Paternoster Row was a London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 street in which clergy of the medieval St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral

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 would walk, chanting the Lord's Prayer

Lord's Prayer

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 (Pater Noster being its opening line in Latin

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). It was devastated by aerial bombardment in The Blitz

The Blitz

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 during World War II

World War II

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. Prior to this destruction the area had been a centre of the London publishing

Publishing

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 trade , with booksellers operating from the street. Trübner & Co. was one of the publishing companies on Paternoster Row. It was replaced with Paternoster Square

Paternoster Square

Paternoster Square is an urban development, owned by the Mitsubishi Estate Co., next to St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, England. In 1942 the area, which takes its name from Paternoster Row, centre of the London publishing trade, was devastated by aerial bombardment in The Blitz during...

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