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Definition of Lombard Street

1. Noun. A street in central London containing many of the major London banks.

Definition of Lombard Street

1. Proper noun. a road in the City of London, near the Bank of England, that runs from (w Gracechurch Street) to the junction of Poultry and Cornhill ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lombard Street

Literary usage of Lombard Street

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"Then have ye Lombard street, so called of the Longobards, and other merchante, strangers of divers nations assembling there twice every day, ..."

2. Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of by John Timbs (1868)
"Lombard-street has retained its character as well as its name for at least five centuries and a half; and within the last thirty years several gold and ..."

3. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1874)
"Lombard Street. A Description of the Money Mar- By WALTER BAGEHOT. ... BAGEHOT'S work upon " Lombard Street," in its interest the American public, ..."

4. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Parliament (1902)
"The matter is one as to which any complaints should be addressed to the local authorities. Lombard Street Telegraph Staff, and the Abandoned Boyal ..."

5. A Handbook of London Bankers by Frederick George Hilton Price (1891)
"Duncombe, Charles and Valentine, Grasshopper, Lombard Street. ... Rowland, John, Lombard Street. Shales and Smithin, Unicorn, Lombard Street. ..."

6. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"JOINT STOCK BANKS : — London and County, 21 Lombard Street ; London Joint Stock, 5 Prince's Street, Mansion House, EC ; London and Provincial, ..."

7. The Lombard Communes: A History of the Republics of North Italy by William Francis Thomas Butler (1906)
"The name Lombard Street in London remains still as a memorial to their activity in this direction ; and in fact we find the name Lombard in somewhat ..."

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