Orange Street disappeared from the map to be replaced by St Martin’s College of Art (now Central Saint Martins).
It was in the south-east of Bloomsbury, originally leading diagonally from Red Lion Square to Vernon Place across Kingsgate Street The actor and author Francis Waldron died at his home here in 1818.
At 9 Orange Street (later renumbered 20 Orange Street) was a pub called The Three Kings. By 1900, a fire station had appeared on the Theobalds Road junction.
The creation of Kingsway in 1905 did for one half of Orange Street as Kingsgate Street disappeared under new buildings.
Andrew Johnstone’s London Commercial Guide, and Street Directory (Barnard & Farleg, 1818) lists Orange Street in its heydey:
ORANGE STREET—BLOOMSBURY
Length 110 yards —No. of Houses 10.
1 Deacon, Benj. Past. cook & confect.
2 M‘Crery, J. Carriage lamp manufactory
3 Ryley, Rowland, Fishmongers & sales.
4 George, Wm. Boot and shoe maker
5 Edwards, David, Writing desk maker
6 Denne, John, Watch & clock maker
7 Moon, Wm. Housier & glover
10 Aldridge, Wm. Silversmith & jeweller
The street was later and briefly known as Parton Street.