251473 Fleet StreetFleet Street runs east from the Royal Courts of Justice as far as Ludgate Circus. Ittakes its name from the Fleet River, which years ago followed the route where Farrington Road nowstands. At that time traffic had to cross over the Fleet Bridge in order to reach thecathedral.Fleet Street’s associations with printing go back to the end of the 15th century,when the pioneer publisher Wynkyn de Worde moved here from Westminster. Between1500 and his death in 1535, from his premises he printed and published hundreds ofbooks, many on legal and religious subjects (the Inns of Court and Blackfriars Monastery were both nearby).Other printers also working in the area included Richard Pynson, printer to theking after 1508, whose office was at the corner of Fleet Street and Chancery Lane. In 1530 SirThomas More’s nephew William Rastell began printing and selling books frompremises in St Bride’s churchyard, bringing out an edition of his uncle’s works in 1557. It was clear that the publishing industry was here to stay. A key date in the historyof Fleet Street was the year 1702 when the first newspaper, the Daily Courant, appeared. Since then the street became hometo hundreds of newspapers, and its name is still synonymous with British nationaljournalism.This state of affairs only came to an end in 1980’s, when the British press was going through a period of deep crisis caused by thechangeover to the new technology, which necessitated relocating to gain more space.The Times led the way, to Docklands, and within a few years Fleet Street was strippedof its soul.A-2 B-5 C-1 D-4 E-7 F-3; 6 часть-лишняя
