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 ROMANO-BRITISH LONDON Land, i, 21 ; Arch, xxiv, 350 ; Coll. Antiq. i, 134, pi. 45; Jount. Brit. Arch. Assoc, viii, 56 ; lllus. Rom. Lond. pi. 2, fig. 4, p. 48 ; Archer, Vestiges of Old Lond. pi. 9 ; Soc. Antiq. MS. Min. xxxvi, 128 ; and for the inscription, Corp. Inscr. Latin. vii, 21]. Goring Street (formerly Castle Street), Houndsditch. See Houndsditch. Gracechurch Street. — In 1834 massive and substantial masonry was found at the north end of the street, from Corbet's Court to the end (Plan C, 40), and in the angle of Lombard Street (near Half Moon Court) were coffins with human remains, prob- ably mediaeval [Kelsey, Descr. of Sewers, 100]. Opposite St. I3enet's Place, in 1 841, the pave- ments of Roman dwellings were laid open (Plan C, 68), but no walls were observed crossing the street, from which Roach Smith deduced that the street occupies the line of the old road to the north (Ermine Street) {^Arch. xxix, 154]. Sir W. Tite main- tained that walls had been found cutting across this street on the site of St. Benet's Church, at Half Moon Passage, and else- where (see Plan C, 37, 41, 67), and that it could not have been on the line of the Roman road [Cat. Antiq. Roy. Exch. p. xii] ; this is denied by later writers [Roach Smith, supra, and J. E. Price, Rom. Antiq. Nat. Safe Dep. 24], but it is probably the correct view [see above, p. 37, and Arch. Ix, 226). In 1866—8 finds were made in Spread Eagle Yard of a pavement of considerable extent (Plan C, 33), Gaulish pottery (one piece of glaze incomplete), and the left hand of a bronze statue [Guildhall Mus. Cat. p. 70, No. 21; Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxii, 109; xxiv, 76; Proc. Soc. Antiq. (Ser. 2), X, 93]. Other discoveries of Roman remains on the site of St. Benet's Church in 1870 [Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxvi, 72]. A Gaulish bowl reported in 1892 [Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xlviii, 84]. In 1906 a wall of tiles was brought to light at the corner of Leadenhall Avenue [Arch. Ix, 225; P^^" C, 39]. In 1872 remains of massive walls, about 9 ft. thick, formed of chalk, rubble, and mortar, with a few tiles, came to light beneath the Norman crypt of St. Benet's Church ; fragments of pottery found therewith seem to support the view that they were Roman [yourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxviii, 179]. Pottery in British Museum, with stamps of Ardacus, Castus, Lucceius, Passienus, and Secundus (all first century from Graufesenque) ; various objects in Guildhall, including large quantities of glass, a Gaulish bowl of form 37 with figures, stamped servi-m, and one with the stamp of Venerandus, also a vase of ' New Forest' ware [Cat. 357, 416, 559] ; also from the site of St. Benet's Church lamps, locks, and other implements [see above). Gresham College. — See Old Broad Street. Gresham Street (formerly Maiden Lane, Lad Lane, and Cateaton Street; Plan C, 166, 167, 168). — Excavations in 1843 '" '^e two portions of this thoroughfare known as Lad Lane and Cateaton Street were remarkably fruitful in pottery, both ornamented Gaulish and plain local wares. Most of the§e passed from Mr. E. B. Price's possession to the British Museum ; they include 103 Fig. 44. — Altar with Relief of Diana (Goldsmiths' Hall) (jS^)