Ray Street, EC1R

Road in/near Farringdon

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Ray Street is a corruption of ‘Rag’, after the former local rag trade here.

The street was formerly two different streets - Hockley in the Hole and Town’s End Lane.


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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Central School of Ballet Central School of Ballet is a classical ballet school based in London, with students from countries all over the world.
Clerkenwell Preceptory The following is a list of monastic houses in Greater London, England.
Clerkenwell Priory Clerkenwell Priory was a priory of the Monastic Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, located in Clerkenwell, London.
Hicks Hall Hicks Hall (1611 - 1778) was a building in St John Street, Clerkenwell.
Hockley-in-the-Hole Hockley-in-the-Hole was an area where bear-baiting and duelling took place in the 18th century.
Maison Novelli Maison Novelli was a restaurant in Clerkenwell, Central London, located opposite the Old Session House.
Marx Memorial Library The Marx Memorial Library in London holds more than 43,000 books, pamphlets and newspapers on Marxism, Scientific Socialism and Working class history.
Middlesex Sessions House The Former Middlesex Session(s) House or the Old Sessions House is a large building on Clerkenwell Green.
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.
St James’s Church, Clerkenwell St James Church, Clerkenwell, is an Anglican parish church.
St John Clerkenwell St John Clerkenwell is a former parish church in Clerkenwell, now used as the chapel of the modern Order of St John.
St Peter’s Italian Church St. Peter’s Italian Church is a Basilica-style church located in Holborn.

NEARBY STREETS
Abacus House, EC1R Abacus House can be found on Gloucester Way (Finsbury)
Agdon Street, EC1V Agdon Street was originally called Woods Close (Clerkenwell)
Albemarle Way, EC1M Albemarle Way was named after Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Albermarle, who lived at Newcastle House nearby in the 18th century (Clerkenwell)
Albert House, WC1X Albert House is a block on King’s Cross Road (Finsbury)
Albion Courtyard, EC1A Albion Courtyard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (City of London)
Albion Place, EC1M Albion Place was formerly George Court (Clerkenwell)
Antwerp House, EC1N Antwerp House is a block on Kirby Street (Farringdon)
Argus House, EC1V Argus House is a block on St John Street (Clerkenwell)
Atkin Building, WC1R Atkin Building is a block on Jockey’s Fields (Holborn)
Attneave Street, EC1R Attneave Street is thought to be named after a local builder in the 1890s called Attneave (Finsbury)
Aylesbury Street, EC1V Aylesbury Street - after the earl of Aylesbury who owned a house near here in the 17th century (Clerkenwell)
Back Hill, EC1N Back Hill is simply named as it lies off (or to the ’back’) of a main road (Farringdon)
Bakers Yard, EC1R Baker’s Yard leads off Bakers Row (Clerkenwell)
Baker’s Row, EC1R Bakers Row was named after Richard Baker, a local 18th century carpenter (Clerkenwell)
Baldwins Gardens, EC1N Baldwin Gardens runs between Gray’s Inn Road and Leather Lane (Farringdon)
Bale’s Court, EC1M Bale’s Court was a small courtyard off White Horse Alley (Clerkenwell)
Beauchamp Building, EC1N Beauchamp Building is a building on Beauchamp Street (Farringdon)
Bedford Row, WC1R Bedford Row runs between Theobalds Road and Sandland Street (Holborn)
Benjamin Street, EC1M Benjamin Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Farringdon)
Berkeley Court, EC1M Berkeley Court ran south out of Berkley Street (now Briset Street) (Clerkenwell)
Berry Place, EC1V Berry Place and Berry Street were named after Thomas Berry, local early 19th century landowner (Finsbury)
Bleeding Heart Yard, EC1N Bleeding Heart Yard is a courtyard off of Greville Street (Farringdon)
Boundary House, EC1M Boundary House is a block on Charterhouse Street (City of London)
Bowling Green Lane, EC1R Bowling Green Lane connects Farringdon Road with Northampton Road (Clerkenwell)
Brewery Square, EC1V Brewery Square is a square surrounded by modern buildings in Clerkenwell (Clerkenwell)
Brewhouse Yard, EC1V Brewhouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Briset Street, EC1M Briset Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Britton Street, EC1M Britton Street was named after Thomas Britten, a 17th century coalman. (Farringdon)
Broad Yard, EC1M Broad Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Brooke Street, EC1N Brooke Street runs north off of Holborn (Farringdon)
Brownlow Mews, WC1N Brownlow Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Finsbury)
Calthorpe Street, WC1X Calthorpe Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Catherine Griffiths Court, EC1R Catherine Griffiths Court is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Celtic House, WC1N Celtic House is a block on Johns Mews (Bloomsbury)
Challoner House, EC1R Challoner House is a building on Clerkenwell Close (Clerkenwell)
Charles Townsend House, EC1R Charles Townsend House is a block on Finsbury Estate (Finsbury)
Charterhouse Mews, EC1A Charterhouse Mews is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (City of London)
Charterhouse Street, EC1A Charterhouse Street is a street on the northern boundary of the City of London (City of London)
Clerkenwell Close, EC1R Clerkenwell Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Clerkenwell Green, EC1M Clerkenwell Green is the street named after the historical green (Clerkenwell)
Clerkenwell House, EC1R Clerkenwell House is a block on Clerkenwell Green (Clerkenwell)
Clerkenwell Road, EC1M Clerkenwell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Clerkenwell Road, EC1R Clerkenwell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Cockpit Yard, WC1X Cockpit Yard leads off Northington Street (Bloomsbury)
Coldbath Square, EC1R Coldbath Square was named after a well of cold water that stood here alone in surrounding fields. (Clerkenwell)
Compton Street, EC1V Compton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Cornwell House, EC1M Cornwell House is a block on Clerkenwell Green (Clerkenwell)
Corporation Row, EC1R Corporation Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
Cowcross Street, EC1M Cowcross Street links Farringdon station with Charterhouse Street (Clerkenwell)
Crawford Passage, EC1R Crawford Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Farringdon)
Crayle House, EC1V Crayle House is sited on Cyrus Street (Clerkenwell)
Crozier Court, EC1M Abbot’s Place, NW6 (Clerkenwell)
Cyrus House, EC1V Cyrus House is located on Cyrus Street (Clerkenwell)
Cyrus Street, EC1V Cyrus Street is possibly after the Persian king of this name (Clerkenwell)
Denmark House, EC1M Denmark House is a block on Cowcross Street (Clerkenwell)
Doughty Street, WC1N Doughty Street is a broad tree-lined street in the Holborn district (Bloomsbury)
Dunstan House, EC1N Dunstan House is a block on St Cross Street (Farringdon)
Eagle Court, EC1M Eagle Court is a courtyard situated off of Benjamin Street (Clerkenwell)
Earnshaw House, EC1V Earnshaw House is a block on Percival Street (Finsbury)
East Market, EC1A East Market is part of Smithfield Market (City of London)
Easton Street, WC1X Easton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Elm Street, WC1X Elm Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Bloomsbury)
Exmouth House, EC1 Exmouth House is a block on Exmouth Market (Finsbury)
Exmouth House, EC1R Exmouth House is a block on Pine Street (Finsbury)
Exmouth Market, EC1R Exmouth Market, formerly Exmouth Street, is semi-pedestrianised - the location of an outdoor street market (Finsbury)
Experis House, EC1R Experis House is a block on Ray Street (Farringdon)
Eyre Street Hill, EC1R Eyre Street Hill runs south from Warner Street (Clerkenwell)
Farringdon Lane, EC1R Farringdon Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Farringdon Road, EC1R Farringdon Road is a road in Clerkenwell and Finsbury (Clerkenwell)
Faulkners Alley, EC1M Faulkners Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Fleet House, EC1R Fleet House is sited on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
Frances Gardner House, WC1X Frances Gardner House is a block on Cubitt Street (Finsbury)
Frewell Building, EC1N Frewell Building is a block on Frewell Building (Farringdon)
Gate House, EC1M Residential block (Clerkenwell)
Gensurco House, EC1 Gensurco House is a building on Exmouth Market (Finsbury)
Gough Street, WC1X Gough Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Grand Avenue, EC1A Grand Avenue runs through the centre of Smithfield Market (City of London)
Gravel Street, EC1N Gravel Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Grays Inn Road, WC1X Grays Inn Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Grays Inn Square Chambers, WC1R Grays Inn Square Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Grays Inn Square, WC1R Grays Inn Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Greenhill House, EC1M Greenhill House is a block on Cowcross Street (City of London)
Greenhills Rents, EC1A Greenhills Rents is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (City of London)
Greenwood House, EC1R Greenwood House is a block on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
Greville Street, EC1N Greville Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Griffin Building, WC1X Griffin Building is a block on Theobalds Road (Farringdon)
Griffin House, EC1N Griffin House can be found on Saffron Hill (Farringdon)
Grimthorpe House, EC1V Grimthorpe House is a building on Agdon Street (Clerkenwell)
Guildhall North Wing, SE1 Guildhall North Wing is a location in London (Finsbury)
Harold Laski House, EC1V Harold Laski House is a block on Percival Street (Finsbury)
Hatton Garden, EC1N Hatton Garden is a street and area noted as London’s jewellery quarter and centre of the UK diamond trade (Farringdon)
Hatton Place, EC1N Hatton Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Hatton Square, EC1N Hatton Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Hatton Wall, EC1N Hatton Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Haywards Place, EC1V Haywards Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Herbal Hill, EC1N Herbal Hill leads north from Saffron Hill (Farringdon)
Herbal House, EC1R Herbal House is a block on Back Hill (Farringdon)
Holsworthy Square, WC1X This is a street in the WC1X postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Hooper House, EC1R Hooper House is a block on Clerkenwell Close (Clerkenwell)
Infinity House, EC1 Infinity House is located on Britton Street (Farringdon)
Jerusalem Passage, EC1M Jerusalem Passage was named for an old public house, St John of Jerusalem, which stood at the northeast corner until 1760 (Clerkenwell)
Jockeys Fields, WC1R Jockeys Fields is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
John Street, WC1N John Street was named for John Blagrave, carpenter to the Doughty family. (Bloomsbury)
Johns Mews, WC1N Johns Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Joseph Close, EC1R Joseph Close is a road in the N4 postcode area (Finsbury)
Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R Joseph Trotter Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Kings Mews, WC1X Kings Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Kingsway Place, EC1R Kingsway Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Kirby Street, EC1N Kirby Street was named for Christopher Hatton’s Kirby House in Northamptonshire (Farringdon)
Kirk Street, WC1N Kirk Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Klaco House, EC1M Klaco House is a block on St John’s Lane (Clerkenwell)
Klamath House, EC1R Klamath House is a block on Clerkenwell Green (Clerkenwell)
Kovacs House, EC1N Kovacs House is a block on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
Langdale House, EC1N Langdale House can be found on Dorrington Street (Farringdon)
Langdon House, EC1N Langdon House is a block on Leather Lane (Farringdon)
Langton Close, WC1X Langton Close was named after the Arthur Langton Nurses Home formerly located here (Finsbury)
Laystall House, EC1R Laystall House is a block on Rosebury Avenue (Clerkenwell)
Laystall Street, EC1R Laystall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Leather Lane, EC1N Leather Lane is a street one block west of Hatton Garden, in the Holborn area of London (Farringdon)
Lever Building, EC1R Lever Building is a block on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
Liberty House, EC1V Liberty House can be found on St John Street (Clerkenwell)
Lins House, EC1R Lins House is located on Rosebery Avenue (Clerkenwell)
Makers Yard, E3 Makers Yard is a location in London (Clerkenwell)
Malta Street, EC1V This is a street in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Margery Street, WC1X Margery Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Marylebone House, EC1M Marylebone House is a block on St John Street (Clerkenwell)
Matrix House, EC1R Matrix House is located on Baker’s Row (Farringdon)
Meredith Street, EC1R Meredith Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Michael Cliffe House, EC1R Michael Cliffe House is a block on Gloucester Way (Finsbury)
Mount Pleasant, EC1R Mount Pleasant gained its ironic name in the 1730s after locals had begun to dump refuse there (Finsbury)
Mount Plesant, EC1R Mount Plesant is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
New House, EC1N New House is a block on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
Newington Close, EC1R This is a street in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
North Mews, WC1N North Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Northampton Road, EC1R Northampton Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Northburgh Street, EC1M Northburgh Street in the EC1V postcode is a western extension of the main part of the street (Clerkenwell)
Northington Street, WC1N Northington Street was named after Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington, Lord Chancellor in the 1760s. (Bloomsbury)
Pakenham Street, WC1X Pakenham Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Paramount Building, EC1V Paramount Building is a block on St John Street (Clerkenwell)
Partridge House, EC1V Partridge House is a block on Malta Street (Clerkenwell)
Passing Alley, EC1M Passing Alley is a road in the EC1M postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Patrick Coman House, EC1R Patrick Coman House is a block on Meredith Street (Finsbury)
Pear Tree Court, EC1R Pear Tree Court is simply named – thought to be from a local pear tree (Clerkenwell)
Penny Bank Chambers, EC1M Penny Bank Chambers is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Percival Street, EC1V Percival Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)
Petersham House, EC1N Petersham House is a building on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
Peter’s Lane, EC1M Peter’s Lane is named after the church which once stood close to the Cross Keys tavern. (Clerkenwell)
Phoenix Place, EC3N Phoenix Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Pine Street, EC1R Pine Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Pooles Buildings, WC1X Pooles Buildings is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Portpool Lane, EC1N Portpool Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Priory House, EC1R Priory House is located on Sans Walk (Clerkenwell)
Ray Street, EC1R Ray Street is a corruption of ‘Rag’, after the former local rag trade here (Farringdon)
Regent Square, WC1N Regent Square is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
River House, EC1R River House is a block on Farringdon Road (Farringdon)
Roger Street, WC1N Roger Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Rosebery Avenue, EC1R Rosebery Avenue was opened by the 5th Earl of Rosebery (Finsbury)
Rosebery Court, EC1R Rosebery Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Rosebery House, EC1R Residential block (Finsbury)
Rosebery Square, EC1R Rosebery Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Rosoman Place, EC1R Rosoman Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Rosoman Street, EC1R Rosoman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Sabian House, EC1M Sabian House is sited on Cowcross Street (Clerkenwell)
Saffron Hill, EC1M Saffron Hill’s name derives the time that it was part of an estate on which saffron grew (Farringdon)
Saffron House, EC1N Saffron House is a block on Saffron Hill (Farringdon)
Sans Walk, EC1R Sans Walk was named after Edward Sans in 1893, who was then the oldest member of the local parish vestry (Clerkenwell)
Sans Works, EC1R Sans Works is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Scotswood Street, EC1R Scotswood Street is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Sebastian House, EC1V Sebastian House is sited on Sebastian Street (Finsbury)
Sekforde Court, EC1R Sekforde Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Sekforde Street, EC1R Sekforde Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Skinner Street, EC1R Skinner Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Smokehouse Yard, EC1M Smokehouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Spafield Street, EC1R Spafield Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
St Cross Street, EC1N St Cross Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
St Jamess Walk, EC1R St Jamess Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
St John Street, EC1V St John Street runs from Finsbury to Farringdon (Clerkenwell)
St John Street, EC1V The northern section of St John Street was confusingly, before the 20th century, named Saint John Street Road (Finsbury)
St John’s Square, EC1M St John’s Square, south of Clerkenwell Road, is in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
St John’s Square, EC1M St John’s Square is split into two sections, north and south of Clerkenwell Road (Clerkenwell)
St Johns House, EC1M Residential block (Clerkenwell)
St Johns Lane, EC1M St Johns Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
St Johns Path, EC1M St Johns Path is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
St Johns Place, EC1M St Johns Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
St John’s Gate, EC1M St John’s Gate is a small named section of road leading to the gate of the same name (Clerkenwell)
Summers Street, EC1N Summers Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Farringdon)
Sutton Lane, EC1M Sutton Lane is a road in the EC1M postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Sutton Road, EC1M Sutton Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Telescope House, EC1M Telescope House is a block on Farringdon Road (Farringdon)
The Griffin Building, EC1R The Griffin Building is a block on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
The Horseshoe Path, EC1R The Horseshoe Path runs around the back of the Horseshoe pub (Clerkenwell)
The Johnson Building, EC1N The Johnson Building is a block on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
The Market Building, EC1R The Market Building is sited on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
The Old Sessions House, EC1R The Old Sessions House is a block on Farringdon Lane (Clerkenwell)
The Print House, EC1R The Print House is a block on Aylesbury Street (Clerkenwell)
The Red House, EC1V The Red House is a block on Clerkenwell Road (Clerkenwell)
Tompion House, EC1V Tompion House is located on Cyrus Street (Clerkenwell)
Tompion Street, EC1V Tompion Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Topham Street, EC1R Topham Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Turnmill Street, EC1 Turnmill Street appears in the works of Shakespeare (Farringdon)
Tysoe Street, EC1R Tysoe Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Verulam Street, WC1X Verulam Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Farringdon)
Vine Hill, EC1R Vine Hill now displays no evidence on the vines that once flourished in the grounds on which it stands. (Clerkenwell)
Warner Street, EC1R Warner Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Farringdon)
Warner Yard, EC1R Warner Yard was named after Robert Warner, local 18th century landowner (Clerkenwell)
Warriner House, EC1N Warriner House is a block on Greville Street (Farringdon)
Warwick House, EC1M Warwick House is a block on Cowcross Street (Farringdon)
Wee House, EC1R Wee House is a block on Laystall Street (Clerkenwell)
White Bear Yard, EC1R White Bear Yard is location of London (Farringdon)
White Horse Alley, EC1M White Horse Alley, until after the Second World War, led north off Cowcross Street (Clerkenwell)
Wilmington Square, EC1R Wilmington Square was built on land belonging to the Marquis of Northampton and named from his second title of Baron Wilmington. (Finsbury)
Woodbridge Street, EC1R Woodbridge Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Wren Street, WC1X Wren Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1Xpostal area (Finsbury)
Wyclif House, EC1V Wyclif House is a block on St John Street (Finsbury)
Wyclif Street, EC1V Wyclif Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Yardley Street, EC1R Yardley Street was built on land which belonged to the Marquis of Northampton - born at Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire (Finsbury)
Zeppelin Building, EC1M Zeppelin Building is a block on Farringdon Road (Farringdon)
Ziggurat Building, EC1N Ziggurat Building can be found on Saffron Hill (Farringdon)
Zinc House, EC1M Zinc House is a block on Cowcross Street (Clerkenwell)


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