Sutton Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.
24 Cloth Fair (1890) The Old Dick Whittington public house at 24 Cloth Fair viewed from Middle Street. 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 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, London. 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. 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 John’s Gate, Clerkenwell St John’s Gate is one of the few tangible remains from Clerkenwell’s monastic past; it was built in 1504 by Prior Thomas Docwra as the south entrance to the inner precinct of Clerkenwell Priory, the priory of the Knights of Saint John - the Knights Hospitallers. Albemarle Way, EC1M Albemarle Way was named after Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Albermarle, who lived at Newcastle House nearby in the 18th century. Aylesbury Street, EC1V Aylesbury Street - after the earl of Aylesbury who owned a house near here in the 17th century. Barbican, EC2Y Barbican is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area. Berry Place, EC1V Berry Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area. Bowlin, EC1R Bowlin is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area. Broad Yard, EC1M Broad Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area. Bryer Court, EC2Y Bryer Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area. Charterhouse Square, EC1M Charterhouse Square is the largest courtyard associated with London Charterhouse, mostly formed of Tudor and Stuart architecture restored after the Blitz. Cloth Court, EC1M Cloth Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area. Fann Street, EC1Y Fann Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area. Fann Street, EC1Y Fann Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area. Gee Street, EC1V Gee Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area. Golden Lane, EC1Y Golden Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area. Golden Lane, EC2Y Golden Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area. Hatton Garden, EC1N Hatton Garden is a street and area noted as London’s jewellery quarter and centre of the UK diamond trade. Hatton Wall, EC1N Hatton Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area. Helmet Row, EC1V Helmet Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area. Jerusalem Passage, EC1V Jerusalem Passage was named for an old public house, St. John of Jerusalem, which stood at the northeast corner until 1760. Kirby Street, EC1N Kirby Street was named for Christopher Hatton’s Kirby House in Northamptonshire. Lauderdale Tower, EC2Y Lauderdale Tower is the westernmost tower in the Barbican, facing onto Lauderdale Place. Leo Yard, EC1V Leo Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area. Long Lane, EC1A Long Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area. Long Lane, EC1M Long Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area. Northampton Square, EC1V Northampton Square is a square between Finsbury and Clerkenwell, located between Goswell Road and St John Street. Northburgh Street, EC1M Northburgh Street in the EC1V postcode is a western extension of the main part of the street. Pardon Street, EC1V Pardon Street was named after Pardon Chapel, founded in the wake of the Black Death in 1348.
Peter’s Lane, EC1M Peter’s Lane is named after the church which once stood close to the Cross Keys tavern. Pickax Street, EC2Y Pickax Street once ran from Long Lane to Goswell Road (which before 1864 was called Goswell Street). Ray Street, EC1R Ray Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area. Saffron Hill, EC1N Saffron Hill’s name derives the time that it was part of an estate on which saffron grew. Sans Walk, EC1R Sans Walk was named after Edward Sans in 1893, who was then the oldest member of the local parish vestry. Sans Works, EC1R Sans Works is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Farringdon station - the terminus for the very first underground railway in 1863 - is a London Underground and National Rail station in Clerkenwell, just north of the City of London in the London Borough of Islington. It will change significantly when it becomes an important interchange station between the two largest transport infrastructure programmes currently under way in London, the Thameslink Programme and Crossrail, both of which are scheduled for completion in 2018.Farringdon is partly within the City of London and partly in the London Borough of Islington. The name originates from the names of wards of the old City (Farringdon Within, Farringdon Without).
Today, as a place Farringdon is somewhat ill-defined, its original site and layout having perhaps been lost under later development: little more than the station and a few street names help to locate it now.
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