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'''Cheapside''' is a street in the [[City of London]], the historic and modern financial centre of [[London]], England, which forms part of the [[A40 road|A40 London to Fishguard road]]. It links [[St Martin's Le Grand]] with [[Poultry, London|Poultry]]. Near its eastern end at [[Bank Junction]], where it becomes Poultry, is [[Mansion House, London|Mansion House]], the [[Bank of England]], and [[Bank–Monument station|Bank station]]. To the west is [[St Paul's Cathedral]], [[St Paul's tube station]] and square.

In the [[Middle Ages]], it was known as Westcheap, as opposed to [[Eastcheap]], another street in the City, near [[London Bridge]]. The boundaries of the [[Wards of the City of London|wards]] of [[Cheap (ward)|Cheap]], [[Cordwainer (ward)|Cordwainer]] and [[Bread Street]] run along Cheapside and Poultry; prior to boundary changes in 2003 the road was divided amongst [[Farringdon Within]] and [[Cripplegate]] wards<ref>'Cripplegate, one of the 26 Wards of the City of London' [[Sir John Baddeley, 1st Baronet|Baddesley, J.J.]] p. 50: London: Blades, East & Blades; 1921</ref> in addition to the current three.

The contemporary Cheapside is the location of a range of retail and food outlets and offices, as well as the City's only major shopping centre, [[One New Change]].