2 Fleet streets in city centre ???

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Tue 21 Feb, 2012 8:22 pm

Briggate is numbered in an old fashioned style. Number 1 is on the west side at the south end and numbers then carry on sequentially north along the west side. At the junction with the Headrow the system then moves to the east side and carries on south back to the Leeds Bridge end.This is an old style that I became familiar with when doing the inns and pubs of Kirkgate thread- again the old system is still in place. On Kirkgate number 1 is (in theory at least) at the North west end at the junction with Briggate - ie Debenhams. The numbers then carry on along the North side . The duck and Drake is number 43 - but the rest of the numbers on the North side have long since been demolished.At the east end the numbers move over to the south side - The Palace is number 67 then carry on along that side (the regent is 109) until c140(??) at the Briggate end

polo · Post by **polo** » Tue 21 Feb, 2012 9:02 pm

Thankyou liits that would make sense as Cnosi mentioned fleet/duncan st used to be a collection of buildings before it was knocked through resulting in what would have been then a new shortcut.As would be fleet street near the shambles from vicar lane to briggate.I am now inclined to believe that the two are not linked with each other except in the sense that they have taken their name from the streets purpose.This would make sense as streets describing their purpose as opposed to being named after a person for example have been known to be repeated in the same vicinity E.g Stocks hill / back lane etc

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Wed 22 Feb, 2012 9:37 am

I think there was only ever one Fleet Street and this was a mistake. It's not impossible that Leodis has inaccuracies on it. See map from 1560'shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leeds_map_1560.jpgThe 1725 map doesn't mention it either, and it seems likely that given Kirkgate was the main east west route at the time, Duncan Street was built as a continuation of Boar Lane and named Duncan Street at build.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Wed 22 Feb, 2012 1:44 pm

For some reason the streets around Fleet Street all have names of London Streets or markets. I've asked about this before under a 'Little London' thread but we couldn't come up with an explanation.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Wed 22 Feb, 2012 1:50 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheapside = markethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadenhall_Market = marketLudgate Hill becomes Fleet Street in london - look at the alignment on the map above in tasa's post http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludgate_Hill

liits · Post by **liits** » Wed 22 Feb, 2012 3:19 pm

Cardiarms wrote: For some reason the streets around Fleet Street all have names of London Streets or markets. I've asked about this before under a 'Little London' thread but we couldn't come up with an explanation. Maybe that would explain the London Tavern on the adjacent George Street.