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Cannon Street is a road in the City of London, the historic nucleus of London and its modern financial centre. It runs roughly parallel with the River Thames, about 250 metres north of it, in the south of the City. It is the site of the ancient London Stone and gave its name to Cannon Street station, a mainline railway terminus and connected London Underground station. ==Etymology== The area around Cannon Street was initially the place of residence of the candle-makers. The name first appears as 'Candelwrichstrete Street' in 1190 and is therefore not related to the firearms.〔Loius Zettersten, "City Street Names", (1926)〕 The name was shortened over 60 times〔 as a result of the local cockney dialect and settled on Cannon Street in the 17th century.〔Smith, A., ''Dictionary of City of London Street Names'', (1970), David & Charles〕 A Cannon Street in Birmingham, according to the archives of Birmingham Central Library, is named after the London street. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cannon Street」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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