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Cannon Street is a road in the south of the City Of London . It runs roughly parallel with the River Thames, and about 250 metres north of it. It is the site of the ancient London Stone . OVERVIEW It starts at St Paul's Cathedral , and goes east, meeting Queen Victoria Street near Mansion House Underground Station , passing Cannon Street Station , and finally meeting King William Street and Gracechurch Street near Monument Tube Station . In the late 19th century Cannon Street was occupied by large wholesale warehouses, especially of cotton goods and other fabrics.Dickens, op. cit. There is a street in Birmingham that, according to the archives of Birmingham Central Library , is named after the City of London street. The London Stone (in the Roman days distances were measured from this point) was originally situated in the middle of Cannon Street; it was later set into the wall of St Swithin's Church , and now rests in a case to the side of the street. It is also the street upon which singer Marc Almond suffered a near fatal crash in 2004 whilst riding pillion on a motorcycle. REFERENCES ; Sources consulted ; Endnotes |
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