Old Change

{{Short description|Former street in the City of London}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:Map of St Paul's, 1830.png|thumb|1830 map showing Old Change to the east of [[St Paul's Cathedral]]]] '''Old Change''' was a street in the [[City of London]], connecting [[Cheapside]] to [[Knightrider Street]].<ref>Henry A Harben, 'Old Bethlem - Old Dog', in A Dictionary of London (London, 1918), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london/old-bethlem-old-dog [accessed 21 October 2020].</ref>

The street was originally known as Old Exchange. It was named after a building constructed in the 13th century for coining [[bullion]]s, which is commemorated by a plaque in the gardens by [[St Paul's Cathedral]].{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=598}}<ref>Walter Thornbury, 'Cheapside: Southern tributaries', in Old and New London: Volume 1 (London, 1878), pp. 346-353. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol1/pp346-353 [accessed 21 October 2020].</ref> [[Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury]] had a house with gardens adjacent to the street.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=598}} The [[St Augustine Watling Street|Church of St Augustine]] was on the corner of Old Change. It was rebuilt in the late 17th century by [[Christopher Wren]] following the [[Great Fire of London]].<ref name=nhle>{{NHLE|num=1079121|accessdate=21 October 2020}}</ref>

During the early 18th century, Old Change was inhabited by Armenian merchants who set up numerous silk and woollen warehouses.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=598}}

Old Change was destroyed during [[World War II]].{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=598}} A replacement street, New Change was built slightly to the east of this following the war.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=577}} The church tower was restored and is now Grade I listed.<ref name=nhle/>

==See also== * [[One New Change]]

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[[Category:Streets in the City of London]]