Philpot Lane

It is named after Sir John Philpot, Lord Mayor of London from 1378 to 1379.

[1] It is the site of London's smallest public statue, The Two Mice Eating Cheese, on a building near the junction with Eastcheap.

The sculpture supposedly commemorates the death of two workmen, who are said to have fallen from scaffolding either during the construction of the building in 1862,[2] or during the construction of the nearby Monument to the Great Fire of London in the 1670s.

[4] The story goes that the workmen were arguing over the theft of a sandwich, which was later revealed to have been taken by mice.

[2] Brabant Court is located on the western side of Philpot Lane.