This cartoon by Gillray was the first appearance in print - so far as is known - of the Bank's Old Lady nickname, The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. Comments are closed for this object What's this?

Deep under London’s Threadneedle Street lies an intricate network of tunnels holding the world’s second-largest depository of gold. The Bank of England’s nine heavily fortified vaults hold ...

is the central bank of the United Kingdom (UK). Known as ‘The old lady of Threadneedle Street’, the bank’s mission is "to promote the good of the people of the United Kingdom by maintaining ...

Former Bank of England deputy governor Charlie Bean has urged Threadneedle Street to slash the base rate from 4.5% to 4%, insisting a bold move is vital to shore up fragile business and consumer ...