Midhope Street was once known as Wood Street.
Wood Street was developed in the 1810s; it does not appear even in outline on Horwood’s map of 1813, but it is shown developed with about 28 houses on his map of 1819. Its houses were small and relatively cheap.
It was at least partly occupied by 1822, when a couple advertised from no. 16 for positions as cook and butler. (The Times, 9 November 1822)
In 1849 Henry Parkinson of no. 2 was charged with assaulting his seven-year-old daughter at home; witnesses said they saw him beating her with a whip (The Times, 19 March 1849).
In the 1890s its slums were cleared and the East End Dwellings Co. built new blocks of flats here (now part of the Hillview Estate).
