Claremont Square, N1

Claremont Square is a square and reservoir on Pentonville Road.

The reservoir was constructed by The New River Company in 1709. This reservoir, the Upper Pond, was demolished in 1855 and replaced by the current covered brick reservoir. It is still in use.

The square was developed between 1821 and 1828.

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Roy Batham Covent Garden Added: 7 Jan 2022 07:17 GMT	Smithy in Longacre John Burris 1802-1848 Listed 1841 census as Burroughs was a blacksmith, address just given as Longacre. Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree Reply
Reg Carr Elstree Street, N1C Added: 10 Feb 2021 12:11 GMT	Campbellite Meeting In 1848 the Campbellites (Disciples of Christ) met in Elstree Street, where their congregation was presided over by a pastor named John Black. Their appointed evangelist at the time was called David King, who later became the Editor of the British Millennial Harbinger. The meeting room was visited in July 1848 by Dr John Thomas, who spoke there twice on his two-year ’mission’ to Britain. Reply
Jeff Owen Owen Street, EC1V 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. Reply
Scott Hatton Blackmoor Street, WC2B 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. Reply
Carol Gifford Street, N1 Added: 7 May 2021 18:44 GMT	Nan My nan lily,her sister Elizabeth and their parents Elizabeth and William lived here in1911 Reply
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 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. Reply
MCNALLY Blackfriars 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 Reply
Tom Blackfriars Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT	Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge? Reply
Lena White Conduit Street, N1 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. Reply
Jack Wilson St Albans Place, N1 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 Reply
Erin Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 2 May 2022 01:33 GMT	Windsor Terrace, N1 hello Reply

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Bob Land The Underground Map Added: 29 Jun 2022 13:20 GMT	Map legends Question, I have been looking at quite a few maps dated 1950 and 1900, and there are many abbreviations on the maps, where can I find the lists to unravel these ? Regards Bob Land Reply
Alison Archway Added: 26 Jun 2022 18:20 GMT	On the dole in north London When I worked at the dole office in Medina Road in the 1980s, "Archway" meant the social security offices which were in Archway Tower at the top of the Holloway Road. By all accounts it was a nightmare location for staff and claimants alike. This was when Margaret Thatcher’s government forced unemployment to rise to over 3 million (to keep wages down) and computerised records where still a thing of the future. Our job went from ensuring that unemployed people got the right sort and amount of benefits at the right time, to stopping as many people as possible from getting any sort of benefit at all. Britain changed irrevocably during this period and has never really recovered. We lost the "all in it together" frame of mind that had been born during the second world war and became the dog-eat-dog society where 1% have 95% of the wealth and many people can’t afford to feed their children. For me, the word Archway symbolises the land of lost content. Reply
Jack Wilson St Albans Place, N1 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 Reply
Runcorn Place, W11 Added: 19 Jun 2022 16:58 GMT	Runcorn Place, W11 Runcorn place Reply
The Three Magpies Added: 30 May 2022 19:03 GMT	The Three Magpies Row of houses (centre) was on Heathrow Rd....Ben’s Cafe shack ( foreground ) and the Three Magpies pub (far right) were on the Bath Rd Reply
Watts Beethoven Street School Added: 17 May 2022 20:29 GMT	Baeethoven St School, also an Annex for Paddington College of FE. In the early 70’s I took a two year science course at Paddington CFE. The science classes were held on weekday evenings at Beethoven Street school, overseen by chemistry teacher, Mr Tattershall. Reply
Southover, N12 Added: 25 Apr 2022 22:11 GMT	Southover, N12 Everyone knows Central Woodside is the place to be. Ever since kdog moved from finchtown, Woodside has been thriving. Reply
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 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. Reply

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Philharmonic Hall The Philharmonic Hall was a major music hall throughout the 1860s and early 1870s.

Philharmonic Hall

Spa Green Estate, EC1R The Spa Green Estate is a post-war realisation of a 1930s plan for social regeneration through Modernist architecture.

Spa Green Estate, EC1R

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 Fields

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Acton Street, WC1X Acton Street is found on the east side of Gray’s Inn Road and connects it with King’s Cross Road.

Acton Street, WC1X

Affleck Street, N1 Affleck Street was built by a Mr A. Attneave in 1884.

Affleck Street, N1

All Saints Street, N1 All Saints Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

All Saints Street, N1

Ampton Place, WC1X Ampton Place was previously called Frederick Place.

Ampton Place, WC1X

Ampton Street, WC1X Ampton Street was named after its builder, the 3rd Lord Calthorpe who owned land at Ampton, Suffolk.

Ampton Street, WC1X

Amwell Street, EC1R Amwell Street is called after the nearby New River, which starts at Amwell, Hertfordshire.

Amwell Street, EC1R

Angel Arcade, N1 Angel Arcade is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Angel Arcade, N1

Angel House, N1 Angel House is a block on Pentonville Road.

Angel House, N1

Angel Mews, N1 Angel Mews is an ancient side street in Islington.

Angel Mews, N1

Angel Square, EC1V Angel Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Angel Square, EC1V

Arlington Way, EC1R Arlington Way was called Arlington Street before 1936.

Arlington Way, EC1R

Baron Street, N1 Baron Street is named after Joseph Barron, landlord of the White Lion inn during the late eighteenth century.

Baron Street, N1

Bradleys Close, N1 Bradleys Close is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Bradleys Close, N1

Bridge Wharf, N1 Bridge Wharf is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Bridge Wharf, N1

Britannia Street, WC1X Britannia Street, King’s Cross, dates from the 1770s.

Britannia Street, WC1X

Calshot Street, N1 Calshot Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Calshot Street, N1

Camden Passage, N1 Camden Passage was built as Cumberland Row in 1767.

Camden Passage, N1

Chadwell Street, EC1R Chadwell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Chadwell Street, EC1R

Chalbury Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Chalbury Walk, N1

Chapel Market, N1 Chapel Market is a daily street market in Islington.

Chapel Market, N1

Chapel Place, N1 Chapel Place lies off the north side of Chapel Market towards Liverpool Road.

Chapel Place, N1

Charles Rowan House, WC1X Charles Rowan House can be found on Margery Street

Charles Rowan House, WC1X

Charlton Place, N1 Charlton Place runs east from Upper Street.

Charlton Place, N1

Claremont Close, EC1R Claremont Close is a road in the EC1R postcode area

Claremont Close, EC1R

Claremont Street, EC1R A street within the N1 postcode

Claremont Street, EC1R

Collier Street, N1 Collier Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Collier Street, N1

Cruikshank Street, WC1X Cruikshank Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Cruikshank Street, WC1X

Cubitt Street, WC1X Cubitt Street was formerly called Arthur Street.

Cubitt Street, WC1X

Cumming Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Cumming Street, N1

Cynthia Street, N1 Cynthia Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Cynthia Street, N1

Derby Lodge, WC1X Derby Lodge is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Derby Lodge, WC1X

Dewey Road, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Dewey Road, N1

Donegal Street, N1 Donegal Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Donegal Street, N1

Duncan Street, N1 Duncan Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Duncan Street, N1

Duncan Terrace, N1 Duncan Terrace is named after Admiral Duncan the commander of the Naval Fleet at the Battle of Camperdown against the Dutch in 1797.

Duncan Terrace, N1

Eckford Street, N1 Eckford Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Eckford Street, N1

Fernsbury Street, WC1X Fernsbury Street is a turning off of Margery Street.

Fernsbury Street, WC1X

Field Street, WC1X Field Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Field Street, WC1X

Fife Terrace, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Fife Terrace, N1

Fleet Square, WC1X Fleet Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Fleet Square, WC1X

Frederick Street, WC1X Frederick Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Frederick Street, WC1X

Friend Street, EC1V Friend Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Friend Street, EC1V

Gloucester Way, EC1R Gloucester Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Gloucester Way, EC1R

Godson Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Godson Street, N1

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.

Grant Street, N1

Granville Square, WC1X Granville Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Granville Square, WC1X

Granville Street, WC1X Granville Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Granville Street, WC1X

Great Percy Street, WC1X Great Percy Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Great Percy Street, WC1X

Hardwick Street, EC1R Hardwick Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Hardwick Street, EC1R

Harvest Lodge, N1 Harvest Lodge a plain brick, four-storey block of flats was built in 1962.

Harvest Lodge, N1

Hayward House, N1 Hayward House is a four-storey block of flats immediately north of St Silas’s Church.

Hayward House, N1

Hermes Street, N1 Hermes Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Hermes Street, N1

Hermit Street, EC1V Hermit Street links Friend Street with Rawstorne Street.

Hermit Street, EC1V

Hill House Apartments, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Hill House Apartments, N1

Holford Mews, WC1X Holford Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Holford Mews, WC1X

Holford Street, WC1X Holford Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Holford Street, WC1X

Holford Yard, WC1X Holford Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Holford Yard, WC1X

Inglebert Street, EC1R Inglebert Street is a road in the EC1R postcode area

Inglebert Street, EC1R

Islington High Street, EC1V Islington High Street is part of the main road through Islington at Angel.

Islington High Street, EC1V

Jamesâ€™s Gardens, N1 James’s Gardens was established in the 1810s.

Jamesâ€™s Gardens, N1

Joseph Close, EC1R Joseph Close is a road in the N4 postcode area

Joseph Close, EC1R

Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R Joseph Trotter Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R

Killick Street, N1 Killick Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Killick Street, N1

King’s Cross Road, WC1X This is a street in the WC1X postcode area

King’s Cross Road, WC1X

Kings Cross Road, WC1X Kings Cross Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Kings Cross Road, WC1X

Kingsway Place, EC1R Kingsway Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Kingsway Place, EC1R

Leeke Street, WC1X Leeke Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Leeke Street, WC1X

Lloyd Baker Street, WC1X Lloyd Baker Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Lloyd Baker Street, WC1X

Lloyd Square, WC1X Lloyd Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Lloyd Square, WC1X

Lloyd Street, WC1X Lloyd Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Lloyd Street, WC1X

Lloyds Row, EC1R Lloyds Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area

Lloyds Row, EC1R

Lorenzo Street, N1 Lorenzo Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Lorenzo Street, N1

Mandeville Houses, N1 Mandeville Houses, fronting Mantell Street and Liverpool Road was the earliest housing scheme built by Finsbury Borough Council.

Mandeville Houses, N1

Mantell Street, N1 Mantell Street, originally Sermon Lane, is now part of Tolpuddle Street.

Mantell Street, N1

Margery Street, WC1X Margery Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Margery Street, WC1X

Maygood Street, N1 Maygood Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Maygood Street, N1

Meredith Street, EC1R Meredith Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Meredith Street, EC1R

Merlin Street, EC1R Merlin Street runs west off Amwell Street.

Merlin Street, EC1R

Myddelton Passage, EC1R Myddelton Passage is an alleyway with an interesting story

Myddelton Passage, EC1R

Myddelton Square, EC1R Myddelton Square is named after Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560–1631), the founder of the New River Company, who developed the square.

Myddelton Square, EC1R

Myddelton Street, EC1R Myddelton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Myddelton Street, EC1R

Naoroji Street, WC1X Naoroji Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Naoroji Street, WC1X

Newington Close, EC1R This is a street in the EC1R postcode area

Newington Close, EC1R

Northeast Place, N1 Northeast Place matched the adjacent Northwest Place.

Northeast Place, N1

Northwest Place, N1 Northwest Place, off Chapel Market, was formerly West Place.

Northwest Place, N1

Owen Street, EC1V Owen Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Owen Street, EC1V

Owen’s Row, EC1V Owen’s Row is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Owen’s Row, EC1V

Paget Street, EC1V Paget Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Paget Street, EC1V

Parkfield Street, N1 Parkfield Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Parkfield Street, N1

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).

Penton Grove, N1

Penton Rise, WC1X Penton Rise is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Penton Rise, WC1X

Penton Street, N1 Penton Street is a through-route leading on to the narrower Barnsbury Road which continues its line northwards into Islington.

Penton Street, N1

Pentonville Road, N1 Pentonville Road connects Kings Cross and the Angel, Islington.

Pentonville Road, N1

Pentonville Road, WC1X Pentonville Road is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Pentonville Road, WC1X

Percy Circus, WC1X Percy Circus was once referred to as "one of the most delightful bits of town planning in London".

Percy Circus, WC1X

Pierrepoint Arcade, N1 Pierrepoint Arcade is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Pierrepoint Arcade, N1

Pierrepoint Row, N1 Pierrepoint Row is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Pierrepoint Row, N1

Pierrepont Arcade, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Pierrepont Arcade, N1

Pierrepont Row, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Pierrepont Row, N1

Pride Court, N1 Pride Court is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Pride Court, N1

Prideaux Place, WC1X Prideaux Place is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Prideaux Place, WC1X

Rawstorne Place, EC1V Rawstorne Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Rawstorne Place, EC1V

Rawstorne Street, EC1V Rawstorne Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Rawstorne Street, EC1V

Risinghill Street, N1 Risinghill Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Risinghill Street, N1

Ritchie Street, N1 Ritchie Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Ritchie Street, N1

River Street, EC1R River Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

River Street, EC1R

Rodney Street, N1 Rodney Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Rodney Street, N1

Sans Works, EC1R Sans Works is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Sans Works, EC1R

Seabrooke Place, N1 Seabrook Place once connected Angel Mews and White Lion Street.

Seabrooke Place, N1

Sidmouth Street, WC1X Sidmouth Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Sidmouth Street, WC1X

Southern Street, N1 Southern Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Southern Street, N1

Spencer Street, EC1V Spencer Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Spencer Street, EC1V

St Helena Street, WC1X St Helena Street connects Naoroji Street and Fernsbury Street.

St Helena Street, WC1X

St John Street, EC1V The northern section of St John Street was confusingly, before the 20th century, named Saint John Street Road.

St John Street, EC1V

St Katharineâ€™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.

St Katharineâ€™s House, N1

Swinton Street, WC1X Swinton Street was named after the two Swinton brothers.

Swinton Street, WC1X

Tolpuddle Street, N1 Tolpuddle Street is a more recent street of Islington.

Tolpuddle Street, N1

Torrens Street, EC1V Torrens Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Torrens Street, EC1V

Union Square, N1 Union Square (sometime Union Court) was approached by a narrow alley.

Union Square, N1

Vernon Rise, WC1X Vernon Rise is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Vernon Rise, WC1X

Vernon Square, WC1X Vernon Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Vernon Square, WC1X

Warren Mews, N1 Warren Mews began in 1889.

Warren Mews, N1

Wells Square, WC1X Wells Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Wells Square, WC1X

Weston Rise, N1 Weston Rise is a road in the N1 postcode area

Weston Rise, N1

Wharton Street, WC1X Wharton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Wharton Street, WC1X

White Conduit Street, N1 White Conduit Street was laid out and built up with houses and tenements from the mid-1790s.

White Conduit Street, N1

White Lion Street, N1 White Lion Street is named after the former White Lion inn on Islington High Street.

White Lion Street, N1

Wicklow Street, WC1X Wicklow Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Wicklow Street, WC1X

Wyclif Street, EC1V Wyclif Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Wyclif Street, EC1V

Wynford Road, N1 Wynford Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Wynford Road, N1

Wynyatt Street, EC1V Wynyatt Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Wynyatt Street, EC1V

Yardley Street, WC1X Yardley Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Yardley Street, WC1X

NEARBY PUBS

Chapel Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Chapel Bar

Northumberland Arms This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Northumberland Arms

Old Red Lion This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Old Red Lion

Queen’s Head This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Queen’s Head

Smithy’s Wine Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Smithy’s Wine Bar

Star Space This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Star Space

The Angel This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Angel

The Blacksmith & The Toffeemaker This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Blacksmith & The Toffeemaker

The Carpenters Arms This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Carpenters Arms

The Castle The Castle stands on the corner of Pentonville Road and Baron Street.

The Castle

The Craft Beer Co. Islington This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Craft Beer Co. Islington

The Harlequin This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Harlequin

The Joker of Penton Street The Joker of Penton Street was the Salmon and Compasses.

The Joker of Penton Street

The Lexington This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Lexington

The Nag’s Head This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Nag’s Head

The Shakespeare’s Head This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Shakespeare’s Head

The Three Johns This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Three Johns

Thornhill Arms This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Thornhill Arms

Union Tavern This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Union Tavern

York This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

York

Pentonville

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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The exterior of the Agricultural Hall in Islington (1861). TUM image id: 1488644663 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The third Grand Theatre, Islington (1903). This was built on the site of the former Philharmonic Hall and two previous Grand Theatres TUM image id: 1587741263 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Islington Horse and Cattle market at the turn of the twentieth century. TUM image id: 1556878421 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A line of children hold hands as they walk along the middle of White Conduit Street towards the junction with Chapel Market in Islington. Credit: John Gay/Historic England TUM image id: 1488642453 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Grand Theatre, Islington High Street (1903) TUM image id: 1557151038 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Angel, Islington (c.1890) TUM image id: 1557162442 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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). Credit: Henry Dixon (1880) TUM image id: 1557226611 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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. Credit: Wiki Commons/Grantham9 TUM image id: 1655931145 Licence: CC BY 2.0	White Conduit House, and the conduit head from which it was named, 1827 Credit: Robert Chambers (1832) TUM image id: 1488984516 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Camden Head, Islington This is a glorious old gin palace-style pub behind Upper Street, in existence since the 18th century. Credit: Flickr/Ewan Munro TUM image id: 1622558868 Licence:
Mount Pleasant Sorting Office on the north-east corner of Farringdon Road (1910). The present building is on the site of the Coldbath Fields Prison where the punishments were particularly cruel in that they were not only long and physically hard but also pointless. The pub at the back used to open at 9am to serve postal workers. TUM image id: 1620296515 Licence:	The Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington (1861). View from Liverpool Road. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1622555891 Licence:	Collins Theatre of Varieties (Collins’ Music Hall) existed in Islington between 1861 and 1958. Old-time ’greats’ who performed there were numerous: Charles Chaplin, Fred Karno, Kate Carney, Gus Elen, Sir George Robey, Marie Lloyd, Albert Chevalier, Nellie Wallace, Sir Harry Lauder, ’Wee’ Georgie Wood and more. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1622563124 Licence:	Caledonian Road looking north towards Holloway Old London postcard TUM image id: 1625084399 Licence:	Chapel Market from the east (1898). Chapel Market is a daily street market, located on a street of the same name near Angel. It sells fruit, vegetables and fish, as well as bargain household goods and cheap clothes. It is open every day except Monday, operating in the mornings only on Thursday and Sunday. Many of the patrons are local, and food and wares for sale are primarily for daily use. TUM image id: 1639060811 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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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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A line of children hold hands as they walk along the middle of White Conduit Street towards the junction with Chapel Market in Islington.
Credit: John Gay/Historic England
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The Grand Theatre, Islington High Street (1903)
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The Angel, Islington (c.1890)
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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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White Conduit House, and the conduit head from which it was named, 1827
Credit: Robert Chambers (1832)
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Mount Pleasant Sorting Office on the north-east corner of Farringdon Road (1910). The present building is on the site of the Coldbath Fields Prison where the punishments were particularly cruel in that they were not only long and physically hard but also pointless. The pub at the back used to open at 9am to serve postal workers.
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The Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington (1861). View from Liverpool Road.
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Caledonian Road looking north towards Holloway
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