London Gossipy Financial District History Tour

Gossipy Tour exploring the key personalities and organisations that created London's financial district. We first find out about the Roman and Medieval past of the City of London. We then go in search of an organisation that was once bigger and more important than the tech giants of today, the East India Company and investigate why Britain has almost forgotten it ever existed. We also discover the history of the stock market and the medieval trade associations that make the City such a distinctive place today. Expect to hear about dynamism alongside criminality as this informal sociable tour debates issues of power and money across centuries that are still super relevant today.

Meeting Point

Emperor Trajan Statue

A100, London EC3N 4DR, UK

Leave Tower Hill Station by main entrance and first right down stairs

What's included:

• Services of qualified and experienced London guide and History teacher

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

Tower of London

London, EC3N 4AB

Here about the Roman and Medieval beginnings of the Financial District

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Lloyds of London

London, Greater London Ec3m 7ha 1 Lime Street, Jcn, of LEADENHALL STREET, London, EC3M 7HA

We see the most important historic location of the East India company having previously seen other sites linked to it.

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Royal Exchange Building London

Threadneddle St, Mansion House, London

See the neo classical splendour of the Royal Exchange, Bank of England and Mansion House

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Change Alley

Change Alley, London EC3V, UK

See the location of the coffee shop where the stock market was first based.
Exchange Alley or Change Alley is a narrow alleyway connecting shops and coffeehouses in an old neighbourhood of the City of London. It served as a convenient shortcut from the Royal Exchange on Cornhill to the Post Office on Lombard Street and remains as one of a number of alleys linking the two streets.

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Guildhall

71 Basinghall Street, London, EC2V 7HH

See the medieval Guildhall and selected near by Guild buildings.
Medieval guild halls were used to store goods and as places for celebratory events. When not required for guild members' events, the hall often became place where townspeople could hold entertainments such as Passion plays.

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Paternoster Square

Warwick Ln, Just North Of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, EC4M 7DX

See the modern Stock market towered over by the glorious St Paul's Cathedral.
St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London. As the seat of the Bishop of London, the cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It sits on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grade I listed building.

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