Bartholomew Close, EC1A

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

The Underground Map Pepys Street, EC3N Added: 20 Sep 2020 13:01 GMT	Pepys starts diary On 1 January 1659, Samuel Pepys started his famous daily diary and maintained it for ten years. The diary has become perhaps the most extensive source of information on this critical period of English history. Pepys never considered that his diary would be read by others. The original diary consisted of six volumes written in Shelton shorthand, which he had learned as an undergraduate on scholarship at Magdalene College, Cambridge. This shorthand was introduced in 1626, and was the same system Isaac Newton used when writing. Reply
Katharina Logan Ely Place, N1 Added: 9 Aug 2022 19:01 GMT	Ely place existed in name in 1857 On 7th July 1857 John James Chase and Mary Ann Weekes were married at St John the Baptist Hoxton, he of full age and she a minor. Both parties list their place of residence as Ely Place, yet according to other information, this street was not named until 1861. He was a bricklayer, she had no occupation listed, but both were literate and able to sign their names on their marriage certificate. Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-Q9Y7?cc=3734475 Reply
Sandra Field Masons Place, EC1V Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT	Removal Order Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes. Source: Sign up Reply
Jeff Owen Owen Street, EC1V Added: 20 Mar 2021 16:18 GMT	Owen’s School Owen Street is the site of Owen’s Boys’ School. The last school was built in 1881 and was demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the development which stand there today. It was a “Direct Grant” grammar school and was founded in 1613 by Dame Alice Owen. What is now “Owen’s Fields” was the playground between the old school and the new girls’ school (known then as “Dames Alice Owen’s School” or simply “DAOS”). The boys’ school had the top two floors of that building for their science labs. The school moved to Potters Bar in Hertfordshire in 1971 and is now one of the top State comprehensive schools in the country. The old building remained in use as an accountancy college and taxi-drivers’ “knowledge” school until it was demolished. The new building is now part of City and Islington College. Owen’s was a fine school. I should know because I attended there from 1961 to 1968. Reply
Bruce McTavish Lambeth North Added: 11 Mar 2021 11:37 GMT	Kennington Road Lambeth North station was opened as Kennington Road and then Westminster Bridge Road before settling on its final name. It has a wonderful Leslie Green design. Reply
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT	My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard. Reply
Steven Shepherd Pitfield Street, N1 Added: 4 Feb 2021 14:20 GMT	Our House I and my three brothers were born at 178 Pitfield Street. All of my Mothers Family (ADAMS) Lived in the area. There was an area behind the house where the Hoxton Stall holders would keep the barrows. The house was classed as a slum but was a large house with a basement. The basement had 2 rooms that must have been unchanged for many years it contained a ’copper’ used to boil and clean clothes and bedlinen and a large ’range’ a cast iron coal/log fired oven. Coal was delivered through a ’coal hole’ in the street which dropped through to the basement. The front of the house used to be a shop but unused while we lived there. I have many more happy memories of the house too many to put here. Reply
Mike Elia Street, N1 Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT	6 Elia Street When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry. Reply
MCNALLY Blackfriars Added: 17 May 2021 09:42 GMT	Blackfriars (1959 - 1965) I lived in Upper Ground from 1959 to 1964 I was 6 years old my parents Vince and Kitty run the Pub The Angel on the corner of Upper Ground and Bodies Bridge. I remember the ceiling of the cellar was very low and almost stretched the length of Bodies Bridge. The underground trains run directly underneath the pub. If you were down in the cellar when a train was coming it was quite frightening Reply
Tom Blackfriars Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT	Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge? Reply
Liverpool Street Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT	Liverpool Street the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date. Reply
Talbot Yard, SE1 Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT	correction Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales Reply
Lena White Conduit Street, N1 Added: 18 Mar 2021 13:08 GMT	White Conduit Street, N1 My mum, Rosina Wade of the Wade and Hannam family in the area of Chapel Street and Parkfield Street, bought her first “costume” at S Cohen’s in White Conduit Street. Would have probably been about 1936 or thereabouts. She said that he was a small man but an expert tailor. I hope that Islington Council preserve the shop front as it’s a piece of history of the area. Mum used to get her high heel shoes from an Italian shoe shop in Chapel Street. She had size 2 feet and they would let her know when a new consignment of size 2 shoes were in. I think she was a very good customer. She worked at Killingbacks artificial flower maker in Northampton Square and later at the Halifax bombers factory north of Edgware where she was a riveter. Reply
sam Burdett Street, SE1 Added: 31 Dec 2021 00:54 GMT	Burdett Street, SE1 I was on 2nd July 1952, in Burdett chambers (which is also known as Burdett buildings)on Burdett street Reply
STEPHEN ARTHUR JACKSON Lynedoch Street, E2 Added: 14 Nov 2021 17:12 GMT	Lynedoch Street, E2 my father Arthur Jackson was born in lynedoch street in 1929 and lived with mm grandparents and siblings, until they were relocated to Pamela house Haggerston rd when the street was to be demolished Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT	Brecknock Road Pleating Company My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden. Source: Family history Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT	061123 Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences. Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT	Old pub sign from the Rising Sun Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that! Reply
Phillip Martin Ashburnham Place, SE10 Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT	16 Ashburnham Road On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT	The Hollies (1860 - 1900) I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880 If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected] Reply
Chris hutchison Broadhurst Gardens, NW6 Added: 15 Oct 2023 03:04 GMT	35 broadhurst gardens. 35 Broadhurst gardens was owned by famous opera singer Mr Herman “Simmy”Simberg. He had transformed it into a film and recording complex. There was a film and animation studio on the ground floor. The recording facilities were on the next two floors. I arrived in London from Australia in 1966 and worked in the studio as the tea boy and trainee recording engineer from Christmas 1966 for one year. The facility was leased by an American advertising company called Moreno Films. Mr Simbergs company Vox Humana used the studio for their own projects as well. I worked for both of them. I was so lucky. The manager was another wonderful gentleman called Jack Price who went on to create numerous songs for many famous singers of the day and also assisted the careers of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. “Simmy” let me live in the bedsit,upper right hand window. Jack was also busy with projects with The Troggs,Bill Wyman,Peter Frampton. We did some great sessions with Manfred Mann and Alan Price. The Cream did some demos but that was before my time. We did lots of voice over work. Warren Mitchell and Ronnie Corbett were favourites. I went back in 1978 and “Simmy “ had removed all of the studio and it was now his home. His lounge room was still our studio in my minds eye!! Reply
Sue L Battersea Added: 13 Oct 2023 17:21 GMT	Duffield Street, Battersea I’ve been looking for ages for a photo of Duffield Street without any luck. My mother and grandfather lived there during the war. It was the first property he was able to buy but sadly after only a few months they were bombed out. My mother told the story that one night they were aware of a train stopping above them in the embankment. It was full of soldiers who threw out cigarettes and sweets at about four in the morning. They were returning from Dunkirk though of course my mother had no idea at the time. I have heard the same story from a different source too. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

City Temple The City Temple is a Nonconformist church on Holborn Viaduct.

City Temple

Clerkenwell Preceptory The following is a list of monastic houses in Greater London, England.

Clerkenwell Preceptory

Fleet Market The Fleet Market was a market erected in 1736 on the newly culverted River Fleet.

Fleet Market

Golden Lane Estate, EC1Y The Golden Lane Housing Estate is a 1950s council housing complex in the City of London.

Golden Lane Estate, EC1Y

Hicks Hall Hicks Hall (1611 - 1778) was a building in St John Street, Clerkenwell.

Hicks Hall

Museum of the Order of St John The Museum of the Order of St John in Clerkenwell, London, tells the story of the Venerable Order of Saint John.

Museum of the Order of St John

Old Dick Whittington The Dick Whittington Inn at 24 Cloth Fair was a sixteenth century building and once part of a row of medieval buildings lining the street.

Old Dick Whittington

Smithfield Smithfield is a locality in the ward of Farringdon Without situated at the City of London’s northwest corner.

Smithfield

St Bartholomew’s Hospital St Bartholomew’s Hospital, also known simply as Barts and later more formally as The Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew, is a hospital located at Smithfield in the City of London and founded in 1123.

St Bartholomew’s Hospital

St Michael-le-Querne St Michael-le-Querne, also called St Michael ad Bladum, was a parish church in the Farringdon Within Ward in the City of London.

St Michael-le-Querne

NEARBY STREETS

Addle Street, EC2V Addle Street, there from ancient times, was a victim of the bulldozer after the Second World War.

Addle Street, EC2V

Albion Courtyard, EC1A Albion Courtyard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Albion Courtyard, EC1A

Albion Place, EC1M Albion Place was formerly George Court.

Albion Place, EC1M

Albion Way, EC1A Albion Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Albion Way, EC1A

Alder Castle House, EC2V Alder Castle House can be found on Noble Street.

Alder Castle House, EC2V

Aldermanbury Square, EC2V At the centre of Saxon London, the aldermen (elder statesmen of City wards) met in a ’bury’ (house) in a time before the Guildhall was built.

Aldermanbury Square, EC2V

Aldermanbury, EC2V Aldermanbury is the Saxon name for ’Eldermen’ (elder statesmen) and ’bury’ (house).

Aldermanbury, EC2V

Alders Court, EC1Y Ball Court, EC1 was renamed as Alders Court, EC1 in 1936.

Alders Court, EC1Y

Aldersgate Street, EC1A Aldersgate Street is located on the west side of the Barbican Estate.

Aldersgate Street, EC1A

Alfred Close, EC2Y Alfred Close (Alfred’s Close) was a 1939 renaming of the former Alfred’s Place.

Alfred Close, EC2Y

Alto House, EC1A Alto House is located on Newbury Street.

Alto House, EC1A

Amen Court, EC4M Many of the highways and byways around the precincts of St Paul’s Cathedral bear names which have ecclesiastical origins.

Amen Court, EC4M

Andrewes Highwalk, EC2Y Andrewes Highwalk is named for Lancelot Andrewes, rector of the nearby St Giles-without-Cripplegate Church.

Andrewes Highwalk, EC2Y

Andrewes House, EC2Y Andrewes House is a block on Fore Street.

Andrewes House, EC2Y

Angel Street, EC1A Angel Street runs between King Edward Street in the west and St Martin’s Le Grand in the east.

Angel Street, EC1A

Bale’s Court, EC1M Bale’s Court was a small courtyard off White Horse Alley.

Bale’s Court, EC1M

Barbican Court, EC1A Barbican Court was bombed during the Second World War.

Barbican Court, EC1A

Barbican, EC2Y Before becoming part of Beech Street, a road called Barbican had its own presence.

Barbican, EC2Y

Bartholomew Passage, EC1A Bartholomew Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Bartholomew Passage, EC1A

Bartholomew Place, EC1A Bartholomew Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Bartholomew Place, EC1A

Basinghall Avenue, EC2V Basinghall Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Basinghall Avenue, EC2V

Basinghall Street, EC2V Basinghall Street joins Gresham Street to the south.

Basinghall Street, EC2V

Bassishaw Highwalk, EC2V Bassishaw Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Bassishaw Highwalk, EC2V

Bastion Highwalk, EC2Y Bastion Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Bastion Highwalk, EC2Y

Bear Alley, EC4A Bear Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Bear Alley, EC4A

Beech Street, EC2Y Beech Street is the western extension of Chiswell Street.

Beech Street, EC2Y

Ben Jonson House, EC1Y Ben Jonson House is sited on Golden Lane.

Ben Jonson House, EC1Y

Ben Jonson House, EC2Y Ben Jonson House is a block on Golden Lane.

Ben Jonson House, EC2Y

Benjamin Street, EC1M Benjamin Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Benjamin Street, EC1M

Berkeley Court, EC1M Berkeley Court ran south out of Berkley Street (now Briset Street).

Berkeley Court, EC1M

Bishop’s Court, EC4M Bishop?s Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Bishop’s Court, EC4M

Blackwell House, EC2V Blackwell House is sited on Guildhall Yard.

Blackwell House, EC2V

Blake Tower, EC2Y Blake Tower is located on Fann Street.

Blake Tower, EC2Y

Boundary House, EC1M Boundary House is a block on Charterhouse Street.

Boundary House, EC1M

Bowater House, EC1Y Bowater House is sited on Fann Street.

Bowater House, EC1Y

Brackley Street, EC2Y Brackley Street was named after Viscount Brackley - the title given to the eldest sons of the Earl of Bridgewater who owned a townhouse on Bridgewater Square.

Brackley Street, EC2Y

Bradford Avenue, EC2Y Bradford Avenue was a street of warehouses.

Bradford Avenue, EC2Y

Brandon Mews, EC2Y Brandon Mews is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Brandon Mews, EC2Y

Breton House, EC2Y Breton House is a block on Golden Lane.

Breton House, EC2Y

Brewers Hall Gardens, EC2V Brewers Hall Gardens is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Brewers Hall Gardens, EC2V

Bridgewater Square, EC1Y Bridgewater Square is an historic square near to the Barbican.

Bridgewater Square, EC1Y

Briset Street, EC1M Briset Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Briset Street, EC1M

Britton Street, EC1M Britton Street was named after Thomas Britten, a 17th century coalman.

Britton Street, EC1M

Broad Yard, EC1M Broad Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Broad Yard, EC1M

Bryer Court, EC2Y Bryer Court is a block on Bridgewater Square

Bryer Court, EC2Y

Bull and Mouth Street, EC2V Bull and Mouth Street ran between King Edward Street and St Martin’s Le Grand.

Bull and Mouth Street, EC2V

Cap House, EC1A Cap House is a building on Long Lane.

Cap House, EC1A

Carey Lane, EC2V Carey Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Carey Lane, EC2V

Carthusian Street, EC1A Carthusian Street is a road in the EC1A postcode area

Carthusian Street, EC1A

Central Markets, EC1A Central Markets is the address of traders within Smithfield Market.

Central Markets, EC1A

Charterhouse Mews, EC1A Charterhouse Mews is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Charterhouse Mews, EC1A

Charterhouse Square, EC1M Charterhouse Square is the largest courtyard associated with London Charterhouse, mostly formed of Tudor and Stuart architecture restored after the Blitz.

Charterhouse Square, EC1M

Charterhouse Street, EC1A Charterhouse Street is a street on the northern boundary of the City of London.

Charterhouse Street, EC1A

Cherry Tree Walk, EC1Y Cherry Tree Walk is a road in the EC1Y postcode area

Cherry Tree Walk, EC1Y

Churchyard Path, EC1A Churchyard Path runs up to the church of St Bartholomew.

Churchyard Path, EC1A

City Place House, EC2V City Place House is a block on Basinghall Street.

City Place House, EC2V

City Tower, EC2V City Tower is a block on Unnamed Road.

City Tower, EC2V

Cloth Court, EC1M Cloth Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Cloth Court, EC1M

Cloth Fair, EC1A Cloth Fair stands where the original Bartholomew Fair was held in medieval times.

Cloth Fair, EC1A

Cloth Street, EC1M Cloth Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Cloth Street, EC1M

Coach & Horses Yard, EC1A Coach & Horses Yard lay behind the Coach & Horses pub at 71 Bartholomew Close.

Coach & Horses Yard, EC1A

Cock Lane, EC1A Cock Lane leads from Giltspur Street in the east to Snow Hill in the west.

Cock Lane, EC1A

Coldwatch House, EC1A Coldwatch House is a block on Giltspur Street.

Coldwatch House, EC1A

Compter Passage, EC2V Compter Passage is a location in London.

Compter Passage, EC2V

Cornwell House, EC1M Cornwell House is a block on Clerkenwell Green.

Cornwell House, EC1M

Cowcross Street, EC1M Cowcross Street links Farringdon station with Charterhouse Street.

Cowcross Street, EC1M

Crescent House, EC1M Crescent House is sited on Goswell Road.

Crescent House, EC1M

Cripplegate Street, EC1Y Cripplegate Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Cripplegate Street, EC1Y

Cromwell Tower, EC2Y Cromwell Tower is a block on Silk Street.

Cromwell Tower, EC2Y

Crown House, EC1M Crown House is a building on Goswell Road.

Crown House, EC1M

Crozier Court, EC1M Abbot’s Place, NW6

Crozier Court, EC1M

Cullum Welch House, EC1M Cullum Welch House is a block on Golden Lane.

Cullum Welch House, EC1M

Cuthbert Harrowing House, EC1Y Cuthbert Harrowing House is a block on Fann Street.

Cuthbert Harrowing House, EC1Y

Dean’s Court, EC4M Dean’s Court was a small alley off Old Bailey, on maps between 1750 and 1950.

Dean’s Court, EC4M

Defoe House, EC2Y Defoe House is a block on Beech Street.

Defoe House, EC2Y

Denmark House, EC1M Denmark House is a block on Cowcross Street.

Denmark House, EC1M

Duke Street, EC1A Duke Street ran off Smithfield, becoming part of Little Britain in 1885.

Duke Street, EC1A

Eagle Court, EC1M Eagle Court is a courtyard situated off of Benjamin Street.

Eagle Court, EC1M

East Market, EC2Y East Market is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

East Market, EC2Y

East Passage, EC1A East Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

East Passage, EC1A

East Poultry Avenue, EC1A East Poultry Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

East Poultry Avenue, EC1A

Elliot’s Court, EC4M Elliot’s Court is featured on maps from 1750 to 1950.

Elliot’s Court, EC4M

Fann Street, EC1Y Fann Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Fann Street, EC1Y

Farringdon Road, EC1A Farringdon Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Farringdon Road, EC1A

Farringdon Street, EC1A The building of Farringdon Street is considered one of the greatest urban engineering achievements of the 19th century.

Farringdon Street, EC1A

Farringdon Street, EC4M Farringdon Street was constructed over the Fleet river.

Farringdon Street, EC4M

Faulkners Alley, EC1M Faulkners Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Faulkners Alley, EC1M

Ferroners House, EC2Y Ferroners House

Ferroners House, EC2Y

Fitz Eylwin House, EC1A Fitz Eylwin House is a block on Holborn Viaduct.

Fitz Eylwin House, EC1A

Fleet House, EC1R Fleet House is sited on Clerkenwell Road.

Fleet House, EC1R

Fleet Place House, EC4M Fleet Place House is a building on Fleet Place.

Fleet Place House, EC4M

Fleet Place, EC4M Fleet Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Fleet Place, EC4M

Florin Court, EC1A Florin Court is a classic Art Deco building in Clerkenwell.

Florin Court, EC1A

Fore Street Avenue, EC2Y Fore Street Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Fore Street Avenue, EC2Y

Fore Street, EC2Y Fore Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Fore Street, EC2Y

Fortune House, EC1Y Fortune House is a block on Fortune Street.

Fortune House, EC1Y

Fortune Street, EC1Y Fortune Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Fortune Street, EC1Y

Foster Lane, EC2V Foster Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Foster Lane, EC2V

Gate House, EC1M Residential block

Gate House, EC1M

Gilbert Bridge, EC2Y Gilbert Bridge is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Gilbert Bridge, EC2Y

Gilbert House, EC2Y Gilbert House is a block on Gilbert Bridge.

Gilbert House, EC2Y

Giltspur House, EC1A Giltspur House is a block on Giltspur Street.

Giltspur House, EC1A

Giltspur Street, EC1A Giltspur Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Giltspur Street, EC1A

Glasshouse Yard, EC2Y Glasshouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Glasshouse Yard, EC2Y

Goldsmith Street, EC2V Goldsmith Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Goldsmith Street, EC2V

Grand Avenue, EC1A Grand Avenue runs through the centre of Smithfield Market.

Grand Avenue, EC1A

Great Arthur House, EC1Y Great Arthur House is a building on Fann Street.

Great Arthur House, EC1Y

Greenhill House, EC1M Greenhill House is a block on Cowcross Street.

Greenhill House, EC1M

Greenhills Rents, EC1A Greenhills Rents is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Greenhills Rents, EC1A

Gresham Street, EC2V Gresham Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Gresham Street, EC2V

Guildhall Buildings, EC2V Guildhall Buildings connects Basinghall Street with the Guildhall area.

Guildhall Buildings, EC2V

Guildhall House, EC2V Guildhall House is a block on Gresham Street.

Guildhall House, EC2V

Guildhall Yard, EC2V Guildhall Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Guildhall Yard, EC2V

Gutter Lane, EC2V Gutter Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Gutter Lane, EC2V

Half Moon Court, EC1A Halfmoon Court is the southern most of five passages leading eastward from Kinghorn Street.

Half Moon Court, EC1A

Harp House, EC4A Harp House is a block on Farringdon Street.

Harp House, EC4A

Hayne Street, EC1A Hayne Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Hayne Street, EC1A

Holborn Viaduct, EC1A Holborn Viaduct is a road bridge in London and the name of the street which crosses it.

Holborn Viaduct, EC1A

Honey Lane, EC2V Honey Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Honey Lane, EC2V

Hosier Lane, EC1A Hosier Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Hosier Lane, EC1A

Infinity House, EC1 Infinity House is located on Britton Street.

Infinity House, EC1

Italia Conti House, EC1M Italia Conti House can be found on Goswell Road.

Italia Conti House, EC1M

Jarvis House, EC1A Jarvis House is a block on Smithfield Street.

Jarvis House, EC1A

Jewin Crescent Jewin Crescent - as The Crescent - existed from the end of the eighteenth century.

Jewin Crescent

Jewin Street, EC2Y Jewin Street

Jewin Street, EC2Y

Joseph Rotblat Building, EC1A Joseph Rotblat Building is a building on Glasshouse Yard.

Joseph Rotblat Building, EC1A

King Edward Street, EC1A King Edward Street runs from Newgate Street in the south to Little Britain in the north.

King Edward Street, EC1A

Kinghorn Street, EC1A Kinghorn Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Kinghorn Street, EC1A

Klaco House, EC1M Klaco House is a block on St John’s Lane.

Klaco House, EC1M

Lamb’s Passage, EC1Y Lamb’s Passage was formerly Great Swordbearers (Sword Bearers) Alley.

Lamb’s Passage, EC1Y

Lauderdale Tower, EC2Y Lauderdale Tower is the westernmost tower in the Barbican, facing onto Lauderdale Place.

Lauderdale Tower, EC2Y

Lawrence Lane, EC2V Lawrence Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Lawrence Lane, EC2V

Limeburner Lane, EC4M Limeburner Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Limeburner Lane, EC4M

Lindsey House, EC1M Lindsey House can be found on Charterhouse Street.

Lindsey House, EC1M

Lindsey Street, EC1A Lindsey Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Lindsey Street, EC1A

Little Britain, EC1A Little Britain is a street in the City of London running from St Martin’s Le Grand in the east to West Smithfield.

Little Britain, EC1A

London Central Markets, EC4A London Central Markets is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

London Central Markets, EC4A

London Wall, EC2Y London Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

London Wall, EC2Y

Long Lane, EC1A Long Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Long Lane, EC1A

Love Lane, EC2V Love Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Love Lane, EC2V

Marylebone House, EC1M Marylebone House is a block on St John Street.

Marylebone House, EC1M

Mason’s Avenue, EC2V A street within the EC2V postcode

Mason’s Avenue, EC2V

Michael House, EC1Y Michael House is a block on Chiswell Street.

Michael House, EC1Y

Middle Street, EC1A Middle Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Middle Street, EC1A

Middlesex Passage, EC1A Middlesex Passage is a location in London.

Middlesex Passage, EC1A

Milk Street, EC2V Milk Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Milk Street, EC2V

Milton Court, EC2Y Milton Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Milton Court, EC2Y

Milton Street, EC2Y Milton Street was formerly known as Grub Street.

Milton Street, EC2Y

Mitre Court, EC2V Mitre Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Mitre Court, EC2V

Monkwell House, EC2Y Monkwell House is a building on Barbican Highwalk.

Monkwell House, EC2Y

Monkwell Square, EC2Y Monkwell Square is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Monkwell Square, EC2Y

Moorfields Highwalk, EC2Y Moorfields Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Moorfields Highwalk, EC2Y

Morley House, EC1A Morley House is a block on Holborn Viaduct.

Morley House, EC1A

Mountjoy House, EC2Y Mountjoy House is a building on Monkwell Square.

Mountjoy House, EC2Y

Newbury Street, EC1A Newbury Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Newbury Street, EC1A

Newcastle Close, EC4A Newcastle Close - Newcastle Street until 1939 - was possibly called after a former inn called the Castle located here.

Newcastle Close, EC4A

Newgate Street, EC1A Newgate Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Newgate Street, EC1A

Newgate Street, EC2V Newgate Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Newgate Street, EC2V

Noble Street, EC2V Noble Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Noble Street, EC2V

Nomura House, EC1A Nomura House is a block on St Martin’s Le Grand.

Nomura House, EC1A

Oat Lane, EC2V Oat Lane has been marked on London maps since 1600 and before.

Oat Lane, EC2V

Old Bailey, EC4M Old Bailey is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Old Bailey, EC4M

Old Seacoal Lane, EC4M Old Seacoal Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Old Seacoal Lane, EC4M

Passing Alley, EC1M Passing Alley is a road in the EC1M postcode area

Passing Alley, EC1M

Penny Bank Chambers, EC1M Penny Bank Chambers is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Penny Bank Chambers, EC1M

Peter’s Lane, EC1M Peter’s Lane is named after the church which once stood close to the Cross Keys tavern.

Peter’s Lane, EC1M

Pickax Street, EC2Y Pickax Street once ran from Long Lane to Goswell Road (which before 1864 was called Goswell Street).

Pickax Street, EC2Y

Plough Court, EC2Y Plough Court was renamed as part of Barbican in 1939.

Plough Court, EC2Y

Plumtree Court, EC4A Plumtree Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Plumtree Court, EC4A

Preachers Court The Charterhouse, EC1M Residential block

Preachers Court The Charterhouse, EC1M

Priest’s Court, EC2V Priest?s Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Priest’s Court, EC2V

Princes House, EC2V Princes House is a block on Gresham Street.

Princes House, EC2V

Queen Isabella Way, EC1A Queen Isabella Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Queen Isabella Way, EC1A

Red Cross Street, EC2Y Red Cross Street once ran to the junction of Beech Street and Golden Lane.

Red Cross Street, EC2Y

Roman House, EC2Y Roman House is a building on St Alphage Garden.

Roman House, EC2Y

Russia Row, EC2V Russia Row is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Russia Row, EC2V

Sabian House, EC1M Sabian House is sited on Cowcross Street.

Sabian House, EC1M

Saddlers House, EC2V Saddlers House can be found on Gutter Lane.

Saddlers House, EC2V

Saunderson House, EC1A Saunderson House is a block on Long Lane.

Saunderson House, EC1A

Seddon Highwalk, EC2Y Seddon Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Seddon Highwalk, EC2Y

Seddon House, EC2Y Seddon House is a block on Aldersgate Street.

Seddon House, EC2Y

Shakespeare Tower, EC2Y Shakespeare Tower can be found on Beech Street.

Shakespeare Tower, EC2Y

Silk Street, EC2Y Silk Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Silk Street, EC2Y

Silver Street, EC2V Silver Street was the location of a house in which William Shakespeare lived during his time in London.

Silver Street, EC2V

Smithfield Street, EC1A Smithfield Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Smithfield Street, EC1A

Smokehouse Yard, EC1M Smokehouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Smokehouse Yard, EC1M

Snow Hill, EC1A Snow Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Snow Hill, EC1A

Speed House, EC2Y Speed House is a block on Speed Highwalk.

Speed House, EC2Y

St Alphage Garden, EC2Y St Alphage Garden is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

St Alphage Garden, EC2Y

St Alphage Highwalk, EC2V St Alphage Highwalk is part of the Barbican.

St Alphage Highwalk, EC2V

St Ann’s Lane, EC2V St Ann’s Lane was the name for the west end of Gresham Street until the 1860s.

St Ann’s Lane, EC2V

St Bride Street, EC4A St Bride Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

St Bride Street, EC4A

St Giles Terrace, EC2Y St Giles Terrace lies alongside St Giles Cripplegate church.

St Giles Terrace, EC2Y

St John’s Square, EC1M St John’s Square, south of Clerkenwell Road, is in the EC1M postal area.

St John’s Square, EC1M

St Johns Lane, EC1M St Johns Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

St Johns Lane, EC1M

St Johns Path, EC1M St Johns Path is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

St Johns Path, EC1M

St Johns Place, EC1M St Johns Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

St Johns Place, EC1M

St John’s Gate, EC1M St John’s Gate is a small named section of road leading to the gate of the same name.

St John’s Gate, EC1M

St Martin’s Le Grand, EC2V St Martin’s Le Grand is a street north of Newgate Street and a former liberty within the City of London

St Martin’s Le Grand, EC2V

Stonecutter Street, EC4A Stonecutter Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Stonecutter Street, EC4A

Templeton House, EC1Y Templeton House is a block on Chiswell Street.

Templeton House, EC1Y

The Charterhouse, EC1M Residential block

The Charterhouse, EC1M

The Old Sessions House, EC1R The Old Sessions House is a block on Farringdon Lane.

The Old Sessions House, EC1R

The Postern, EC2Y The Postern is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

The Postern, EC2Y

The Red House, EC1V The Red House is a block on Clerkenwell Road.

The Red House, EC1V

Therese House, EC1M Therese House is a block on Glasshouse Yard.

Therese House, EC1M

Thomas Ford House, EC1A Thomas Ford House is a block on Smithfield Street.

Thomas Ford House, EC1A

Thomas More Highwalk, EC2Y Thomas More Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Thomas More Highwalk, EC2Y

Thomas More House, EC2Y Thomas More House is a block on Shaftesbury Place.

Thomas More House, EC2Y

Three Nun Court, EC2V Three Nun Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Three Nun Court, EC2V

Turnagain Lane, EC4A Turnagain Lane is an ancient thoroughfare in the City of London.

Turnagain Lane, EC4A

Turnmill Street, EC1 Turnmill Street appears in the works of Shakespeare.

Turnmill Street, EC1

Vestry House, EC1A Vestry House is a block on Greyfriars Passage.

Vestry House, EC1A

Wallside, EC2Y Wallside is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Wallside, EC2Y

Warwick House, EC1M Warwick House is a block on Cowcross Street.

Warwick House, EC1M

Warwick Lane, EC4M This is a street in the EC4P postcode area

Warwick Lane, EC4M

Warwick Square, EC4M Warwick Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Warwick Square, EC4M

West Smithfield, EC1A West Smithfield is the oldest street of the Smithfield area.

West Smithfield, EC1A

White Horse Alley, EC1M White Horse Alley, until after the Second World War, led north off Cowcross Street.

White Horse Alley, EC1M

Willoughby Highwalk, EC2Y Willoughby Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Willoughby Highwalk, EC2Y

Willoughby House, EC2Y Willoughby House is a building on Willoughby Highwalk.

Willoughby House, EC2Y

Wood Street, EC2V Wood Street was originally the main north–south route through the Roman Fort, discovered after Second World War bombing.

Wood Street, EC2V

Wood Street, EC2Y The northern section Wood Street lies between London Wall and the Barbican.

Wood Street, EC2Y

Zinc House, EC1M Zinc House is a block on Cowcross Street.

NEARBY PUBS

Best Mangal Bar & Restaurant

City Golf & Health Clubs

Clerkenwell & Social

Coach & Horses The Coach & Horses was situated at 71 Bartholomew Close in Smithfield.

Coach & Horses

Corney & Barrow, Unit 3, Stock Exch

Dado 54

Davy’s

Grand Union Farringdon

Jamies

Magpie & Stump The Magpie and Stump is situated at 18 Old Bailey, EC4.

Magpie & Stump

Old Dick Whittington The Dick Whittington Inn at 24 Cloth Fair was a sixteenth century building and once part of a row of medieval buildings lining the street.

Oriole

Searcys Bars @ GSM & D

The Butcher’s Hook and Cleaver

The Castle The Castle is the only pub in England that, alongside its pub sign, is permitted to display the three balls of a pawnbroker.

The George The George was at 25 Old Bailey.

The George

The Grill on the Market

Viaduct Tavern Have a pint at the Viaduct Tavern - a fine old gin palace, with fine mahogany and brass fittings, art nouveau paintings and lincrusta ceilings.

Viaduct Tavern

Vino & Vino

White Bear

Wood Street Bar and Restaurant

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It is widely referred to as 'The City' (often written on maps as City and differentiated from the phrase 'the city of London') or 'the Square Mile' as it is 1.12 square miles in area. These terms are also often used as metonyms for the United Kingdom's financial services industry, which continues a notable history of being largely based in the City.

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Smithfield Market TUM image id: 1620388545 Licence:	"Cheapside and Bow Church" engraved by W. Albutt (1837) First published in The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster. Steel engraved print after a picture by T.H. Shepherd. Credit: W. Albutt TUM image id: 1507465321 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Georg Giese from Danzig, 34-year-old German merchant at the Steelyard, painted in London by Hans Holbein in 1532 Credit: Hans Holbein TUM image id: 1490827371 Licence:	Walbrook Wharf is an operating freight wharf located in the City of London adjacent to Cannon Street station. TUM image id: 1508582712 Licence: CC BY 2.0	St Lukes Hospital for Lunatics, London TUM image id: 1554045418 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The gravestone of English poet William Blake in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground Credit: https://careergappers.com/ TUM image id: 1622643378 Licence:	Saint John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, the main gateway to the Priory of Saint John of Jerusalem. The church was founded in the 12th century by Jordan de Briset, a Norman knight. Prior Docwra completed the gatehouse shown in this photograph in 1504. The gateway served as the main entry to the Priory, which was the center of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (the Knights Hospitallers). Credit: Henry Dixon (1880) TUM image id: 1557226611 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Illustration of Fleet Market Credit: William Henry Prior TUM image id: 1530111646 Licence: CC BY 2.0	"London Bridge from the Old Swan" by the Irish painter Hubert Pugh (1780) Shooting the tidal rapids at old London Bridge was dangerous; many passengers preferred to get off at the Old Swan, and walk. Immediately across the river in the painting is St Saviour’s Church, now Southwark Cathedral. Credit: Hubert Pugh (Bank of England Museum) TUM image id: 1623675815 Licence:	At the corner of Clerkenwell Road and Goswell Road sits the Hat and Feathers. It was built on the site of an earlier tavern around 1860 for owner James Leask. It was designed by William Finch Hill who specialised in music halls and pubs. Credit: Ewan Munro TUM image id: 1637770947 Licence:
Amen Court, EC4M TUM image id: 1493474208 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The shoemaker was a 1907 London comedy drama, a play "full of tears and laughter." TUM image id: 1520778488 Licence:	At the southern end of Carmelite Street in the City of London stood the Victorian-era Whitefriars Fire Station. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1623066010 Licence:	Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets. TUM image id: 1620298544 Licence:	View of Cloth Fair in 1884 showing the side entrance to St Bartholomew’s Priory, Smithfield. Credit: John Crowther TUM image id: 1622807402 Licence:

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"Cheapside and Bow Church" engraved by W. Albutt (1837) First published in The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster. Steel engraved print after a picture by T.H. Shepherd.
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Saint John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, the main gateway to the Priory of Saint John of Jerusalem. The church was founded in the 12th century by Jordan de Briset, a Norman knight. Prior Docwra completed the gatehouse shown in this photograph in 1504. The gateway served as the main entry to the Priory, which was the center of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (the Knights Hospitallers).
Credit: Henry Dixon (1880)
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Illustration of Fleet Market
Credit: William Henry Prior
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At the corner of Clerkenwell Road and Goswell Road sits the Hat and Feathers. It was built on the site of an earlier tavern around 1860 for owner James Leask. It was designed by William Finch Hill who specialised in music halls and pubs.
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Amen Court, EC4M
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The shoemaker was a 1907 London comedy drama, a play "full of tears and laughter."
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View of Cloth Fair in 1884 showing the side entrance to St Bartholomew’s Priory, Smithfield.
Credit: John Crowther
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Holborn Viaduct from Farringdon Street, c. 1910 The building of Farringdon Street is considered one of the greatest urban engineering achievements of the 19th century. It was one of the first engineered multi-lane roads, and also buried the River Fleet in a system of underground tunnels, solving one of London’s most daunting sanitary problems. Its construction also included the building of the world’s first stretch of underground railway, a branch of the Metropolitan Railway that later became part of the London Underground running beneath Farringdon Road from King’s Cross St. Pancras into the City at Farringdon. The construction of Farringdon Street also necessitated the removal of the Fleet Market that had been built in 1736 above the course of the River Fleet, which is now London’s largest subterranean river. North of the market was Hockley-in-the-Hole (around Ray Street Bridge), an area notorious for bear-baiting and similar activities.
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Farringdon Street, EC4M
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