomotive manufacturer Edward Bury (died 1858) and his wife Priscilla Susan . The poet Dorothy Gurney wrote the words to the popular wedding hymn "O Perfect Love" at Pullwyke near Ambleside. The town maintains the Langdale & Ambleside MRT , one of
1936-544: Was noted in 1927 that the market "retains much of its original semi-enclosed plan". There were many food shops, "though wholesale premises are gradually encroaching on the space". Honey Lane was completely destroyed and the surrounding area seriously damaged by German bombing on 29 December 1940. In the postwar reconstruction the market fell within a parcel of land (along with Milk Street Buildings, Freeman's Court, Trump Street and Lawrence Lane ) covering 53,434 square feet, referred to as No. 11. The cost of reconstruction of
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