Ludgate Hill

[Footnote 1: In old times the name Ludgate Hill was given to that part which ran up from the Fleet to the City Gate.

Old St. Paul's Cathedral William Benham 1870

So Wyatt went on toward the city, and all the way he had to fight, and at last he was taken prisoner on Ludgate Hill, which is not far from St. Paul's Cathedral.

The Children's Book of London

Alderman Sir W.P. Treloar, in his excellent little book on "Ludgate Hill," puts forth another idea.

The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick"; with Some Observations on Their Other Associations, Bertram Waldrom Matz 1895

Well, there’s naught but the eight o’clock service over at the Savage, and consider: you must make your way up Ludgate Hill, which is near impossible, this time o’ day, and likely as not you miss the coach, or find it full.

The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008

Well, there’s naught but the eight o’clock service over at the Savage, and consider: you must make your way up Ludgate Hill, which is near impossible, this time o’ day, and likely as not you miss the coach, or find it full.

The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008

Well, there’s naught but the eight o’clock service over at the Savage, and consider: you must make your way up Ludgate Hill, which is near impossible, this time o’ day, and likely as not you miss the coach, or find it full.

The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008

I thought I could see back through remains of the Blitz to Dr. Johnson's shattered crockery and beyond, to the scraps left behind by the Romans, who built a temple to the goddess Diana on nearby Ludgate Hill.

England, My England (Never Having Been There) Alan Bradley 2011

In March 1734 when Anne, Princess Royal, married William, Prince of Orange, it lined Ludgate Hill with pyramids of 2,000 lamps, but when encouraged to commission a celebratory statue there, the City announced that its loyal address was quite sufficient and had the added advantage of not blocking the streets.

Letters: Clock wise 2011

Robert Wightman suspected Cruden of stalking a wealthy gentlewoman, and perhaps regarded him as a rival for her affections.21 Mr C soon realised that his coach was travelling in the wrong directionup the Strand via Ludgate Hill, instead of along Chancery Lane, and he demanded to know if he was being taken to Bethlem.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

Robert Wightman suspected Cruden of stalking a wealthy gentlewoman, and perhaps regarded him as a rival for her affections.21 Mr C soon realised that his coach was travelling in the wrong directionup the Strand via Ludgate Hill, instead of along Chancery Lane, and he demanded to know if he was being taken to Bethlem.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008