CULLUM STREET

   East out of Lime Street at No. 33 and south to Fenchurch Street at No. 135 (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn Ward.

   First mention: O. and M. 1677.

   Strype says it was built as a street after the Fire in 1666 (ed. 1720, I. ii. 89).

   Named after Sir Thomas Cullum, the owner (ib. 164), who lived in the parish of St. Dionis Backchurch (L. and M. Arch. Soc. Trans. IV. 202, 223).

   Prior to the Fire the site was occupied by a large house and garden, extending further east, but after the Fire 30 houses were erected in the place by Sir Thomas Cullum and afterwards sold by Sir Jasper Cullum to Mr. Mussell, the father of the present owner (Maitland, 1775, II. 778).