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Cloth Fair is a street in the City of London where, in medieval times, merchants gathered to buy and sell material during the Bartholomew Fair. Today, it is a short residential street to the east of Smithfield in the north-western part of the City and is located in the ward of Farringdon Within. The street runs southwest to northeast from Little Britain, the very start of the A1 road, the country's longest named road, parallel to Long Lane to the north and bordered by the Anglican church〔( Parish web site )〕 of St. Bartholomew-the-Great〔"18 views of the Ancient Priory Church of St Bartholemew the Great" (15th Edition,rev) Webb,E.A (Freeman Dovaston London, 1922)〕 to the south, until it merges with Middle Street some 150 yards later.〔Based on measurement using Ordnance Survey (1:2500) 1940 L.C.C revision Sheet 62〕 The street was originally within the precincts of the Priory of St. Bartholomew's, and until 1910 formed a separate liberty, with gates that were shut at night. Such a small area could not meet the demands of installing street lighting and sewers, and rejoined the City. The area has a rich history,〔(History of Smithfields )〕 a colourful past〔(18th Century Crime Scene )〕 and proud literary tradition.〔It was immortalised in a story in The Gentleman's Magazine((Details of Publication )) illustrated by Phiz〕 It contains within its boundaries the oldest residential dwelling in London (numbers 41 and 42),〔"City of London:A History" Borer,M.A. (Constable & Co Ltd, London, 1977) ISBN 0-09-461880-1〕 a pair of properties administered by the Landmark Trust,〔(Property details )〕 and the former home of English poet John Betjeman,〔"John Betjeman" Hillier,B. (John Murray,London,2007) ISBN 978-0-7195-6444-4〕 now a restaurant.〔(Betjeman’s )〕 The nearest London Underground station is Barbican (Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines) and the closest mainline railway station is Farringdon. == See also == * List of demolished buildings and structures in London 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cloth Fair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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