Knightrider Street

View east along the eastern end of Knightrider Street

Knightrider Street is a street in the City of London, located a short distance to the south of St Paul's Cathedral. It was originally the site of the German Church built in 1666–5 and demolished in 1867 to make way for Queen Victoria Street and the District line of the London Underground; the Doctors' Commons, also demolished in 1867 for the same reason; and the church of St Mary Magdelen, demolished in 1866 after being badly damaged in a fire. At No. 5, the physician Thomas Linacre founded the Royal College of Physicians.[1]

The Centre Page pub

Much of the street was demolished when Queen Victoria Street was built in the 1860s. Until 1872, it consisted of three distinct streets: Old Fish Street in the eastern portion, Little Knightrider Street in the middle portion and Great Knightrider Street in the western portion.[2] The Centre Page pub on the street dates back to the 1660s, when it was known as the Horn;[3] perhaps inevitably, David Hasselhoff, the star of the cult 1980s TV series Knight Rider, has said that it is his favourite pub.[4]

  1. ^ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1993). The London Encyclopaedia. Papermac. pp. 451–2. ISBN 978-0-333-57688-5.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Harben was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The Life and Times of The Centre Page". The Centre Page. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  4. ^ "My London: David Hasselhoff". Evening Standard. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2015.