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[[Image:GrubStreet-London 300dpi.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=People congregate at the entrance to a narrow street, overlooked by two four-storey buildings.  Each floor of the right-most building projects further over the street than the floor below.  At the corner of each building, shops advertise their wares.  A cart is visible down the street, and one man appears to be carrying a large leg of meat.|19th-century ''Grub Street'' (latterly Milton Street), as pictured in ''(contracted; show full)
[[File:Grub street hermit.gif|right|thumb|upright|alt=A man sits on a large ornate chair, resting his left elbow on a desk, his clenched fist supporting his head. In his right hand, at his waist, he holds a walking cane. He wears a cloak and a long beard, and his slippered feet rest on a chequered or tiled floor.  On the desk lies an open book.  Above his head the wall contains a shelf, filled with books.  A picture hangs from the wall showing a country scene with a large mansion or castle|Henry Welby
, engraving after [[William Marshall (illustrator)|William Marshall]].]]
Grub Street was in [[Cripplegate]] ward, in the parish of [[St Giles-without-Cripplegate]] (Cripplegate ward was bisected by the city walls, and therefore was both 'within' and 'without').<ref>{{Harvnb|Denton|1883|p=15}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Harben|1918|p=35}}</ref>  Much of the area was originally extensive marshlands from the [[River Fleet|Fleet Ditch]], to Bishopsgate, contiguous with Moorfields to the east.<ref name="Rogerspp2324"/>  The [[St (contracted; show full)
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