Norton Folgate is a short length of street in

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, connecting

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with

Shoreditch High Street Shoreditch High Street is the old main street of Shoreditch, London. It is part of the A10 road and connects Norton Folgate to the south with Kingsland Road to the north. It constitutes a segment of the Roman Ermine Street, which ran directl ...

, on the northern edge of the

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. It constitutes a short section of the

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, the former

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. Its name is a reminder of the tiny ancient

Liberty of Norton Folgate Norton Folgate was a liberty in Middlesex, England; adjacent to the City of London in what would become the East End of London. It was located between the Bishopsgate ward of the City of London to the south, the parish of St Leonard, Shoreditc ...

situated in and around the area. The nearest London Underground station is Liverpool Street, also a

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mainline railway station. The nearest

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station is

. It lends its name to a character played by Samuel Barnett in the ongoing

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'' audio drama series. In July 2015, more than 500 people protested against the demolition of the old buildings in historic Norton Folgate neighbourhood to make way for new developments. People travelled from across the country to ask for the restoration of the old structures rather than offering them to the international property investment market.

References

External links

2016 Redevelopment of Norton Folgate2015 Campaign to Save Norton FolgateLocal administration of Norton FolgateTower Hamlets ArchivesSurvey of London Vol 27: Norton Folgate
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