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Pentonville developed in the northwestern edge of the ancient parish of Clerkenwell on the New Road.

The area is named after Henry Penton, who developed a number of streets in the 1770s in what was open countryside adjacent to the New Road. Pentonville was part of the ancient parish of Clerkenwell, and was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury by the London Government Act 1899. It has been part of the London Borough of Islington since 1965.

Pentonville is the birthplace of John Stuart Mill (1806) and Forbes Benignus Winslow (1810), the noted psychiatrist.

In 1902 Vladimir Lenin and his wife lived just off Pentonville Rd, and it was at this time that he first met his fellow exile Leon Trotsky.


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Jeff Owen   
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.

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Lena    
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.

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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Angel Angel tube station is a London Underground station in The Angel, Islington. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern Line.
Philharmonic Hall The Philharmonic Hall was a major music hall throughout the 1860s and early 1870s.
Spa Green Estate, EC1R The Spa Green Estate is a post-war realisation of a 1930s plan for social regeneration through Modernist architecture.
White Conduit Fields 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.
White Conduit Street (1950s) A line of children hold hands as they walk along the middle of White Conduit Street towards the junction with Chapel Market in Islington in the 1950s.

NEARBY STREETS
Acton Street, WC1X Acton Street is found on the east side of Gray’s Inn Road and connects it with King’s Cross Road (Finsbury)
Affleck Street, N1 Affleck Street was built by a Mr A. Attneave in 1884 (King’s Cross)
All Saints Street, N1 All Saints Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (King’s Cross)
Ampton Place, WC1X Ampton Place was previously called Frederick Place (Finsbury)
Ampton Street, WC1X Ampton Street was named after its builder, the 3rd Lord Calthorpe who owned land at Ampton, Suffolk (Finsbury)
Amwell Street, EC1R Amwell Street is called after the nearby New River, which starts at Amwell, Hertfordshire (Finsbury)
Angel Arcade, EC1V Angel Arcade is named, along with many ’Angel’ streets of the area, after the famous pub (Angel)
Angel Building, EC1V Angel Building is a block on St John Street (Angel)
Angel Corner House, N1 Angel Corner House is located on Islington High Street (Angel)
Angel House, N1 Angel House is a block on Pentonville Road (Angel)
Angel Mews, N1 Angel Mews is an ancient side street in Islington (Angel)
Angel Square, EC1V Angel Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Archery Fields House, WC1X Archery Fields House on Wharton Street was named after the historic use of the land (Finsbury)
Arlington House, EC1R Arlington House is located on Arlington Way (Angel)
Arlington Way, EC1R Arlington Way was called Arlington Street before 1936 (Finsbury)
Baron Street, N1 Baron Street is named after Joseph Barron, landlord of the White Lion inn during the late eighteenth century (Angel)
Battle Bridge House, WC1X Battle Bridge House is sited on Gray’s Inn Road (Finsbury)
Benyon House, EC1R Benyon House is sited on Myddelton Passage (Finsbury)
Berners House, N1 Berners House is a block on Barnsbury Road (Islington)
Bethany House, WC1X Bethany House is a block on Lloyd Square (Finsbury)
Bevin Court, WC1X Bevin Court is a modernist housing project designed in the post-war period by the Tecton architects (Pentonville)
Bevin Way, WC1X Bevin Way was called after prominent Labour politician Ernest Bevin (Pentonville)
Bonington House, N1 Bonington House is a block on Killick Street (Islington)
Bradleys Close, N1 Bradleys Close is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Bridge Wharf, N1 Bridge Wharf is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (King’s Cross)
Britannia Street, WC1X Britannia Street, King’s Cross, dates from the 1770s (King’s Cross)
Bromfield Street, N1 Bromfield Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Bruce Kenrick House, N1 Bruce Kenrick House is a block on Killick Street (King’s Cross)
Cable House, WC1X Cable House is a block on Great Percy Street (Finsbury)
Caledonia House, N1 Caledonia House can be found on Pentonville Road (King’s Cross)
Calshot House, N1 Calshot House is a building on Priory Green (Islington)
Calshot Street, N1 Calshot Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Camden Passage, N1 Camden Passage was built as Cumberland Row in 1767 (Angel)
Chadwell Street, EC1R Chadwell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Pentonville)
Chalbury Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Chapel Market, N1 Chapel Market is a daily street market in Islington (Islington)
Chapel Place, N1 Chapel Place lies off the north side of Chapel Market towards Liverpool Road (Islington)
Charles Rowan House, EC1R Charles Rowan House is a building on Amwell Street (Finsbury)
Charles Rowan House, WC1X Charles Rowan House can be found on Margery Street (Finsbury)
Claremont Close, EC1R Claremont Close occupies a location that was initially developed in the 1820s as Claremont Mews, primarily serving Claremont Terrace and the northern side of Myddelton Square (Angel)
Claremont Square, N1 Claremont Square is a square and reservoir on Pentonville Road (Pentonville)
Claremont Street, EC1R A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Collier Street, N1 Collier Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Corbet House, N1 Corbet House is a block on Maygood Street (Islington)
Cruikshank Street, EC1R Cruickshank Street was named after George Cruikshank, 19th century illustrator who lived on nearby Amwell Street (Pentonville)
Cubitt Street, WC1X Cubitt Street was formerly called Arthur Street (Finsbury)
Cumming Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (King’s Cross)
Cynthia Street, N1 Cynthia Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Pentonville)
Dalby House, EC1V Dalby House is a block on City Road (Angel)
Denmark Grove, N1 Denmark Grove is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Derby Lodge, WC1X Derby Lodge is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (King’s Cross)
Devon House, N1 Devon House is a block on Upper Street (Angel)
Dewey Road, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Dinwiddy House, N1 Dinwiddy House is a block on Pentonville Road (King’s Cross)
Donegal Street, N1 Donegal Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Duncan Street, N1 Duncan Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Eckford Street, N1 Eckford Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Islington)
Fernsbury Street, WC1X Fernsbury Street is a turning off of Margery Street (Finsbury)
Field Street, WC1X Field Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (King’s Cross)
Fife Terrace, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Fleet Square, WC1X Fleet Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Foxcroft House, N1 Foxcroft House is a block on Pentonville Road (King’s Cross)
Frearson House, N1 Frearson House is a block on Weston Rise (Pentonville)
Frederick Street, WC1X Frederick Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Friend Street, EC1V Friend Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Gatesden House, WC1H Gatesden House is a block on Cromer Street (King’s Cross)
Gloucester Building, EC1R Gloucester Building is a block on Whiskin Street (Finsbury)
Gloucester Way, EC1R Gloucester Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Godson Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)
Grant Street, N1 The present Grant Street is the remnant of Warren Street, an L-shaped road running between Chapel Market and White Conduit Street, renamed Grant Street in 1936 (Islington)
Granville Square, WC1X Granville Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Granville Street, WC1X Granville Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Great Percy Street, WC1X Great Percy Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Grendon House, N1 Grendon House is located on Collier Street (Islington)
Gwynne House, WC1X Gwynne House is a block on Lloyd Baker Street (Finsbury)
Half Moon Crescent, N1 Half Moon Crescent is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Hardwick Street, EC1R Hardwick Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Harvest Lodge, N1 Harvest Lodge a plain brick, four-storey block of flats was built in 1962 (Islington)
Hayward House, N1 Hayward House is a four-storey block of flats immediately north of St Silas’s Church (Islington)
Headland House, WC1X Headland House is a block on Gray’s Inn Road (Finsbury)
Hermes Street, N1 Hermes Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Pentonville)
Hill House Apartments, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Pentonville)
Holford Street, WC1X Holford Mews, Holdford Place and Holford Street were all named after the Holford family, who worked on the New River scheme (Finsbury)
Holford Yard, WC1X Holford Yard is named after the Holford family, who worked on the New River scheme in the 18th century (Pentonville)
Hurst House, N1 Hurst House can be found on Weston Rise (Pentonville)
Hydra Building, EC1R Hydra Building is a block on Hardwick Street (Finsbury)
Inglebert Street, EC1R Inglebert Street is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
Islington High Street, N1 Islington High Street is part of the main road through Islington at Angel (Angel)
James Lighthill House, WC1X James Lighthill House is a block on Penton Rise (Pentonville)
James’s Gardens, N1 James’s Gardens was established in the 1810s. (Angel)
Killick Street, N1 Killick Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
King’s Cross Road, WC1X This is a street in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Lavina Grove, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (King’s Cross)
Leeke Street, WC1X Leeke Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (King’s Cross)
Lloyd Baker Street, WC1X Lloyd Baker Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Lloyd House, WC1X Lloyd House is located on Lloyd Street (Finsbury)
Lloyd Square, WC1X Lloyd Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Lloyd Street, WC1X Lloyd Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Lloyds Row, EC1R Lloyds Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
Lorenzo Street, N1 Lorenzo Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (King’s Cross)
Mandeville Houses, N1 Mandeville Houses, fronting Mantell Street and Liverpool Road was the earliest housing scheme built by Finsbury Borough Council (Islington)
Mantell Street, N1 Mantell Street, originally Sermon Lane, is now part of Tolpuddle Street (Islington)
Marcello House, N1 Marcello House is a block on Pentonville Road (King’s Cross)
Maygood Street, N1 Maygood Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Islington)
Maynard House, N1 Maynard House is located on Penton Street (Islington)
Merlin Street, EC1R Merlin Street runs west off Amwell Street (Finsbury)
Myddelton Passage, EC1R Myddelton Passage is an alleyway with an interesting story (Finsbury)
Myddelton Square, EC1R Myddelton Square is named after Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560–1631), the founder of the New River Company, who developed the square (Finsbury)
Myddelton Street, EC1R Myddelton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Naoroji Street, WC1X Naoroji Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
New Wharf Road, N1 New Wharf Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (King’s Cross)
Noble House, N1 Noble House is sited on Islington High Street (Angel)
Northdown Street, N1 Northdown Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (King’s Cross)
Northeast Place, N1 Northeast Place matched the adjacent Northwest Place (Angel)
Northwest Place, N1 Northwest Place, off Chapel Market, was formerly West Place (Angel)
Owen Street, EC1V Owen Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Angel)
Owen’s Row, EC1V Owen’s Row is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Parkfield Street, N1 Parkfield Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Penton Grove, N1 The narrow loop of Penton Grove, now reduced to an L-shaped alley, was laid out on the site of one of the bowling greens belonging to Prospect House (Dobney’s). (Islington)
Penton House, N1 Penton House is a block on Hermes Street (Islington)
Penton Rise, WC1X Penton Rise is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Pentonville)
Penton Street, N1 Penton Street is a through-route leading on to the narrower Barnsbury Road which continues its line northwards into Islington (Islington)
Pentonville Road, N1 Pentonville Road connects Kings Cross and the Angel, Islington (Pentonville)
Percy Circus, WC1X Percy Circus was once referred to as "one of the most delightful bits of town planning in London" (Finsbury)
PO Box 4, WC1X The Kings Cross Baptist Church is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Pollard House, N1 Pollard House is a block on Northdown Street (King’s Cross)
Pride Court, N1 Pride Court is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Prideaux House, WC1X Prideaux House can be found on Great Percy Street (Finsbury)
Prideaux Place, WC1X Prideaux Place is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Prospect House, N1 Prospect House is a block on Donegal Street (Islington)
Regents Wharf, N1 Regents Wharf is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (King’s Cross)
Riceyman House, WC1X Riceyman House is a block on Lloyd Baker Street (Finsbury)
Risinghill Street, N1 Risinghill Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Ritchie Street, N1 Ritchie Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
River Street, EC1R River Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Rodney House, N1 Rodney House is sited on Donegal Street (Islington)
Rodney Street, N1 Rodney Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Sadler House, EC1V Sadler House is a block on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
Sanders House, WC1X Sanders House is a building on Great Percy Street (Finsbury)
Seabrooke Place, N1 Seabrook Place once connected Angel Mews and White Lion Street (Angel)
Sidmouth Street, WC1X Sidmouth Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Social Sciences Building, EC1R Social Sciences Building is a block on Myddleton Street (Finsbury)
Southern Street, N1 Southern Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Islington)
Spitfire Studios, N1 Spitfire Studios is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (King’s Cross)
Spring House, WC1X Spring House is a block on Margery Street (Finsbury)
St Chads Place, WC1X St Chads Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (King’s Cross)
St Helena House, WC1X St Helena House is a block on Margery Street (Finsbury)
St Helena Street, WC1X St Helena Street connects Naoroji Street and Fernsbury Street (Finsbury)
St Katharine’s House, N1 St Katharine’s House is at the corner of Penton Street and the eastern stub of what had been Wynford Road until that street was cut off to its west by the large Half Moon Estate (Islington)
St Katharines House, N1 St Katharines House is a building on Barnsbury Road (Islington)
St Philip House, WC1X St Philip House is a building on Lloyd Baker Street (Finsbury)
Stelfox House, WC1X Stelfox House is sited on Penton Rise (Pentonville)
Stuart Hill House, N1 Stuart Hill House is sited on Killick Street (King’s Cross)
Swinton Street, WC1X Swinton Street was named after the two Swinton brothers. (Finsbury)
The Laboratory Building, EC1R The Laboratory Building is a block on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
Tolpuddle Street, N1 Tolpuddle Street is a more recent street of Islington (Islington)
Torrens Street, EC1V Torrens Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Tunbridge House, EC1R Tunbridge House is sited on St John Street (Finsbury)
Tunbridge House, EC1V Tunbridge House is a block on St John Street (Finsbury)
Union Square, N1 Union Square (sometime Union Court) was approached by a narrow alley (Angel)
Vernon Rise, WC1X Vernon Rise is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Vernon Square, WC1X Vernon Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Warren Mews, N1 Warren Mews began in 1889 (Islington)
Wells House, EC1R Wells House is a block on Lloyds Row (Finsbury)
Wells Square, WC1X Wells Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Weston Rise, N1 Weston Rise is a road in the N1 postcode area (Pentonville)
Wharfdale Road, N1 Wharfdale Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (King’s Cross)
Wharton Street, WC1X Wharton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
White Conduit Street, N1 White Conduit Street was laid out and built up with houses and tenements from the mid-1790s (Islington)
White Lion Street, N1 White Lion Street is named after the former White Lion inn on Islington High Street (Angel)
Wicklow Street, WC1X Wicklow Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (King’s Cross)
Wollaton House, N1 Wollaton House is a building on Batchelor Street (Islington)
Worthington House, EC1R Worthington House is located on Myddelton Passage (Finsbury)
Wynford Road, N1 Wynford Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)

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