Threadneedle Street
Preserved but no longer current.
The street in the City "of London leading from Bishopsgate to the Bank of England. The name first appears — as Three needle Street— in 1598, and previously it seems to have been called Broad Street, as forming part of the present Old Broad Street.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Threadneedle Street” mean?
The street in the City "of London leading from Bishopsgate to the Bank of England. The name first appears — as Three needle Street— in 1598, and previously it seems to have been called Broad Street, as forming part of the present Old Broad Street.
Is “Threadneedle Street” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.