Re:Connecting the two is a street called Strand that runs south-west from Chancery Lane, the western border of The City, in a straight line to The Mall – a roadway that extends that line on to Buckingham Palace.

The Strand is very old... it was an old Street in the 1300's when John of Gaunt build his hold in London on the Strand... in the middle of Strand, is the Church of St Clement (the Dane), or as it is called 'St Clemen's Dane', as in

"Oranges and Lemons" say the bells of St Clemens,
"You owe me five farthings" say the bells of St Martins,
"When will you pay me?" say the bells of old Bailley,
"When i grow rich!", says the great bells of Ditch.

(from memory of the childhood song... some of the church names might be wrong, but its how i learned it...)


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