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Exchange Alley
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Exchange Alley
Exchange Alley
or
Change Alley
is a narrow
alleyway
connecting shops and
coffeehouses
in an old neighbourhood of the
City of London
. It served as a convenient shortcut from the
Royal Exchange
on
Cornhill
to the Post Office on
Lombard Street
and remains as one of a number of alleys linking the two streets. Shops once located in Exchange Alley included
ship chandlers
, makers of
navigation
instruments such as
telescopes
, and
goldsmiths
from
Lombardy
in Italy.
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