Rosebery Avenue, EC1R

Rosebery Avenue was opened by the 5th Earl of Rosebery.

Rosebery Avenue at the junction with Mount Pleasant
Credit: IG/dr difilippo

Rosebery Avenue runs southwest from the intersection with Theobald’s Road in Holborn, and ends at St John Street in Clerkenwell. Finsbury Town Hall and Charles Rowan House are important buildings located on the road.

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery was the first Chairman of the London County Council. At first, until 1899, this was John Street.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Linda Webb Hungerford Stairs Added: 27 Sep 2021 05:51 GMT	Hungerford Stairs In 1794 my ancestor, George Webb, Clay Pipe Maker, lived in Hungerford Stairs, Strand. Source: Wakefields Merchant & Tradesmens General Directory London Westminster 1794 Source: Hungerford Stairs Reply
Roy Batham Covent Garden Added: 7 Jan 2022 07:17 GMT	Smithy in Longacre John Burris 1802-1848 Listed 1841 census as Burroughs was a blacksmith, address just given as Longacre. Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree Reply
Reg Carr Elstree Street, N1C Added: 10 Feb 2021 12:11 GMT	Campbellite Meeting In 1848 the Campbellites (Disciples of Christ) met in Elstree Street, where their congregation was presided over by a pastor named John Black. Their appointed evangelist at the time was called David King, who later became the Editor of the British Millennial Harbinger. The meeting room was visited in July 1848 by Dr John Thomas, who spoke there twice on his two-year ’mission’ to Britain. 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
Scott Hatton Blackmoor Street, WC2B Added: 11 Sep 2020 19:47 GMT	Millions Of Rats In Busy London The Daily Mail on 14 April 1903 reported "MILLIONS OF RATS IN BUSY LONDON" A rat plague, unprecedented in the annals of London, has broken out on the north side of the Strand. The streets principally infested are Catherine street, Drury lane, Blackmore street, Clare Market and Russell street. Something akin to a reign of terror prevails among the inhabitants after nightfall. Women refuse to pass along Blackmore street and the lower parts of Stanhope street after dusk, for droves of rats perambulate the roadways and pavements, and may be seen running along the window ledges of the empty houses awaiting demolition by the County Council in the Strand to Holborn improvement scheme. The rats, indeed, have appeared in almost-incredible numbers. "There are millions of them," said one shopkeeper, and his statement was supported by other residents. The unwelcome visitors have been evicted from their old haunts by the County Council housebreakers, and are now busily in search of new homes. The Gaiety Restaurant has been the greatest sufferer. Rats have invaded the premises in such force that the managers have had to close the large dining room on the first floor and the grill rooms on the ground floor and in the basement. Those three spacious halls which have witnessed many as semblages of theatre-goers are now qui:e deserted. Behind the wainscot of the bandstand in the grillroom is a large mound of linen shreds. This represents 1728 serviettes carried theee by the rats. In the bar the removal of a panel disclosed the astonishing fact that the rats have dragged for a distance of seven or eight yards some thirty or forty beer and wine bottles and stacked them in such a fashion as to make comfortable sleeping places. Mr Williams. the manager of the restaurant, estimates that the rats have destroyed L200 worth of linen. Formerly the Gaiety Restaurant dined 2000 persons daily; no business whatever is now done in this direction. Reply
Carol Gifford Street, N1 Added: 7 May 2021 18:44 GMT	Nan My nan lily,her sister Elizabeth and their parents Elizabeth and William lived here in1911 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
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
Richard Roques Hungerford Stairs Added: 21 Jan 2021 16:53 GMT	Buckingham Street residents Here in Buckingham Street lived Samuel Pepys the diarist, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling 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
Jack Wilson St Albans Place, N1 Added: 21 Jun 2022 21:40 GMT	Penfold Printers I am seeking the location of Penfold Printers Offices in Dt Albans place - probably about 1870 or so Reply
Erin Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 2 May 2022 01:33 GMT	Windsor Terrace, N1 hello Reply

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Sue Meyrick Road, SW11 Added: 24 Sep 2023 19:09 GMT	Meyrick Rd My family - Roe - lived in poverty at 158 Meyrick Rd in the 1920s, moving to 18 Lavender Terrace in 1935. They also lived in York Rd at one point. Alf, Nell (Ellen), plus children John, Ellen (Did), Gladys, Joyce & various lodgers. Alf worked for the railway (LMS). Reply
Michael Tyrrell Avenue, DA16 Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT	Momentous Birth! I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Lady Townshend Bridge House Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT	Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811) I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received Reply
Alex Britton Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT	Late opening The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop). But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER). Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia Reply
Kevin Pont Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT	Shhh.... Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day. Reply
Kevin Pont Dollis Hill Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT	The connection with Bletchley Park The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill. Reply
Kevin Pont Hampstead Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:25 GMT	The deepest station At 58m below ground, Hampstead is as deep as Nelson’s Column is tall. Source: Hampstead tube station - Wikipedia Reply

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Spa Green Estate, EC1R

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St James’s Church, Clerkenwell

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St John Clerkenwell

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28375, EC1R Sekforde Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

28375, EC1R

Abacus House, EC1R Abacus House can be found on Gloucester Way.

Abacus House, EC1R

Agdon Street, EC1V Agdon Street was originally called Woods Close.

Agdon Street, EC1V

Albemarle Way, EC1M Albemarle Way was named after Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Albermarle, who lived at Newcastle House nearby in the 18th century.

Albemarle Way, EC1M

Albert House, WC1X Albert House is a block on King’s Cross Road.

Albert House, WC1X

Ampton Place, WC1X Ampton Place was previously called Frederick Place.

Ampton Place, WC1X

Ampton Street, WC1X Ampton Street was named after its builder, the 3rd Lord Calthorpe who owned land at Ampton, Suffolk.

Ampton Street, WC1X

Amwell Street, EC1R Amwell Street is called after the nearby New River, which starts at Amwell, Hertfordshire.

Amwell Street, EC1R

Archery Fields House, WC1X Archery Fields House on Wharton Street was named after the historic use of the land.

Archery Fields House, WC1X

Argus House, EC1V Argus House is a block on St John Street.

Argus House, EC1V

Arlington House, EC1R Arlington House is located on Arlington Way.

Arlington House, EC1R

Arlington Way, EC1R Arlington Way was called Arlington Street before 1936.

Arlington Way, EC1R

Attneave Street, EC1R Attneave Street is thought to be named after a local builder in the 1890s called Attneave.

Attneave Street, EC1R

Aylesbury Street, EC1V Aylesbury Street - after the earl of Aylesbury who owned a house near here in the 17th century.

Aylesbury Street, EC1V

Back Hill, EC1N Back Hill is simply named as it lies off (or to the ’back’) of a main road.

Back Hill, EC1N

Bakers Yard, EC1R Baker’s Yard leads off Bakers Row.

Bakers Yard, EC1R

Baker’s Row, EC1R Bakers Row was named after Richard Baker, a local 18th century carpenter.

Baker’s Row, EC1R

Benyon House, EC1R Benyon House is sited on Myddelton Passage.

Benyon House, EC1R

Bethany House, WC1X Bethany House is a block on Lloyd Square.

Bethany House, WC1X

Bowling Green Lane, EC1R Bowling Green Lane connects Farringdon Road with Northampton Road.

Bowling Green Lane, EC1R

Brewery Square, EC1V Brewery Square is a square surrounded by modern buildings in Clerkenwell.

Brewery Square, EC1V

Brewhouse Yard, EC1V Brewhouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Brewhouse Yard, EC1V

Brownlow Mews, WC1N Brownlow Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Brownlow Mews, WC1N

Cable House, WC1X Cable House is a block on Great Percy Street.

Cable House, WC1X

Calthorpe Street, WC1X Calthorpe Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Calthorpe Street, WC1X

Catherine Griffiths Court, EC1R Catherine Griffiths Court is a road in the EC1R postcode area

Catherine Griffiths Court, EC1R

Centenary Building, EC1R Centenary Building is a block on Spencer Street.

Centenary Building, EC1R

Challoner House, EC1R Challoner House is a building on Clerkenwell Close.

Challoner House, EC1R

Charles Rowan House, EC1R Charles Rowan House is a building on Amwell Street.

Charles Rowan House, EC1R

Charles Rowan House, WC1X Charles Rowan House can be found on Margery Street.

Charles Rowan House, WC1X

Charles Townsend House, EC1R Charles Townsend House is a block on Finsbury Estate.

Charles Townsend House, EC1R

Clerkenwell Close, EC1R Clerkenwell Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Clerkenwell Close, EC1R

Clerkenwell Green, EC1M Clerkenwell Green is the street named after the historical green.

Clerkenwell Green, EC1M

Clerkenwell House, EC1R Clerkenwell House is a block on Clerkenwell Green.

Clerkenwell House, EC1R

Coldbath Square, EC1R Coldbath Square was named after a well of cold water that stood here alone in surrounding fields.

Coldbath Square, EC1R

College Building, EC1R College Building is a block on Northampton Square.

College Building, EC1R

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

Cornwell House, EC1M

Corporation Row, EC1R Corporation Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area

Corporation Row, EC1R

Crawford Passage, EC1R Crawford Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Crawford Passage, EC1R

Crayle House, EC1V Crayle House is sited on Cyrus Street.

Crayle House, EC1V

Cubitt Street, WC1X Cubitt Street was formerly called Arthur Street.

Cubitt Street, WC1X

Doughty Mews, WC1N Doughty Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Doughty Mews, WC1N

Doughty Street, WC1N Doughty Street is a broad tree-lined street in the Holborn district.

Doughty Street, WC1N

Drysdale Building, EC1R Drysdale Building can be found on Spencer Street.

Drysdale Building, EC1R

Easton Street, WC1X Easton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Easton Street, WC1X

Edward House, EC1V Edward House is a block on Wakley Street.

Edward House, EC1V

Elm Street, WC1X Elm Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Elm Street, WC1X

Exmouth House, EC1 Exmouth House is a block on Exmouth Market.

Exmouth House, EC1

Exmouth House, EC1R Exmouth House is a block on Pine Street.

Exmouth House, EC1R

Exmouth Market, EC1R Exmouth Market, formerly Exmouth Street, is semi-pedestrianised - the location of an outdoor street market.

Exmouth Market, EC1R

Experis House, EC1R Experis House is a block on Ray Street.

Experis House, EC1R

Eyre Street Hill, EC1R Eyre Street Hill runs south from Warner Street.

Eyre Street Hill, EC1R

Farringdon Lane, EC1R Farringdon Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Farringdon Lane, EC1R

Farringdon Road, EC1R Farringdon Road is a road in Clerkenwell and Finsbury.

Farringdon Road, EC1R

Fernsbury Street, WC1X Fernsbury Street is a turning off of Margery Street.

Fernsbury Street, WC1X

Fleet Square, WC1X Fleet Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Fleet Square, WC1X

Frances Gardner House, WC1X Frances Gardner House is a block on Cubitt Street.

Frances Gardner House, WC1X

Frederick Street, WC1X Frederick Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Frederick Street, WC1X

Friend Street, EC1V Friend Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Friend Street, EC1V

Gensurco House, EC1 Gensurco House is a building on Exmouth Market.

Gensurco House, EC1

Gloucester Building, EC1R Gloucester Building is a block on Whiskin Street.

Gloucester Building, EC1R

Gloucester Way, EC1R Gloucester Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Gloucester Way, EC1R

Gough Street, WC1X Gough Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Gough Street, WC1X

Granville Square, WC1X Granville Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Granville Square, WC1X

Granville Street, WC1X Granville Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Granville Street, WC1X

Grays Inn Road, WC1X Grays Inn Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Grays Inn Road, WC1X

Great Percy Street, WC1X Great Percy Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Great Percy Street, WC1X

Greenwood House, EC1R Greenwood House is a block on Rosebery Avenue.

Greenwood House, EC1R

Grimthorpe House, EC1V Grimthorpe House is a building on Agdon Street.

Grimthorpe House, EC1V

Guildhall North Wing, SE1 Guildhall North Wing is a location in London.

Guildhall North Wing, SE1

Gwynne House, WC1X Gwynne House is a block on Lloyd Baker Street.

Gwynne House, WC1X

Hardwick Street, EC1R Hardwick Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Hardwick Street, EC1R

Haywards Place, EC1V Haywards Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Haywards Place, EC1V

Herbal Hill, EC1N This is a street in the EC1R postcode area

Herbal Hill, EC1N

Herbal House, EC1R Herbal House is a block on Back Hill.

Herbal House, EC1R

Hermit Street, EC1V Hermit Street links Friend Street with Rawstorne Street.

Hermit Street, EC1V

Holford Street, WC1X Holford Mews, Holdford Place and Holford Street were all named after the Holford family, who worked on the New River scheme.

Holford Street, WC1X

Holsworthy Square, WC1X This is a street in the WC1X postcode area

Holsworthy Square, WC1X

Hooper House, EC1R Hooper House is a block on Clerkenwell Close.

Hooper House, EC1R

Hydra Building, EC1R Hydra Building is a block on Hardwick Street.

Hydra Building, EC1R

Inglebert Street, EC1R Inglebert Street is a road in the EC1R postcode area

Inglebert Street, EC1R

Jerusalem Passage, EC1M Jerusalem Passage was named for an old public house, St John of Jerusalem, which stood at the northeast corner until 1760.

Jerusalem Passage, EC1M

John Street, WC1N John Street was named for John Blagrave, carpenter to the Doughty family.

John Street, WC1N

Joseph Close, EC1R Joseph Close is a road in the N4 postcode area

Joseph Close, EC1R

Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R Joseph Trotter Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R

Jubilee House, WC1X Jubilee House is sited on Gray’s Inn Road.

Jubilee House, WC1X

King’s Cross Road, WC1X This is a street in the WC1X postcode area

King’s Cross Road, WC1X

Kingsway Place, EC1R Kingsway Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Kingsway Place, EC1R

Kirk Street, WC1N Kirk Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Kirk Street, WC1N

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

Klaco House, EC1M

Klamath House, EC1R Klamath House is a block on Clerkenwell Green.

Klamath House, EC1R

Langton Close, WC1X Langton Close was named after the Arthur Langton Nurses Home formerly located here.

Langton Close, WC1X

Laystall House, EC1R Laystall House is a block on Rosebury Avenue.

Laystall House, EC1R

Laystall Street, EC1R Laystall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Laystall Street, EC1R

Liberty House, EC1V Liberty House can be found on St John Street.

Liberty House, EC1V

Lins House, EC1R Lins House is located on Rosebery Avenue.

Lins House, EC1R

Lloyd Baker Street, WC1X Lloyd Baker Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Lloyd Baker Street, WC1X

Lloyd House, WC1X Lloyd House is located on Lloyd Street.

Lloyd House, WC1X

Lloyd Square, WC1X Lloyd Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Lloyd Square, WC1X

Lloyd Street, WC1X Lloyd Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Lloyd Street, WC1X

Lloyds Row, EC1R Lloyds Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area

Lloyds Row, EC1R

London House, WC1N London House can be found on Doughty Street.

London House, WC1N

Makers Yard, E3 Makers Yard is a location in London.

Makers Yard, E3

Malta Street, EC1V This is a street in the EC1V postcode area

Malta Street, EC1V

Manningford Close, EC1V Manningford Close is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Manningford Close, EC1V

Margery Street, WC1X Margery Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Margery Street, WC1X

Matrix House, EC1R Matrix House is located on Baker’s Row.

Matrix House, EC1R

McBeath House, EC1V McBeath House is a block on Goswell Road.

McBeath House, EC1V

Meredith Street, EC1R Meredith Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Meredith Street, EC1R

Merlin Street, EC1R Merlin Street runs west off Amwell Street.

Merlin Street, EC1R

Michael Cliffe House, EC1R Michael Cliffe House is a block on Gloucester Way.

Michael Cliffe House, EC1R

Millman Street, WC1N Millman Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Millman Street, WC1N

Moorgreen House, EC1V Moorgreen House is a block on Earlstoke Street.

Moorgreen House, EC1V

Mount Pleasant, EC1R Mount Pleasant gained its ironic name in the 1730s after locals had begun to dump refuse there.

Mount Pleasant, EC1R

Mount Plesant, EC1R Mount Plesant is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Mount Plesant, EC1R

Myddelton Passage, EC1R Myddelton Passage is an alleyway with an interesting story

Myddelton Passage, EC1R

Myddelton Square, EC1R Myddelton Square is named after Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560–1631), the founder of the New River Company, who developed the square.

Myddelton Square, EC1R

Myddelton Street, EC1R Myddelton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Myddelton Street, EC1R

Naoroji Street, WC1X Naoroji Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Naoroji Street, WC1X

Newington Close, EC1R This is a street in the EC1R postcode area

Newington Close, EC1R

North Mews, WC1N North Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

North Mews, WC1N

Northampton Road, EC1R Northampton Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Northampton Road, EC1R

Northampton Square, EC1V Northampton Square is a square between Finsbury and Clerkenwell, located between Goswell Road and St John Street.

Northampton Square, EC1V

Owen’s Row, EC1V Owen’s Row is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Owen’s Row, EC1V

Paget Street, EC1V Paget Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Paget Street, EC1V

Pakenham Street, WC1X Pakenham Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Pakenham Street, WC1X

Paramount Building, EC1V Paramount Building is a block on St John Street.

Paramount Building, EC1V

Partridge House, EC1V Partridge House is a block on Malta Street.

Partridge House, EC1V

Patrick Coman House, EC1R Patrick Coman House is a block on Meredith Street.

Patrick Coman House, EC1R

Pear Tree Court, EC1R Pear Tree Court is simply named – thought to be from a local pear tree.

Pear Tree Court, EC1R

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

Penny Bank Chambers, EC1M

Percival Street, EC1V Percival Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Percival Street, EC1V

Percy Circus, WC1X Percy Circus was once referred to as "one of the most delightful bits of town planning in London".

Percy Circus, WC1X

Phoenix Place, EC3N Phoenix Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Phoenix Place, EC3N

Pine Street, EC1R Pine Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Pine Street, EC1R

Pooles Buildings, WC1X Pooles Buildings is a road in the EC1R postcode area

Pooles Buildings, WC1X

Prideaux House, WC1X Prideaux House can be found on Great Percy Street.

Prideaux House, WC1X

Prideaux Place, WC1X Prideaux Place is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Prideaux Place, WC1X

Priory House, EC1R Priory House is located on Sans Walk.

Priory House, EC1R

Rawstorne Place, EC1V Rawstorne Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Rawstorne Place, EC1V

Rawstorne Street, EC1V Rawstorne Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Rawstorne Street, EC1V

Ray Street, EC1R Ray Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Ray Street, EC1R

Riceyman House, WC1X Riceyman House is a block on Lloyd Baker Street.

Riceyman House, WC1X

River House, EC1R River House is a block on Farringdon Road.

River House, EC1R

River Street, EC1R River Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

River Street, EC1R

Roger Street, WC1N Roger Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Roger Street, WC1N

Rosebery Court, EC1R Rosebery Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Rosebery Court, EC1R

Rosebery House, EC1R Residential block

Rosebery House, EC1R

Rosebery Square, EC1R Rosebery Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Rosebery Square, EC1R

Rosoman Place, EC1R Rosoman Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Rosoman Place, EC1R

Rosoman Street, EC1R Rosoman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Rosoman Street, EC1R

Rugby Chambers, WC1N Rugby Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Rugby Chambers, WC1N

Sadler House, EC1V Sadler House is a block on Rosebery Avenue.

Sadler House, EC1V

Sanders House, WC1X Sanders House is a building on Great Percy Street.

Sanders House, WC1X

Sans Walk, EC1R Sans Walk was named after Edward Sans in 1893, who was then the oldest member of the local parish vestry.

Sans Walk, EC1R

Sans Works, EC1R Sans Works is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Sans Works, EC1R

Scotswood Street, EC1R Scotswood Street is a road in the EC1R postcode area

Scotswood Street, EC1R

Sekforde Court, EC1R Sekforde Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Sekforde Court, EC1R

Skinner Street, EC1R Skinner Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Skinner Street, EC1R

Social Sciences Building, EC1R Social Sciences Building is a block on Myddleton Street.

Social Sciences Building, EC1R

Spafield Street, EC1R Spafield Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Spafield Street, EC1R

Spencer Street, EC1V Spencer Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Spencer Street, EC1V

Spring House, WC1X Spring House is a block on Margery Street.

Spring House, WC1X

St Helena House, WC1X St Helena House is a block on Margery Street.

St Helena House, WC1X

St Helena Street, WC1X St Helena Street connects Naoroji Street and Fernsbury Street.

St Helena Street, WC1X

St Jamess Walk, EC1R St Jamess Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

St Jamess Walk, EC1R

St John Street, EC1V St John Street runs from Finsbury to Farringdon.

St John Street, EC1V

St John Street, EC1V The northern section of St John Street was confusingly, before the 20th century, named Saint John Street Road.

St John Street, EC1V

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 John’s Square, EC1M St John’s Square is split into two sections, north and south of Clerkenwell Road.

St John’s Square, EC1M

St Johns House, EC1M Residential block

St Johns House, 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 Philip House, WC1X St Philip House is a building on Lloyd Baker Street.

St Philip House, WC1X

Summers Street, EC1N Summers Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Summers Street, EC1N

The Horseshoe Path, EC1R The Horseshoe Path runs around the back of the Horseshoe pub.

The Horseshoe Path, EC1R

The Laboratory Building, EC1R The Laboratory Building is a block on Rosebery Avenue.

The Laboratory Building, EC1R

The Market Building, EC1R The Market Building is sited on Rosebery Avenue.

The Market Building, EC1R

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

The Old Sessions House, EC1R

The Print House, EC1R The Print House is a block on Aylesbury Street.

The Print House, EC1R

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

The Red House, EC1V

Tompion Street, EC1V Tompion Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Tompion Street, EC1V

Topham Street, EC1R Topham Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Topham Street, EC1R

Tunbridge House, EC1R Tunbridge House is sited on St John Street.

Tunbridge House, EC1R

Tunbridge House, EC1V Tunbridge House is a block on St John Street.

Tunbridge House, EC1V

Tysoe Street, EC1R Tysoe Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Tysoe Street, EC1R

University Building, EC1R University Building is a block on Spencer Street.

University Building, EC1R

Vernon Rise, WC1X Vernon Rise is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Vernon Rise, WC1X

Vernon Square, WC1X Vernon Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Vernon Square, WC1X

Vine Hill, EC1R Vine Hill now displays no evidence on the vines that once flourished in the grounds on which it stands.

Vine Hill, EC1R

Warner Street, EC1R Warner Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Warner Street, EC1R

Warner Yard, EC1R Warner Yard was named after Robert Warner, local 18th century landowner.

Warner Yard, EC1R

Wee House, EC1R Wee House is a block on Laystall Street.

Wee House, EC1R

Wells House, EC1R Wells House is a block on Lloyds Row.

Wells House, EC1R

Wells Square, WC1X Wells Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Wells Square, WC1X

Wharton Street, WC1X Wharton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Wharton Street, WC1X

White Bear Yard, EC1R White Bear Yard is location of London.

White Bear Yard, EC1R

Wicklow Street, WC1X Wicklow Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Wicklow Street, WC1X

Wilmington Square, EC1R Wilmington Square was built on land belonging to the Marquis of Northampton and named from his second title of Baron Wilmington.

Wilmington Square, EC1R

Woodbridge Street, EC1R Woodbridge Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Woodbridge Street, EC1R

Worthington House, EC1R Worthington House is located on Myddelton Passage.

Worthington House, EC1R

Wren Street, WC1X Wren Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1Xpostal area.

Wren Street, WC1X

Wyclif House, EC1V Wyclif House is a block on St John Street.

Wyclif House, EC1V

Wyclif Street, EC1V Wyclif Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Wyclif Street, EC1V

Wynyatt Street, EC1V Wynyatt Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Wynyatt Street, EC1V

Yardley Street, EC1R Yardley Street absorbed Upper Yardley Street in the 1930s.

Yardley Street, EC1R

NEARBY PUBS

Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings

Eagle

St Peters Italian Social Club

The Apple Tree

The Artisan

The Betsey Trotwood

The Blacksmith & The Toffeemaker

The Shakespeare’s Head

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Smithfield Market TUM image id: 1620388545 Licence:	The third Grand Theatre, Islington (1903). This was built on the site of the former Philharmonic Hall and two previous Grand Theatres TUM image id: 1587741263 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Islington Horse and Cattle market at the turn of the twentieth century. TUM image id: 1556878421 Licence:	A line of children hold hands as they walk along the middle of White Conduit Street towards the junction with Chapel Market in Islington. Credit: John Gay/Historic England TUM image id: 1488642453 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Grand Theatre, Islington High Street (1903) The new Grand Theatre - the fourth theatre on the site - was opened on 26 December 1900 with a production of the pantomime ’Robinson Crusoe’. The Huddersfield Daily reported the next day: "Nearing the end of the first performance of ’Robinson Crusoe’ at the Grand Theatre, Islington, on Wednesday, a fire broke out. From all parts of the house an alarm was raised. All present rose to their feet as large pieces of inflammable material were seen dropping from flies. The fire-proof curtain was promptly lowered, and the band struck up the National Anthem. The actors and actresses crowded into the stage boxes. Mr. Jones, playing ’Friday,’ clambered on to the stage from the front and appealed to the audience not to rush for the doors as there was no danger. Then Mr. Charles Townley, the author, came forward explaining that the management, owing to the electric installations not being completed, had used gas batten, and one of the sky borders had unfortunately caught fire. The officials had shown their efficiency by the celerity with which the fire had been extinguished. This is the fourth fire that has occurred at this theatre, and Wednesday’s was the first performance given since the building was gutted some few months back." Thankfully the fire was quickly put out and the performance continued, and the Theatre would go on to stage pantomime, drama, and variety productions until it was renamed the Islington Empire in 1908. TUM image id: 1557151038 Licence:
The Angel, Islington (c.1890) TUM image id: 1557162442 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	Sadler House on the Spa Green Estate from Rosebery Avenue (2011) The ’organic’ connection between old and new buildings intended by architect Berthold Lubetkin at Spa Green. Credit: Wiki Commons/Grantham9 TUM image id: 1655931145 Licence: CC BY 2.0	White Conduit House, and the conduit head from which it was named, 1827 White Conduit Fields in Islington was an early venue for cricket and several major matches are known to have been played there in the 18th century. It was the original home of the White Conduit Club, forerunner of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The cricket field was adjacent to the former White Conduit House, immediately south of the modern junction between Dewey Street and Barnsbury Road. Credit: Robert Chambers (1832) TUM image id: 1488984516 Licence:	The Camden Head, Islington This is a glorious old gin palace-style pub behind Upper Street, in existence since the 18th century. Credit: Flickr/Ewan Munro TUM image id: 1622558868 Licence:
Mount Pleasant Sorting Office on the north-east corner of Farringdon Road (1910). The present building is on the site of the Coldbath Fields Prison where the punishments were particularly cruel in that they were not only long and physically hard but also pointless. The pub at the back used to open at 9am to serve postal workers. TUM image id: 1620296515 Licence:	The Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington (1861). View from Liverpool Road. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1622555891 Licence:	View looking upwards of the stairway at Bevin Court. Bevin Court (1946-54) designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Tecton. Credit: Wiki Commons/Steve Cadman TUM image id: 1681034288 Licence:	Chapel Market from the east (1898). Chapel Market is a daily street market, located on a street of the same name near Angel. It sells fruit, vegetables and fish, as well as bargain household goods and cheap clothes. It is open every day except Monday, operating in the mornings only on Thursday and Sunday. Many of the patrons are local, and food and wares for sale are primarily for daily use. TUM image id: 1639060811 Licence:	Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets. TUM image id: 1620298544 Licence:

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The third Grand Theatre, Islington (1903). This was built on the site of the former Philharmonic Hall and two previous Grand Theatres
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Islington Horse and Cattle market at the turn of the twentieth century.
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The Grand Theatre, Islington High Street (1903) The new Grand Theatre - the fourth theatre on the site - was opened on 26 December 1900 with a production of the pantomime ’Robinson Crusoe’. The Huddersfield Daily reported the next day: "Nearing the end of the first performance of ’Robinson Crusoe’ at the Grand Theatre, Islington, on Wednesday, a fire broke out. From all parts of the house an alarm was raised. All present rose to their feet as large pieces of inflammable material were seen dropping from flies. The fire-proof curtain was promptly lowered, and the band struck up the National Anthem. The actors and actresses crowded into the stage boxes. Mr. Jones, playing ’Friday,’ clambered on to the stage from the front and appealed to the audience not to rush for the doors as there was no danger. Then Mr. Charles Townley, the author, came forward explaining that the management, owing to the electric installations not being completed, had used gas batten, and one of the sky borders had unfortunately caught fire. The officials had shown their efficiency by the celerity with which the fire had been extinguished. This is the fourth fire that has occurred at this theatre, and Wednesday’s was the first performance given since the building was gutted some few months back." Thankfully the fire was quickly put out and the performance continued, and the Theatre would go on to stage pantomime, drama, and variety productions until it was renamed the Islington Empire in 1908.
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The Angel, Islington (c.1890)
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Sadler House on the Spa Green Estate from Rosebery Avenue (2011) The ’organic’ connection between old and new buildings intended by architect Berthold Lubetkin at Spa Green.
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Mount Pleasant Sorting Office on the north-east corner of Farringdon Road (1910). The present building is on the site of the Coldbath Fields Prison where the punishments were particularly cruel in that they were not only long and physically hard but also pointless. The pub at the back used to open at 9am to serve postal workers.
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View looking upwards of the stairway at Bevin Court. Bevin Court (1946-54) designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Tecton.
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Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets.
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Coldbath Square in Clerkenwell was named after a cold water well that stood originally in fields. Cold Bath was fed by a spring which was discovered by a Mr Baynes in 1697. The discoverer declared the water had great power in nervous diseases, and "equalled those of St Magnus and St Winnifred". The bathing hours were from 5am to 1pm, the charge two shillings. The old bathhouse was a building with three gables, and had a large garden with four turret summer houses. In 1811 the trustees of the London Fever Hospital bought the property for £3830, but, being driven away by the frightened inhabitants, the ground was sold for building, the bath remaining as late as 1865.
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Doughty Street is a broad tree lined street in the Holborn district.
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