Meaning of Ludgate Hill | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The hill on which St. Paul’s Cathedral in London is built.
2. A street in the City of London that runs from St Paul's Churchyard, joining Fleet Street at Ludgate Circus. There was once a railway station named Ludgate Hill.

Examples

“As for the other syllable of London’s name, the “ Dun ” or “ Strong Place,” was undoubtedly on the hill called Ludgate Hill, on which St. Paul’s Cathedral stands to-day.”

“It belonged to that incredible trio, St. Paul's, Ludgate Hill and Holborn, so close together that a long train could almost be in all three stations at once. Ludgate Hill has gone into the dusty limbo of forgotten stations, but its subterranean brassy bar long survived in the arches below, [...].”

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