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PETERBOROUGH COURT & DANIEL HOUSE
133-140 FLEET STREET LONDON EC4
FLEET STREET
HISTORY & ENTERPRISE
Fleet Street traces its current name back to the early
13th Century.
Fleet Street began as a trading route between the
commercial City of London and the political hub
at Westminster.
Publishing started in Fleet Street around 1500 when
William Caxton’s apprentice, Wynkyn de Worde, set
up a printing shop.
More printers and publishers followed, mainly
supplying the legal trade in the four Law Inns
around the area.
C. Hoare & Co, England’s oldest privately owned
bank, has operated at its place of business on Fleet
Street since 1690.
In March 1702, London’s first daily newspaper,
The Daily Courant, was published in Fleet Street.
By the 20th Century, Fleet Street had become home
to the largest Broadsheet and Tabloid titles
including The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Express,
The Mirror and The Sun.
Fleet Street continues to be used as a metonymy for
the British national press.
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1 The view looking West along Fleet Street
(Peterborough Court is on the right).
2 The Daily Telegraph Building, Fleet Street,
London early 1930s.
3 Press room of the offices of the Daily
Telegraph, Fleet Street, London, 28 June 1882.
4 The view along Fleet Street towards St Paul’s
Cathedral from opposite Peterborough Court.