The Mystery of Thomas More’s Birthplace
Was Sir Thomas More born on Milk Street – and does it matter?
Walking through London’s Cheapside is a journey through history. From the Old English ceapan, meaning ‘to buy’ (and nothing to do with the Victorian associations with poverty), Cheapside’s streets are named for the items that could be bought there – Bread Street, Wood Street and Milk Street. At the end of this last street today is a sizeable plaque on the side of a very industrial-looking modern building, which reads ‘Sir Thomas More was born in a house near this site 7 February 1478’.
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