Monument Square, London east side of Fish Street Hill, extending to Pudding Lane. In Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Ward Within. First mention : O.S. 1894-6. Former name: "Monument Yard" (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880). It has now been absorbed into Monument Street, viz. about 1911. The Monument occupied the centre of the Square, which was erected on the site whereon previously stood the church of St. Margaret, Fish Street Hill. Monument Square, London Monument Square is a public square in the City of London, England, next to the Monument (the Monument to the Great Fire of London). It is to be created as
Figgy pudding You A Merry Christmas," which includes the line, "Now bring us some figgy pudding". A variety of nineteenth-century sources state that, in the West Country of England (from which the carol comes), "figgy pudding" referred to a raisin or plum pudding, not necessarily one containing figs. Figgy pudding Figgy pudding is a type of Christmas pudding which was originally made with figs. It may be baked, steamed in the oven, boiled or fried. Figgy pudding dates back to 16th century England. Its possible ancestors include savoury puddings, such as crustades, fygeye or figge (a potage of mashed figs thickened with