Orme Square is named after Edward Orme, formerly a printseller in Bond Street.
Orme purchased a considerable space of ground lying to the west of Craven Hill, upon which the Square is built.
Buildings to the north-east of Orme Square were erected about 1815, called St Petersburg Place, Moscow Road and Coburg Place. The names commemorate the visit of the sovereigns in 1814.
In the centre of St Petersburg Place, Mr Orme erected a private chapel in 1818.
