Cowcross Street
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Cowcross Street is a street in London. It runs east-west, from St John Street in the east, to Farringdon Road in the west.
Farringdon Station is on the corner of Cowcross Street and Turnmill Street. The Castle is a public house opposite Farringdon Station. Eliza, the wife of Sir John Soane, was born in an earlier building with the same name and purpose on the same site in 1760.
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The Hope is a late 19th-century Grade II listed public house at 94 Cowcross Street.[1]
The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA) is based at 70 Cowcross Street.[2]
London Lesbian and Gay Centre, London's first non-commercial lesbian and gay community centre, was located at 67-69 Cowcross Street from 1985-91. These offices are now used by Addaction, the charity founded in 1967 that works with people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.
References
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- ^ Historic England. "The Hope public house (1293085)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Contact us". PMSA. Retrieved 9 July 2014.