Grays Inn Square, WC1R

Road in/near Holborn

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Grays Inn Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.



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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Central School of Ballet Central School of Ballet is a classical ballet school based in London, with students from countries all over the world.
City Temple The City Temple is a Nonconformist church on Holborn Viaduct.
Hockley-in-the-Hole Hockley-in-the-Hole was an area where bear-baiting and duelling took place in the 18th century.
Maison Novelli Maison Novelli was a restaurant in Clerkenwell, Central London, located opposite the Old Session House.
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.
Middlesex Sessions House The Former Middlesex Session(s) House or the Old Sessions House is a large building on Clerkenwell Green.
St Andrew The Church of St Andrew, Holborn stands within the Ward of Farringdon Without.
St Etheldreda’s Church St Etheldreda’s Church is in Ely Place, off Charterhouse Street in Holborn, London.
St James’s Church, Clerkenwell St James Church, Clerkenwell, is an Anglican parish church.
St Peter’s Italian Church St. Peter’s Italian Church is a Basilica-style church located in Holborn.
Staple Inn Staple Inn is London’s only surviving sixteenth-century domestic building, situated on the south side of High Holborn.
Thavie’s Inn Thavie’s Inn was a former Inn of Chancery, associated with Lincoln’s Inn, established near the site of the present side street and office block still known as Thavies Inn Buildings.
The 1860s map of London "Stanford’s Library Map of London and its Suburbs" was published in 1862
Weston’s Music Hall Weston’s Music Hall was a music hall and theatre that opened in 1857. In 1906, the theatre became known as the Holborn Empire.

NEARBY STREETS
Africa House, WC2A Residential block (Holborn)
Africa House, WC2B Africa House is a block on Kingsway
Alliance House, WC1V Alliance House is a building on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)
Antwerp House, EC1N Antwerp House is a block on Kirby Street (Farringdon)
Atkin Building, WC1R Atkin Building is a block on Jockey’s Fields (Holborn)
Back Hill, EC1N Back Hill is simply named as it lies off (or to the ’back’) of a main road (Farringdon)
Bakers Yard, EC1R Baker’s Yard leads off Bakers Row (Clerkenwell)
Baker’s Row, EC1R Bakers Row was named after Richard Baker, a local 18th century carpenter (Clerkenwell)
Baldwins Gardens, EC1N Baldwin Gardens runs between Gray’s Inn Road and Leather Lane (Farringdon)
Barbon Close, WC1N Barbon Close lies off Great Ormond Street (Bloomsbury)
Barnard’s Inn, EC4A Barnard’s Inn lies near Holborn Circus (City of London)
Bartlett’s Buildings, EC4A Bartlett’s Buildings was the name of a street situated off of Holborn Circus (City of London)
Beacon House, WC2B Beacon House is a block on Kingsway
Beauchamp Building, EC1N Beauchamp Building is a building on Beauchamp Street (Farringdon)
Bedford Row, WC1R Bedford Row runs between Theobalds Road and Sandland Street (Holborn)
Bishop’s Court, WC2A Bishop’s Court lies off Chancery Lane (Chancery Lane)
Bleeding Heart Yard, EC1N Bleeding Heart Yard is a courtyard off of Greville Street (Farringdon)
Breams Buildings, EC4A Breams Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Brooke Street, EC1N Brooke Street runs north off of Holborn (Farringdon)
Brownlow Mews, WC1N Brownlow Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Finsbury)
Catton Street, WC2B Catton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Celtic House, WC1N Celtic House is a block on Johns Mews (Bloomsbury)
Challoner House, EC1R Challoner House is a building on Clerkenwell Close (Clerkenwell)
Chancery House, WC2A Chancery House is a block on Chancery Lane (Chancery Lane)
Chancery Lane, WC2A Chancery Lane has formed the western boundary of the City of London since 1994, having previously been divided between the London boroughs of Westminster and Camden (City of London)
Chancery Station House, WC1V Chancery Station House is a building on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)
Churchill House, WC1R Churchill House is located on Red Lion Square (Holborn)
Clerkenwell Green, EC1M Clerkenwell Green is the street named after the historical green (Clerkenwell)
Clerkenwell House, EC1R Clerkenwell House is a block on Clerkenwell Green (Clerkenwell)
Clerkenwell Road, EC1R Clerkenwell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Cockpit Yard, WC1X Cockpit Yard leads off Northington Street (Bloomsbury)
Cornwell House, EC1M Cornwell House is a block on Clerkenwell Green (Clerkenwell)
County House, EC1N County House is a block on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
Crawford Passage, EC1R Crawford Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Farringdon)
Cursitor Street, EC4A Cursitor Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Dane Street, WC1V Dane Street leads south from Red Lion Square (Holborn)
Dog and Duck Yard, WC1R Dog and Duck Yard lay off Princeton Street (Holborn)
Dombey Street, WC1N Dombey Street is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Doughty Mews, WC1N Doughty Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Doughty Street, WC1N Doughty Street is a broad tree-lined street in the Holborn district (Bloomsbury)
Dunstan House, EC1N Dunstan House is a block on St Cross Street (Farringdon)
Dyer’s Buildings, EC1N This is a street in the EC1N postcode area (City of London)
Eagle Street, WC1R Eagle Street runs parallel to High Holborn, one block north (Holborn)
Eldons Passage, EC1N A street within the EC1N postcode (Farringdon)
Elm Street, WC1X Elm Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Bloomsbury)
Ely Court, EC1N Ely Court runs between Hatton Garden and Ely Place (Farringdon)
Ely Place, EC1N Ely Place is a gated road at the southern tip of the London Borough of Camden (Farringdon)
Emerald Street, WC1N Emerald Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Experis House, EC1R Experis House is a block on Ray Street (Farringdon)
Eyre Street Hill, EC1R Eyre Street Hill runs south from Warner Street (Clerkenwell)
Farringdon Lane, EC1R Farringdon Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Farringdon Street, EC1A The building of Farringdon Street is considered one of the greatest urban engineering achievements of the 19th century. (City of London)
Field Court, WC1R Field Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
First Avenue House, WC1V First Avenue House is a block on High Holborn (Holborn)
Fisher Street, WC1R Fisher Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Fitz Eylwin House, EC1A Fitz Eylwin House is a block on Holborn Viaduct (City of London)
Fleet House, EC1R Fleet House is sited on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
Frewell Building, EC1N Frewell Building is a block on Frewell Building (Farringdon)
Fulwood Place, WC1R Fulwood Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Chancery Lane)
Furnival Street, EC4A Furnival Street commemorates Furnival’s Inn, which used to stand opposite (City of London)
Gate Street, WC2A Gate Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area
Gravel Street, EC1N Gravel Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Grays Inn Place, WC1R Grays Inn Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Grays Inn Square Chambers, WC1R Grays Inn Square Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Grays Inn Square, WC1R Grays Inn Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Great James Street, WC1N Great James Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Great New Street, EC4A Great New Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Great Turnstile, WC1V This is a street in the WC1V postcode area (Holborn)
Greville Street, EC1N Greville Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Griffin Building, WC1X Griffin Building is a block on Theobalds Road (Farringdon)
Griffin House, EC1N Griffin House can be found on Saffron Hill (Farringdon)
Guilford Street, WC1N Guilford Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Hand Court, WC1R Hand Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
Hardwicke Building, WC2A Hardwicke Building is a block on Hardwicke Building
Harpur Mews, WC1R Harpur Mews was originally the stabling for houses in Harpur Street (Bloomsbury)
Harpur Street, WC1R There are two theories about the naming of Harpur Street (Bloomsbury)
Hatton Garden, EC1N Hatton Garden is a street and area noted as London’s jewellery quarter and centre of the UK diamond trade (Farringdon)
Hatton Place, EC1N Hatton Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Hatton Square, EC1N Hatton Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Hatton Wall, EC1N Hatton Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Herbal Hill, EC1N Herbal Hill leads north from Saffron Hill (Farringdon)
Herbal House, EC1R Herbal House is a block on Back Hill (Farringdon)
High Holborn, WC1V High Holborn was part of the old road from Newgate and the Tower to the gallows at Tyburn. (Holborn)
Holborn Circus, EC1N Holborn Circus is a junction of five highways in the City of London, on the boundary between Holborn, Hatton Garden and Smithfield (City of London)
Holborn Viaduct, EC1A Holborn Viaduct is a road bridge in London and the name of the street which crosses it (City of London)
Holborn, EC1N Holborn commemorates the River Fleet, also known as the Holbourne stream (City of London)
Holsworthy Square, WC1X This is a street in the WC1X postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Hooper House, EC1R Hooper House is a block on Clerkenwell Close (Clerkenwell)
Jockeys Fields, WC1R Jockeys Fields is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
John Street, WC1N John Street was named for John Blagrave, carpenter to the Doughty family. (Bloomsbury)
Johns Mews, WC1N Johns Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Kings Mews, WC1X Kings Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Kingsgate Street, WC1R Kingsgate Street ran from High Holborn to Theobald’s Road (Holborn)
Kingsway, WC2A Kingsway is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area (Westminster)
Kirby Street, EC1N Kirby Street was named for Christopher Hatton’s Kirby House in Northamptonshire (Farringdon)
Kirk Street, WC1N Kirk Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Klamath House, EC1R Klamath House is a block on Clerkenwell Green (Clerkenwell)
Kovacs House, EC1N Kovacs House is a block on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
Lacon House, WC1X Lacon House is a block on Theobald’s Road (Bloomsbury)
Lamb’s Conduit Passage, WC1R This is a street in the WC1R postcode area (Holborn)
Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1N Lamb’s Conduit Street takes its name from Lambs Conduit - a dam across a tributary of the River Fleet (Bloomsbury)
Langdale House, EC1N Langdale House can be found on Dorrington Street (Farringdon)
Langdon House, EC1N Langdon House is a block on Leather Lane (Farringdon)
Laystall House, EC1R Laystall House is a block on Rosebury Avenue (Clerkenwell)
Laystall Street, EC1R Laystall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Leather Lane, EC1N Leather Lane is a street one block west of Hatton Garden, in the Holborn area of London (Farringdon)
Lever Building, EC1R Lever Building is a block on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A Lincoln’s Inn Fields is the largest public square in London, laid out in the 1630s under the initiative of the speculative builder William Newton (Westminster)
Lion Court, WC1R Lion Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
Lion House, WC1V Lion House is a block on Red Lion Street (Holborn)
Little Turnstile, WC2A Little Turnstile is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
London Silver Vaults, WC1V London Silver Vaults is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Chancery Lane)
Long Yard, WC1N Long Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Makers Yard, E3 Makers Yard is a location in London (Clerkenwell)
Matrix House, EC1R Matrix House is located on Baker’s Row (Farringdon)
Millman Place, WC1N Millman Place is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Millman Street, WC1N Millman Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Morley House, EC1A Morley House is a block on Holborn Viaduct (City of London)
Mount Pleasant, EC1R Mount Pleasant gained its ironic name in the 1730s after locals had begun to dump refuse there (Finsbury)
Mount Plesant, EC1R Mount Plesant is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Napier House, WC1V Napier House is a block on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)
New Fetter Lane, EC4A New Fetter Lane was formerly Fewter Lane - a medieval term for an idler and stemming originally from the Old French ‘faitour’ (lawyer) (City of London)
New House, EC1N New House is a block on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
New North Street, WC1N New North Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
New Penderel House, WC1V New Penderel House is a block on High Holborn (Holborn)
New Street Square, EC4A New Street Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
North Mews, WC1N North Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Northington Street, WC1N Northington Street was named after Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington, Lord Chancellor in the 1760s. (Bloomsbury)
Norwich Street, EC4A Norwich Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Old Buildings, WC2A Old Buildings lies off Old Square
Old Square, WC2A Old Square gained this name after the building of New Square in 1682.
Orange Street, WC1R Orange Street disappeared from the map to be replaced by St Martin’s College of Art (now Central Saint Martins) (Holborn)
Orde Hall Street, WC1N Orde Hall Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Ormond Mews Ormond Mews - also Ormond Yard - was made up of two extensive rows of mews and was situated just south of Great Ormond Street. (Bloomsbury)
Pear Tree Court, EC1R Pear Tree Court is simply named – thought to be from a local pear tree (Clerkenwell)
Petersham House, EC1N Petersham House is a building on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
Plough Place, EC4A Plough Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Ploughs Place, EC4A Ploughs Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Plumtree Court, EC4A Plumtree Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Pooles Buildings, WC1X Pooles Buildings is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Portpool Lane, EC1N Portpool Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Princeton Street, WC1R Princeton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Procter Street, WC1V Procter Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
Proctor Street, WC1V Proctor Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
Quality Court, WC2A Quality Court is a courtyard, built around 1700 (Chancery Lane)
Ray Street, EC1R Ray Street is a corruption of ‘Rag’, after the former local rag trade here (Farringdon)
Raymond Buildings, WC1R Raymond Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Red Lion Square, WC1R Red Lion Square was built from the late 1680s by speculator Nicholas Barbon (Holborn)
Red Lion Street, WC1R Red Lion Street connects High Holborn with Theobalds Road (Holborn)
Regent Square, WC1N Regent Square is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Richbell Place, WC1N Richbell Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
River House, EC1R River House is a block on Farringdon Road (Farringdon)
Roger Street, WC1N Roger Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Rolls Passage, WC2A Rolls Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Rosebery Court, EC1R Rosebery Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Rugby Chambers, WC1N Rugby Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Rugby Street, WC1N Rugby Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Saffron Hill, EC1M Saffron Hill’s name derives the time that it was part of an estate on which saffron grew (Farringdon)
Saffron House, EC1N Saffron House is a block on Saffron Hill (Farringdon)
Sandland Street, WC1R Sandland Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Shoe Lane, EC4A Shoe Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Silver Vaults, WC1V Silver Vaults is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Chancery Lane)
South Square, WC1X South Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Chancery Lane)
Southampton Buildings, WC2A Southampton Buildings marks the site of the house of the 4th Earl of Southampton, son of Shakespeare’s patron. (Chancery Lane)
Southampton Row, WC1V Southampton Row is a road in the WC1V postcode area (Holborn)
St Andrew Street, EC4A St Andrew Street is the northern extension of Shoe Lane (City of London)
St Andrew’s House, EC1N St Andrew’s House is a block on St Andrew Street (City of London)
St Cross Street, EC1N St Cross Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Staple Inn Buildings, WC1V Staple Inn Buildings is part of historic Staple Inn (City of London)
Staple Inn Buildings, WC1X Staple Inn Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (City of London)
Sterling House, EC1N Sterling House can be found on Holborn (City of London)
Stone Buildings, WC2A Stone Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Chancery Lane)
Summers Street, EC1N Summers Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Farringdon)
Summit House, WC1R Summit House is a block on Red Lion Square (Holborn)
Swan House, WC1V Swan House is a block on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)
Telescope House, EC1M Telescope House is a block on Farringdon Road (Farringdon)
Thavies Inn House, EC1N Thavies Inn House (Thavies Inn Buildings) is on New Fetter Lane (City of London)
Thavies Inn, EC4A Thavie’s Inn - after which the street was named - was a former Inn of Chancery, associated with Lincoln’s Inn (City of London)
The Griffin Building, EC1R The Griffin Building is a block on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
The Johnson Building, EC1N The Johnson Building is a block on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
The Old Sessions House, EC1R The Old Sessions House is a block on Farringdon Lane (Clerkenwell)
Theobald’s Road, WC1N Theobald’s Road is a road in the WC1R postcode area (Holborn)
Theobalds Road, WC1N Theobalds Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Holborn)
Took’s Court, EC4A Took’s Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Turnagain Lane, EC4A Turnagain Lane is an ancient thoroughfare in the City of London. (City of London)
Turnmill Street, EC1 Turnmill Street appears in the works of Shakespeare (Farringdon)
Variety Club Building, WC1N Variety Club Building is a block on Powis Place (Bloomsbury)
Verulam Buildings, WC1R Verulam Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Verulam Street, WC1X Verulam Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Farringdon)
Vine Hill, EC1R Vine Hill now displays no evidence on the vines that once flourished in the grounds on which it stands. (Clerkenwell)
Warner Street, EC1R Warner Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Farringdon)
Warner Yard, EC1R Warner Yard was named after Robert Warner, local 18th century landowner (Clerkenwell)
Warriner House, EC1N Warriner House is a block on Greville Street (Farringdon)
Warwick Court, WC1V Warwick Court runs north from High Holborn (Holborn)
Waterhouse Square, EC1N Waterhouse Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Wee House, EC1R Wee House is a block on Laystall Street (Clerkenwell)
Weston House, WC1V Weston House is located on High Holborn (Holborn)
Whetstone Park, WC2A Whetstone Park is a road in the WC2A postcode area (Holborn)
White Bear Yard, EC1R White Bear Yard is location of London (Farringdon)
Yorkshire Grey Yard, WC1V Yorkshire Grey Yard lies off of Eagle Street, WC1 (Holborn)
Zeppelin Building, EC1M Zeppelin Building is a block on Farringdon Road (Farringdon)
Ziggurat Building, EC1N Ziggurat Building can be found on Saffron Hill (Farringdon)


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