Houndsditch

Houndsditch

Length	0.2 mi (0.32 km)
Location	London, United Kingdom
Postal code	EC3
Nearest train station	Liverpool Street
North end	Outwich Street/Bishopsgate
South end	St. Botolph Street

Houndsditch is a street running through parts of the Portsoken and Bishopsgate Without wards of the City of London; areas which are also a part of the East End of London.^[1] The road follows the line of the outside edge of the ditch which once ran outside the London Wall. The road took its name from the section of ditch between Bishopsgate and Aldgate. The name may derive from the widespread dumping of rubbish in this stretch of ditch; relating to the dumping of dead dogs, or the scavenging of the waste by feral dogs.