Wormwood Street

It is a dual carriageway which forms part of the A1211 route between Barbican and Whitechapel.

The name of the street refers to a plant called wormwood which used to grow on the London Wall and in other areas of wasteland in the City.

It escaped destruction in the Great Fire of 1666 but had to be extensively redeveloped after suffering severe damage in the 1993 Bishopsgate bombing.

The bomb exploded on Bishopsgate near its junction with Wormwood Street.

Archaeological investigations by the Museum of London Archaeology Service undertaken during the reconstruction after the bombing discovered a coin in the remains of London Wall that led to the date of construction to be reappraised to preceding the year 180.