Little Guildford Street, WC1N

Road in/near Bloomsbury, existed between the 1720s and 1901

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Little Guildford Street was the middle part of what is now Herbrand Street, between Great Coram Street and Bernard Street, on the western edge of the Foundling estate.

It appears in rough outline on Horwood’s map of 1799, and fully developed, together with Mews to both sides, on his map of 1807

This area was undeveloped fields until the early eighteenth century

It was presumably named for its location near Guilford Street

No numbers appear on Horwood’s maps

There was a pub, the Red Lion, there in the 1820s (The Times, 3 June 1824); there were also livery stables (The Times, 10 June 1825)

At the end of the century, the pub was still there, but had become the Old Red Lion (The Times, 11 June 1883); there was also now a school, Christ Church School (The Times, 26 November 1888), presumably associated with nearby Christ Church, Woburn Square

By the latter part of the century the street had become a slum; in 1897 the leases fell in and the street was sold, along with Little Coram Street, to the LCC in 1898 (Donald Olsen, Town Planning in London, 2nd edn, 1984)

It was incorporated into the new Herbrand Street development in 1901.

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Main source: UCL Bloomsbury Project
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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Foundling Hospital The Foundling Hospital in London was founded in 1741 by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram.
Russell Square Russell Square station, now on London’s Piccadilly Line, was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906.
The Horse Hospital Built as stabling for the sick horses of cabbies, The Horse Hospital is now a unique Grade II listed arts venue in Bloomsbury.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbey Place, WC1H Abbey Place was in the centre of Bloomsbury, off what was originally the west side of Little Coram Street and directly behind the Russell Institution on Great Coram Street (Bloomsbury)
Alfred Place, WC1E Alfred Place was built in 1806 by a Marylebone stonemason called John Waddilove who named it after his son Alfred (Bloomsbury)
Ampton Street, WC1X Ampton Street was named after its builder, the 3rd Lord Calthorpe who owned land at Ampton, Suffolk (Finsbury)
Barbon Close, WC1N Barbon Close lies off Great Ormond Street (Bloomsbury)
Barclay House, WC1N Barclay House is a building on Queen Square (Bloomsbury)
Beckett House, WC1 Beckett House is a block on Westking Place (Bloomsbury)
Bedford Place, WC1B Bedford Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1B postal area (Bloomsbury)
Bedford Way, WC1H Bedford Way is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Bentham House, WC1H Bentham House is sited on Endsleigh Gardens (Bloomsbury)
Bernard Street, WC1N Bernard Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Bloomsbury Place, WC1B The name of Bloomsbury Place is derived from William Blemund (Holborn)
Boswell Street, WC1N Boswell Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Bristol House, WC1B Residential block (Holborn)
Brunswick Shopping Centre, WC1N Brunswick Shopping Centre is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Brunswick Square, WC1N Brunswick Square is the result of a sale of land by the Foundling Hospital (Bloomsbury)
Burleigh House, WC1H Burleigh House is a block on Sidmouth Street (Bloomsbury)
Burton Street, WC1H Burton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Byng Place, WC1E Byng Place is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Cambria House, WC1H Cambria House is a block on Tavistock Place (Bloomsbury)
Cartwright Gardens, WC1N Cartwright Gardens is a crescent-shaped park and street located in Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Central House, WC1H Central House can be found on Upper Woburn Place (Bloomsbury)
Chandler House, WC1N Chandler House is a block on Wakefield Street (Bloomsbury)
Chenies Street, WC1E Chenies Street takes its name from the Buckinghamshire village where since 1556 members of the Russell family have been buried. (Bloomsbury)
Clare Court, WC1H Clare Court is a block on Judd Street (Bloomsbury)
Colonnade, WC1N Colonnade is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Compton Place, WC1H Compton Place is a road in the WC1H postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Coram Street, WC1N Coram Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Cosmo Place, WC1B Cosmo Place is a road in the WC1B postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Darwin Walk, WC1E Darwin Walk is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Dombey Street, WC1N Dombey Street is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Drayton House, WC1H Drayton House is sited on Gordon Street (Euston Square)
Duke’s Road, WC1H This is a street in the WC1H postcode area (St Pancras)
Egmont House, WC1H Egmont House is a block on Tavistock Place (Bloomsbury)
Endsleigh Gardens, WC1H Endsleigh Gardens is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Endsleigh Place, WC1H Endsleigh Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Endsleigh Street, WC1H Endsleigh Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Euston Road, NW1 Euston Road runs from Marylebone Road to King's Cross. The road is part of the London Inner Ring Road and forms part of the London congestion charge zone boundary (Euston Square)
Faber Building, WC1H Faber Building is a block on Russell Square (Russell Square)
Flaxman Terrace, WC1H Flaxman Terrace connects Burton Street with Cartwright Gardens (Bloomsbury)
Foundling Court, WC1N Foundling Court is sited on Marchmont Street (Bloomsbury)
Gideon Schreier House, WC1H Gideon Schreier House is a block on Endsleigh Street (Bloomsbury)
Gloucester Road, WC1N Gloucester Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Gordon Square, WC1H The completion of Thomas Cubitt’s Gordon Square in 1860 marked the final development of Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Gordon Street, WC1H Gordon Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Great Ormond Street, WC1N Great Ormond Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Grenville Street, WC1N Grenville Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Guilford Street, WC1B Guilford Street is a road in the WC1B postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Guilford Street, WC1N Guilford Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Handel Street, WC1N Handel Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Harpur Mews, WC1R Harpur Mews was originally the stabling for houses in Harpur Street (Bloomsbury)
Harpur Street, WC1R There are two theories about the naming of Harpur Street (Bloomsbury)
Heathcote Street, WC1N Heathcote Street is in the north-east corner of the Foundling Hospital estate, leading from St George’s Gardens to Gray’s Inn Road (Bloomsbury)
Henrietta Mews, WC1N Henrietta Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Herbrand Street, WC1N Herbrand Street is in the east of Bloomsbury, running south from Tavistock Place to Guilford Street (Bloomsbury)
Hunter House, WC1N Hunter House can be found on Hunter Street (Bloomsbury)
Hunter Street, WC1N Hunter Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Jenner House, WC1N Residential block (Bloomsbury)
Judd Street, WC1H Judd Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Kenton Street, WC1H Kenton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Keppel Street, WC1E Keppel Street links Store Street and Gower Street in the west to Malet Street in the east (Bloomsbury)
Kingsgate Est, WC1B A street within the WC1B postcode (Bloomsbury)
Knollys House, WC1H Knollys House is a block on Tavistock Place (Bloomsbury)
Lacon House, WC1X Lacon House is a block on Theobald’s Road (Bloomsbury)
Lamb’s Conduit Passage, WC1R This is a street in the WC1R postcode area (Holborn)
Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1N Lamb’s Conduit Street takes its name from Lambs Conduit - a dam across a tributary of the River Fleet (Bloomsbury)
Lamp Office Court, WC1N Lamp Office Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Lansdowne Terrace, WC1N Lansdowne Terrace is a street located in Bloomsbury which stretches from south to north, connecting Guilford Street to Brunswick Square. (Bloomsbury)
Leigh Street, WC1H Leigh Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Leverton House, WC1B Leverton House is a block on Bedford Square (Bloomsbury)
Little Guildford Street, WC1N Little Guildford Street was the middle part of what is now Herbrand Street, between Great Coram Street and Bernard Street, on the western edge of the Foundling estate (Bloomsbury)
London House, WC1N London House can be found on Doughty Street (Bloomsbury)
Long Yard, WC1N Long Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Lynton House, WC1H Lynton House is a block on Tavistock Square (Bloomsbury)
Malet Place, WC1E Malet Place is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Malet Street, WC1E Sir Edward Malet was married to Lady Ermyntrude Sackville Russell, daughter of Francis Russell who owned much of the surrounding area (Bloomsbury)
Marchmont Street, WC1N Marchmont Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Mary Ward House, WC1H Mary Ward House is a block on Tavistock Place (Bloomsbury)
Mecklenburgh Place, WC1N Mecklenburgh Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Mecklenburgh Square, WC1N Mecklenburgh Square was originally laid out by S P Cockerell (Finsbury)
Mecklenburgh Street, WC1X This is a street in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Medway Court, WC1H Medway Court can be found on Leigh Street (Bloomsbury)
Millman Place, WC1N Millman Place is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Millman Street, WC1N Millman Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Montague Place, WC1E Montague Place was developed in the decade after 1800 (Russell Square)
Montague Street, WC1B Montague Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1B postal area (Bloomsbury)
New North Street, WC1N New North Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Nicolas Cooper House, WC1E Nicolas Cooper House is a block on Chenies Street (Bloomsbury)
Odonnell Court, WC1N Odonnell Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Old Glocester Street, WC1N Old Glocester Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Old Gloucester Street, WC1N Old Gloucester Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Old Glouster Street, WC1N Old Glouster Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Orde Hall Street, WC1N Orde Hall Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Ormond Close, WC1N Ormond Close is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Ormond Mews Ormond Mews - also Ormond Yard - was made up of two extensive rows of mews and was situated just south of Great Ormond Street. (Bloomsbury)
Peabody Buildings, WC1N Peabody Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Powis Place, WC1N Powis Place was built on the former site of Powis House, built for William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis, a prominent 17th/18th century Jacobite. (Bloomsbury)
Queen Annes Square, WC1N Queen Annes Square is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Queen Square, WC1N Queen Square was laid out by speculator Nicholas Barbon (Bloomsbury)
Regent Square, WC1H Regent Square was laid out from 1822, with houses being built up to circa 1829 (Bloomsbury)
Ridgmount Gardens, WC1E Ridgmount Gardens is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Ridgmount Street, WC1E Ridgmount Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Roberts Engineering Building, WC1E Roberts Engineering Building is sited on Torrington Place (Bloomsbury)
Rugby Chambers, WC1N Rugby Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Rugby Street, WC1N Rugby Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Russell Court, WC1B Russell Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Russell Square House, WC1B Residential block (Russell Square)
Russell Square, WC1B Russell Square was laid out from 1800 by James Burton following the demolition of Bedford House, which originally stood on the site surrounded by gardens and fields (Russell Square)
Sandwich House, WC1H Sandwich House is a block on Sandwich Street (Bloomsbury)
Sandwich Street, WC1H Sandwich Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Sidmouth Street, WC1H Sidmouth Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
South Cloisters, WC1H South Cloisters is a road in the WC1H postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Southampton Row, WC1B Southampton Row is one of the streets of London in the WC1B postal area (Holborn)
St Peter’s House, WC1H St Peter’s House is sited on Regent Square (Bloomsbury)
St. Georges Road, WC1H A street within the WC1H postcode (Bloomsbury)
Stewart House, WC1B Stewart House can be found on Russell Square (Russell Square)
Store Street, WC1E Store Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Students Residence William Goodenough House, WC1N Students Residence William Goodenough House can be found on Meck (Bloomsbury)
Tailor House, WC1N Tailor House is a block on Colonnade (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock House North, WC1H Tavistock House North is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock House South, WC1H Tavistock House South is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock House, WC1H Residential block (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock Place, WC1H Tavistock Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock Square, WC1H Tavistock Square was built by property developer James Burton and the master builder Thomas Cubitt for Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (Bloomsbury)
Taviton Street, WC1H Taviton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Thanet House, WC1H Thanet House is a block on Thanet Street (Bloomsbury)
Thanet Street, WC1H Thanet Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Third Floor, WC1E Third Floor is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Thornhaugh Street, WC1B Thornhaugh Street is a street in London (Russell Square)
Tiger House, WC1H Tiger House is a block on Burton Street (Bloomsbury)
Torrington Place, WC1E Torrington Place was developed by James Sim in partnership with his two sons (Bloomsbury)
Torrington Square, WC1H Torrington Square was originally laid out as part of the Bedford Estate development in 1821-25 (Bloomsbury)
Tybalds Close, WC1N Tybalds Close is a location in London (Bloomsbury)
Upper Woburn Place, WC1H Woburn Abbey was the duke of Bedford’s primary estate - they were the most significant property owners in the vicinity (Bloomsbury)
Variety Club Building, WC1N Variety Club Building is a block on Powis Place (Bloomsbury)
Wakefield Mews, WC1H Wakefield Mews derives ultimately from a former local pub: ’The Pindar of Wakefield’. (Bloomsbury)
Wakefield Street, WC1N Wakefield Street - after a former local pub, ’The Pindar of Wakefield’ (Bloomsbury)
Westking Place, WC1H Westking Place runs north from Heathcote Street to Sidmouth Street (Bloomsbury)
Witley Court, WC1H Witley Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Woburn House, WC1H Woburn House is a block on Tavistock Square (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Mews, WC1H Woburn Mews ran parallel between Woburn Place and Upper Bedford Place to the west of Woburn Place (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Place, WC1H Woburn Place is situated on the Bedford estate, running north from the east of Russell Square to the east of Tavistock Square (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Square, WC1H Woburn Square is just north of the centre of Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Walk, WC1H Woburn Walk was also known as Woburn Buildings (Bloomsbury)
Woolf Mews, WC1H Woolf Mews is a road in the WC1H postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Yeomanry House, WC1N Yeomanry House is a building on Handel Street (Bloomsbury)


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