Postal area EC1V

Postal area in/near Clerkenwell, existing between 1917 and now

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Postal area · Clerkenwell · EC1V ·
October
12
2020

Postcode

1057

The streets of EC1V:
Agdon Street Agdon Street was originally called Woods Close.
Albert House Albert House is a block on Old Street.
Amias House Amias House is a building on Central Street.
Anchor House Anchor House is located on Old Street.
Angel Arcade Angel Arcade is named, along with many ’Angel’ streets of the area, after the famous pub.
Angel Building Angel Building is a block on St John Street.
Angel Gate Angel Gate is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Angel Square Angel Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Argus House Argus House is a block on St John Street.
Ashby Street Ashby Street was named after local landowners who had a seat at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire.
Aylesbury Street Aylesbury Street - after the earl of Aylesbury who owned a house near here in the 17th century.
Baldwin Street Baldwin Street was named after Richard Baldwin, Treasurer at St Bartholomew’s Hospital when the street was built in 1811.
Barnabas House Barnabas House is sited on Central Street.
Bartholomew Square This is a street in the EC1V postcode area
Bastwick Street Bastwick Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Bath Street Bath Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Bentima House Bentima House is located on Old Street.
Berry Place Berry Place and Berry Street were named after Thomas Berry, local early 19th century landowner.
Bollinder Place Bollinder Place lies along City Road.
Brewery Square Brewery Square is a square surrounded by modern buildings in Clerkenwell.
Brewhouse Yard Brewhouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Brunswick Place Brunswick Place is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Burnhill House Burnhill House is a block on Norman Street.
Central Street Central Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
City Forum City Forum is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
City Road City Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
City Walk Apartments City Walk Apartments is sited on Seward Street.
Classic House Classic House is a block on Old Street.
Comice Apartments Comice Apartments is a building on Pear Tree Street.
Compton Street Compton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Cranwood Street Cranwood Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Crayle House Crayle House is sited on Cyrus Street.
Cyrus House Cyrus House is located on Cyrus Street.
Cyrus Street Cyrus Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Dalby House Dalby House is a block on City Road.
Dallington Street Dallington Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Davina House Davina House is a block on Goswell Road.
Dingley Road Dingley Road is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Earnshaw House Earnshaw House is a block on Percival Street.
East Central House East Central House is a block on Lever Street.
Ebenezer Street A street within the N1 postcode
Edward House Edward House is a block on Wakley Street.
Elia Mews Elia Mews is a road in the N1 postcode area
Entex House Entex House is a block on Old Street.
Farringdon Road Farringdon Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Friend Street Friend Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Galway Street Galway Street was named for the Earl of Galway.
Gambier House Gambier House is a block on Mora Street.
Gard Street Gard Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Gastigny House Gastigny House is a block on Lever Street.
Gee Street Gee Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Godfrey House St Lukes Estate Godfrey House is on the St Lukes Estate.
Godfrey House Godfrey House is a block on Bath Street.
Goswell Road Goswell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Green Man Tower Green Man Tower can be found on Goswell Road.
Grimthorpe House Grimthorpe House is a building on Agdon Street.
Hall Street Hall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Harella House Harella House is a building on Goswell Road.
Harold Laski House Harold Laski House is a block on Percival Street.
Haverstock Place A street within the N1 postcode
Haverstock Street Haverstock Street is a road in the N1 postcode area
Haywards Place Haywards Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1Rpostal area.
Helmet Row Helmet Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Hermit Street Hermit Street links Friend Street with Rawstorne Street.
Ironmonger Row Ironmonger Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Karma Yoga House A street within the N1 postcode
King Square King Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Lagonier House Lagonier House is located on Ironmonger Row.
Leo Yard Leo Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Lever Street Lever Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Liberty House Liberty House can be found on St John Street.
Lizard Street Lizard Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
London City House London City House is a block on City Road.
Lukes Close Lukes Close is a location in London.
Macclesfield Road Macclesfield Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Malta Street This is a street in the EC1V postcode area
Manningford Close Manningford Close is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Masons Place Masons Place is a road in the EC1V postcode area
McBeath House McBeath House is a block on Goswell Road.
Midway House Midway House is a block on Spencer Street.
Mitchell Street Mitchell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Moorgreen House Moorgreen House is a block on Earlstoke Street.
Mora Street Mora Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Moreland Street Moreland Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Murton Street Murton Street dates from about 1829.
Nelson Terrace Nelson Terrace is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Norman Street Norman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Northampton Square Northampton Square is a square between Finsbury and Clerkenwell, located between Goswell Road and St John Street.
Northburgh House Northburgh House is a building on Northburgh Street.
Oakley Crescent Oakley Crescent is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Orchard Building Orchard Building is a block on Pear Tree Street.
Owen Street Owen Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Owen’s Row Owen’s Row is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Paget Street Paget Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Paper Mill Buildings A street within the N1 postcode
Paramount Building Paramount Building is a block on St John Street.
Parchment House Parchment House is located on Northburgh Street.
Pardon Street Pardon Street was named after Pardon Chapel, founded in the wake of the Black Death in 1348.
Partridge House Partridge House is a block on Malta Street.
Paton Street Paton Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Pear Tree Street Pear Tree Street connects Central Street and Goswell Road.
Peerless Street Peerless Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Percival Street Percival Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Peregrine House Peregrine House is a block on Hall Street.
President House President House is a block on King Square.
Priestley House Priestley House is a block on Old Street.
Radnor Street Radnor Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Rawstorne Place Rawstorne Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Rawstorne Street Rawstorne Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Remington Street Remington Street is a road in the N1 postcode area
Roby House Roby House is sited on Mitchell Street.
Roman House Roman House can be found on City Road.
Sadler House Sadler House is a block on Rosebery Avenue.
Seatem House Seatem House is a block on Moreland Street.
Sebastian House Sebastian House is sited on Sebastian Street.
Sebastian Street Sebastian Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Seward Street Seward Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Sidney Grove Sidney Grove is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Singer Street Singer Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Apostal area.
Singer Street Singer Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Spencer Street Spencer Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
St John Street St John Street runs from Finsbury to Farringdon.
St John Street The northern section of St John Street was confusingly, before the 20th century, named Saint John Street Road.
St Luke’s Estate The St Luke’s Estate was designed in the 1960s by the architects of the Greater London Council.
Telfer House Telfer House is a block on Lever Street.
The Red House The Red House is a block on Clerkenwell Road.
Tompion House Tompion House is located on Cyrus Street.
Tompion Street Tompion Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Torrens Street Torrens Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Tunbridge House Tunbridge House is a block on St John Street.
Turnpike House Turnpike House is a building on King Square.
Victoria House A street within the EC1V postcode
Vince Street Vince Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Wakley Street Wakley Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.
Waterloo Street Waterloo Street once ran from Lever Street to Radnor Street.
Wenlake House Wenlake House is a block on Old Street.
Willen House Willen House is a block on Bath Street.
Wyclif House Wyclif House is a block on St John Street.
Wyclif Street Wyclif Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Wynyatt Street Wynyatt Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Vpostal area.


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Sandra Field   
Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT   

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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.

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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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Scott Hatton   
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.

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Born here
Bernard Miller   
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.

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Barry J. Page   
Added: 27 Jul 2022 19:41 GMT   

Highbury Corner V1 Explosion
Grandma described the V1 explosion at Highbury Corner on many occasions. She was working in the scullery when the flying bomb landed. The blast shattered all the windows in the block of flats and blew off the bolt on her front door. As she looked out the front room window, people in various states of injury and shock were making their way along Highbury Station Road. One man in particular, who was bleeding profusely from glass shard wounds to his neck, insisted in getting home to see if his family was all right. Others were less fortunate. Len, the local newsagent, comforted a man, who had lost both legs caused by the blast, until the victim succumbed to his injuries. The entire area was ravaged and following are statistics. The flying bomb landed during lunch hour (12:46 p.m.) on June 27th 1944. 26 people lost their lives, 84 were seriously injured and 71 slightly injured.

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Steven Shepherd   
Added: 4 Feb 2021 14:20 GMT   

Our House
I and my three brothers were born at 178 Pitfield Street. All of my Mothers Family (ADAMS) Lived in the area. There was an area behind the house where the Hoxton Stall holders would keep the barrows. The house was classed as a slum but was a large house with a basement. The basement had 2 rooms that must have been unchanged for many years it contained a ’copper’ used to boil and clean clothes and bedlinen and a large ’range’ a cast iron coal/log fired oven. Coal was delivered through a ’coal hole’ in the street which dropped through to the basement. The front of the house used to be a shop but unused while we lived there. I have many more happy memories of the house too many to put here.

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Mike   
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.

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MCNALLY    
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

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Tom   
Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT   

Blackfriars
What is, or was, Bodies Bridge?

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Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT   

Liverpool Street
the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date.

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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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STEPHEN ARTHUR JACKSON   
Added: 14 Nov 2021 17:12 GMT   

Lynedoch Street, E2
my father Arthur Jackson was born in lynedoch street in 1929 and lived with mm grandparents and siblings, until they were relocated to Pamela house Haggerston rd when the street was to be demolished

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Jack Wilson   
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

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Erin   
Added: 2 May 2022 01:33 GMT   

Windsor Terrace, N1
hello

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J Parker   
Added: 14 May 2023 15:27 GMT   

Windsor Terrace, N1
Thank you for the information - My great grandparents lived at 11 Windsor Terrace from around 1918 to 1938... I was just trying to establish the kind of house it might have been as there are so many people listed at the same address so really interesting to see your description.

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Loraine Brocklehurst    
Added: 24 May 2023 14:00 GMT   

Holcombe Road, N17
I lived at 23Holcombe Rd. with my parents, Grandfather , Aunt and Uncle in 1954. My Aunt and Uncle lived there until it was demolished. I’m not sure what year that was as we emigrated to Canada.

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Jen Williams   
Added: 20 May 2023 17:27 GMT   

Corfield Street, E2
My mother was born in 193 Corfield Street in 1920.Her father was a policeman.

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sofia   
Added: 19 May 2023 08:57 GMT   

43 MELLITUS STREET
43 MELLITUS STREET

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Added: 17 May 2023 11:50 GMT   

Milson Road (1908 - 1954)
My grandparents and great grandparents and great great grandparents the Manley family lived at 33 Milson Road from 1908 to 1935. My grandad was born at 33 Milson Road. His parents George and Grace had all four of their chidren there. When his father Edward died his mother moved to 67 Milson in 1935 Road and lived there until 1954 (records found so far, it may be longer). Before that they lived in the Porten Road. I wonder if there is anyone that used to know them? My grandad was Charles ’Ted’ Manley, his parents were called George and Grace and George’s parents were called Edward and Bessie. George worked in a garage and Edward was a hairdresser.

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Lived here
   
Added: 16 Apr 2023 15:55 GMT   

Rendlesham Road, E5
I lived at 14 Rendlesham Road in the 1940s and 50s. The house belonged to my grandfather James Grosvenor who bought it in the 1920s for £200.I had a brother who lived in property until 1956 when he married. Local families were the paisleys, the Jenners and the family of Christopher Gable.

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Sandra Field   
Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT   

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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.

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Sue Germain   
Added: 10 Apr 2023 08:35 GMT   

Southwood Road, SE9
My great great grandfather lived in Time Villa, Southwood Rd around 1901. He owned several coffee houses in Whitechapel and in South London, including New Time Coffee House so either his house was named after the coffee house or vice versa.

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David Gleeson   
Added: 7 Apr 2023 22:19 GMT   

MBE from Campbell Bunk (1897 - 1971)
Walter Smith born at 43 Campbell Bunk was awarded the MBE in january honours list in 1971. A local councillor for services to the public.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Marx Memorial Library The Marx Memorial Library in London holds more than 43,000 books, pamphlets and newspapers on Marxism, Scientific Socialism and Working class history.
Spa Green Estate, EC1R The Spa Green Estate is a post-war realisation of a 1930s plan for social regeneration through Modernist architecture.
St James’s Church, Clerkenwell St James Church, Clerkenwell, is an Anglican parish church.
St John Clerkenwell St John Clerkenwell is a former parish church in Clerkenwell, now used as the chapel of the modern Order of St John.

NEARBY STREETS
Abacus House, EC1R Abacus House can be found on Gloucester Way.
Agdon Street, EC1V Agdon Street was originally called Woods Close.
Alford Court, N1 Alford Court is located on Cavendish Street.
Alleyn House, EC1Y Alleyn House is a block on Chequer Street.
Amias House, EC1V Amias House is a building on Central Street.
Amias Place, EC1Y Amias Place was formerly George Yard.
Anchor House, EC1V Anchor House is located on Old Street.
Anchor Yard, EC1Y Anchor Yard is named after a former inn here of this name.
Angel Gate, EC1V Angel Gate is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Aquarelle House, N1 Aquarelle House is a block on City Road.
Argus House, EC1V Argus House is a block on St John Street.
Arlington House, EC1R Arlington House is located on Arlington Way.
Arlington Way, EC1R Arlington Way was called Arlington Street before 1936.
Ashby Street, EC1V Ashby Street was named after local landowners who had a seat at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire.
Aylesbury Street, EC1V Aylesbury Street - after the earl of Aylesbury who owned a house near here in the 17th century.
Baltic Street East, EC1Y Baltic Street East was built by a timber merchant around 1810 who named local streets after trade-related activities.
Baltic Street West, EC1Y Baltic Street is split into east and west halves.
Banner House, EC1Y Banner House is a block on Banner Street.
Banner Street, EC1Y Banner Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.
Barnabas House, EC1V Barnabas House is sited on Central Street.
Bartholomew Square, EC1V This is a street in the EC1V postcode area
Bastwick Street, EC1V Bastwick Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Bath Street, EC1V Bath Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Berry Place, EC1V Berry Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Berry Street, EC1M Berry Street is a road in the EC1M postcode area
Bollinder Place, EC1V Bollinder Place lies along City Road.
Book House, N1 Book House is a block on City Road.
Brewery Square, EC1V Brewery Square is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Brewhouse Yard, EC1V Brewhouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Bunhill Fields, EC1Y Bunhill Fields is a road in the EC1Y postcode area
Burnhill House, EC1V Burnhill House is a block on Norman Street.
Buxton Court, N1 Buxton Court is a block on Windsor Terrace.
Canaletto Tower, N1 Canaletto Tower can be found on City Road.
Centenary Building, EC1R Centenary Building is a block on Spencer Street.
Central Street, EC1V Central Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Challoner House, EC1R Challoner House is a building on Clerkenwell Close.
Charles Townsend House, EC1R Charles Townsend House is a block on Finsbury Estate.
Chronicle Tower, N1 Chronicle Tower is sited on City Road.
City Forum, EC1V City Forum is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
City Road, EC1V City Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
City Walk Apartments, EC1V City Walk Apartments is sited on Seward Street.
Clerkenwell Close, EC1R Clerkenwell Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Clerkenwell House, EC1R Clerkenwell House is a block on Clerkenwell Green.
College Building, EC1R College Building is a block on Northampton Square.
Comice Apartments, EC1V Comice Apartments is a building on Pear Tree Street.
Compton Street, EC1V Compton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Corporation Row, EC1R Corporation Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area
Crayle House, EC1V Crayle House is sited on Cyrus Street.
Crescent Row, EC1Y Crescent Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.
Cyrus House, EC1V Cyrus House is located on Cyrus Street.
Cyrus Street, EC1V Cyrus Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Dallington Street, EC1V Dallington Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Davina House, EC1V Davina House is a block on Goswell Road.
Dingley Road, EC1V Dingley Road is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Domingo Street, EC1Y Domingo Street links Old Street with Baltic Street East.
Drysdale Building, EC1R Drysdale Building can be found on Spencer Street.
Dufferin Avenue, EC1Y Dufferin Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.
Earnshaw House, EC1V Earnshaw House is a block on Percival Street.
East Central House, EC1V East Central House is a block on Lever Street.
Edward House, EC1V Edward House is a block on Wakley Street.
Fable Apartments, N1 Fable Apartments is a block on City Road.
Farringdon Road, EC1V Farringdon Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Friend Street, EC1V Friend Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Galway Street, EC1V Galway Street was named for the Earl of Galway.
Gambier House, EC1V Gambier House is a block on Mora Street.
Gard Street, EC1V Gard Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Garrett Street, EC1Y Garrett Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.
Gastigny House, EC1V Gastigny House is a block on Lever Street.
Gee Street, EC1V Gee Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Gloucester Building, EC1R Gloucester Building is a block on Whiskin Street.
Gloucester Way, EC1R Gloucester Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Golden Lane, EC1Y Golden Lane connects Old Street and Beech Street.
Goswell Place Building, EC1R Goswell Place Building is located on Ashby Street.
Goswell Road, EC1V Goswell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Great Sutton Street, EC1M Great Sutton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Green Man Tower, EC1V Green Man Tower can be found on Goswell Road.
Grimthorpe House, EC1V Grimthorpe House is a building on Agdon Street.
Hall Street, EC1V Hall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Harella House, EC1V Harella House is a building on Goswell Road.
Harold Laski House, EC1V Harold Laski House is a block on Percival Street.
Haverstock Place, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode
Haverstock Street, EC1V Haverstock Street is a road in the N1 postcode area
Haywards Place, EC1V Haywards Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Helmet Row, EC1V Helmet Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Hermit Street, EC1V Hermit Street links Friend Street with Rawstorne Street.
Honduras Street, EC1Y Honduras Street dates from the 1810s.
Hooper House, EC1R Hooper House is a block on Clerkenwell Close.
Invicta House, EC1Y Invicta House is a block on Banner Street.
Ironmonger Row, EC1V Ironmonger Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Jerusalem Passage, EC1M Jerusalem Passage was named for an old public house, St John of Jerusalem, which stood at the northeast corner until 1760.
Joseph Close, EC1R Joseph Close is a road in the N4 postcode area
Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R Joseph Trotter Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
King Square, EC1V King Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Lagonier House, EC1V Lagonier House is located on Ironmonger Row.
Leo Yard, EC1V Leo Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Lever Street, EC1V Lever Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Liberty House, EC1V Liberty House can be found on St John Street.
Lizard Street, EC1V Lizard Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Lloyds Row, EC1R Lloyds Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area
London City House, EC1V London City House is a block on City Road.
Macclesfield Road, EC1V Macclesfield Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Maldon Apartments, N1 Maldon Apartments is located on Micawber Street.
Malta Street, EC1V This is a street in the EC1V postcode area
Manningford Close, EC1V Manningford Close is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Masons Place, EC1V Masons Place is a road in the EC1V postcode area
McBeath House, EC1V McBeath House is a block on Goswell Road.
Memel Street, EC1Y Memel Street was built over the site of a former brewery in the 1810s.
Meredith Street, EC1R Meredith Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Micawber Court, N1 Micawber Court is located on Windsor Terrace.
Micawber Street, N1 Micawber Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.
Michael Cliffe House, EC1R Michael Cliffe House is a block on Gloucester Way.
Midway House, EC1V Midway House is a block on Spencer Street.
Mitchell Street, EC1V Mitchell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Moorgreen House, EC1V Moorgreen House is a block on Earlstoke Street.
Mora Street, EC1V Mora Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Moreland Street, EC1V Moreland Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Murton Street, EC1V Murton Street dates from about 1829.
Myddelton Building, EC1R Myddelton Building is located on Goswell Road.
Myddelton Street, EC1R Myddelton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Nelson Terrace, EC1V Nelson Terrace is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Newington Close, EC1R This is a street in the EC1R postcode area
Norman Street, EC1V Norman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Northampton Square, EC1V Northampton Square is a square between Finsbury and Clerkenwell, located between Goswell Road and St John Street.
Northburgh House, EC1V Northburgh House is a building on Northburgh Street.
Northburgh Street, EC1M Northburgh Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Northburgh Street, EC1M Northburgh Street in the EC1V postcode is a western extension of the main part of the street.
Oakley Crescent, EC1V Oakley Crescent is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Orchard Building, EC1V Orchard Building is a block on Pear Tree Street.
Owen Street, EC1V Owen Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Owen’s Row, EC1V Owen’s Row is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Paget Street, EC1V Paget Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Paper Mill Buildings, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode
Papyrus House, N1 Papyrus House is a block on Wharf Road.
Paramount Building, EC1V Paramount Building is a block on St John Street.
Parchment House, EC1V Parchment House is located on Northburgh Street.
Pardon Street, EC1V Pardon Street was named after Pardon Chapel, founded in the wake of the Black Death in 1348.
Parkes Building, EC1R Parkes Building is a building on Sebastian Street.
Partridge House, EC1V Partridge House is a block on Malta Street.
Paton Street, EC1V Paton Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Patrick Coman House, EC1R Patrick Coman House is a block on Meredith Street.
Pear Tree Street, EC1V Pear Tree Street connects Central Street and Goswell Road.
Percival Street, EC1V Percival Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Peregrine House, EC1V Peregrine House is a block on Hall Street.
President House, EC1V President House is a block on King Square.
Priestley House, EC1V Priestley House is a block on Old Street.
Priory House, EC1R Priory House is located on Sans Walk.
Quaker Court, EC1Y Quaker Court is a block on Banner Street
Radnor Street, EC1V Radnor Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Rawstorne Place, EC1V Rawstorne Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Rawstorne Street, EC1V Rawstorne Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Regent Apartments, N1 Regent Apartments can be found on Wenlock Road.
Remington Road, N1 A street within the N1 postcode
Remington Street, EC1V Remington Street is a road in the N1 postcode area
Roby House, EC1V Roby House is sited on Mitchell Street.
Roman House, EC1V Roman House can be found on City Road.
Roscoe Street, EC1Y Roscoe Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.
Sadler House, EC1V Sadler House is a block on Rosebery Avenue.
Sans Walk, EC1R Sans Walk was named after Edward Sans in 1893, who was then the oldest member of the local parish vestry.
Scotswood Street, EC1R Scotswood Street is a road in the EC1R postcode area
Seatem House, EC1V Seatem House is a block on Moreland Street.
Sebastian House, EC1V Sebastian House is sited on Sebastian Street.
Sebastian Street, EC1V Sebastian Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Sekforde Court, EC1R Sekforde Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Sekforde Street, EC1R Sekforde Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Seward Street, EC1V Seward Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Shepherdess Building, N1 A street within the N1 postcode
Sidney Grove, EC1V Sidney Grove is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Skinner Street, EC1R Skinner Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Social Sciences Building, EC1R Social Sciences Building is a block on Myddleton Street.
Spencer Street, EC1V Spencer Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Spenlow Apartments, N1 Spenlow Apartments is a block on Wenlock Road.
St Jamess Walk, EC1R St Jamess Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
St John Street, EC1V St John Street runs from Finsbury to Farringdon.
St John Street, EC1V The northern section of St John Street was confusingly, before the 20th century, named Saint John Street Road.
Sutton Road, EC1M Sutton Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.
Sycamore Street, EC1Y Sycamore Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.
Tait Building, EC1R Tait Building is a block on Ashby Street.
Telfer House, EC1V Telfer House is a block on Lever Street.
The Horseshoe Path, EC1R The Horseshoe Path runs around the back of the Horseshoe pub.
The Print House, EC1R The Print House is a block on Aylesbury Street.
Thoresby House, N1 Thoresby House is a block on Thoresby Street.
Thoresby Street, N1 Thoresby Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.
Tilney Court, EC1Y Tilney Court lies off of Old Street.
Timber Street, EC1Y Timber Street was formerly called Norway Street.
Tompion House, EC1V Tompion House is located on Cyrus Street.
Tompion Street, EC1V Tompion Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Tunbridge House, EC1R Tunbridge House is sited on St John Street.
Tunbridge House, EC1V Tunbridge House is a block on St John Street.
Turnpike House, EC1V Turnpike House is a building on King Square.
Underwood Row, N1 Underwood Row is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.
Underwood Street, N1 Underwood Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.
University Building, EC1R University Building is a block on Spencer Street.
Wakley Street, EC1V Wakley Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Warwick Yard, EC1Y Warwick Yard is a road in the EC1Y postcode area
Waterloo Street, EC1V Waterloo Street once ran from Lever Street to Radnor Street.
Wellesley Terrace, N1 A street within the N1 postcode
Wells House, EC1R Wells House is a block on Lloyds Row.
Wenlake House, EC1V Wenlake House is a block on Old Street.
Wenlock Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode
Whitecross Street, EC1Y Whitecross Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.
Wilkins Apartments, N1 Wilkins Apartments is a building on Prestwood Street.
Willen House, EC1V Willen House is a block on Bath Street.
Windsor Terrace, N1 Windsor Terrace is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.
Woodbridge Street, EC1R Woodbridge Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Wyclif House, EC1V Wyclif House is a block on St John Street.
Wyclif Street, EC1V Wyclif Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area
Wynyatt Street, EC1V Wynyatt Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.
Young’s Buildings, EC1Y Young’s Buildings was named after Francis Young, a local 18th century property owner

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Hat and Feathers At the corner of Clerkenwell Road and Goswell Road sits the Hat and Feathers pub.


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Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell was once known as London’s Little Italy because of the large number of Italians living in the area from the 1850s until the 1960s.

Clerkenwell took its name from the Clerks’ Well in Farringdon Lane. In the Middle Ages, the London Parish clerks performed annual mystery plays there, based on biblical themes. Part of the well remains visible, incorporated into a 1980s building called Well Court.

In the 17th century South Clerkenwell became a fashionable place of residence. Oliver Cromwell owned a house on Clerkenwell Close, just off the Green. Several aristocrats had houses there, most notably the Duke of Northumberland, as did people such as Erasmus Smith.

Before Clerkenwell became a built-up area, it had a reputation as a resort a short walk out of the city, where Londoners could disport themselves at its spas, of which there were several, based on natural chalybeate springs, tea gardens and theatres. The present day Sadler’s Wells has survived as heir to this tradition.

Clerkenwell was also the location of three prisons: the Clerkenwell Bridewell, Coldbath Fields Prison (later Clerkenwell Gaol) and the New Prison, later the Clerkenwell House of Detention, notorious as the scene of the Clerkenwell Outrage in 1867, an attempted prison break by Fenians who killed many in the tenement houses on Corporation Row in trying to blow a hole in the prison wall.

The Industrial Revolution changed the area greatly. It became a centre for breweries, distilleries and the printing industry. It gained a special reputation for the making of clocks and watches, which activity once employed many people from around the area. Flourishing craft workshops still carry on some of the traditional trades, such as jewellery-making. Clerkenwell is home to Witherby’s, Europe’s oldest printing company.

After the Second World War, Clerkenwell suffered from industrial decline and many of the premises occupied by the engineering, printing publishing and meat and food trades (the last mostly around Smithfield) fell empty. Several acclaimed council housing estates were commissioned by Finsbury Borough Council. Modernist architect and Russian émigré Berthold Lubetkin’s listed Spa Green Estate, constructed 1943–1950, has recently been restored. The Finsbury Estate, constructed in 1968 to the designs of Joseph Emberton includes flats, since altered and re-clad.

A general revival and gentrification process began in the 1980s, and the area is now known for loft-living in some of the former industrial buildings. It also has young professionals, nightclubs and restaurants and is home to many professional offices as an overspill for the nearby City of London and West End.

Amongst other sectors, there is a notable concentration of design professions around Clerkenwell, and supporting industries such as high-end designer furniture showrooms.


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St Lukes Hospital for Lunatics, London
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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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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 Angel, Islington (c.1890)
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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).
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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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At the corner of Clerkenwell Road and Goswell Road sits the Hat and Feathers. It was built on the site of an earlier tavern around 1860 for owner James Leask. It was designed by William Finch Hill who specialised in music halls and pubs.
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Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets.
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Florin Court, Charterhouse Square (2008) The building was used as Whitehaven Mansions, the fictional London residence of Agatha Christie’s character Hercule Poirot, in the LWT television series Agatha Christie’s Poirot (1989–2013)
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Great Arthur House, at the centre of the Golden Lane Estate, was the tallest residential building in Britain at the time of its construction.
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Pardon Street
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