Puddle Dock, in Blackfriars in the City of London

City of London

The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...

, was formerly the site of one of London's docks. It is now the site of the Mermaid Theatre

Mermaid Theatre

The Mermaid Theatre was a theatre at Puddle Dock, in Blackfriars, in the City of London and the first built there since the time of Shakespeare...

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The area was dramatically altered by major works in the 1960s, involving the reclaiming of foreshore of the Thames at Puddle Dock and the rebuilding of Upper Thames Street

Thames Street (London)

Thames Street, divided into Lower and Upper Thames Street, is a historic road in the City of London. It is mentioned in the diary of Samuel Pepys.The first mention of the road is from AD 1013 when the Custom-house was founded on the street....

 as a major traffic thoroughfare.

Today its name survives as the street name of the main thoroughfare connecting Upper Thames Street and Queen Victoria Street

Queen Victoria Street, London

Queen Victoria Street, named after the British monarch from 1837 to 1901 is a long street in the City of London which runs east by north from its junction with New Bridge Street in Castle Baynard Ward, along a section that divides those of Queenhithe and Bread Street , then lastly through the...

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