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Ludgate Circus is a road junction in the City of London where Farringdon Street and New Bridge Street (together forming part of the A201 road) cross Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill (which rises up to St Paul's Cathedral). Historically the main connection between the City of London and the City of Westminster, Ludgate Circus is situated on the course of the River Fleet, London's largest subterranean river. The circle of Ludgate Circus was constructed between 1864 and 1875 using Haytor granite from Dartmoor in Devon transported via the unique Haytor Granite Tramway. In Charles Dickens' ''Dictionary of London'' (1879) the area was described as "Farringdon-circus". ==Etymology== The name Ludgate, according to Stow in his 1598 Survey of London, was derived from the belief that the gate had been created by the pre-Roman British King of London King Lud as did many of his contemporaries believed so that when a new gate was erected a statue on it depicted him along with one of Queen Elizabeth I.〔'The Farringdon Wards of the City of London a ... history' pp7 - 15, by Tony Sharp, London 2002〕
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