Holborn, EC1N

Holborn commemorates the River Fleet, also known as the Holbourne stream.

The road was once lined with coaching inns with the Bull and Gate being particularly noted for being the terminus of stagecoaches from the north. These in turn attracted costermongers who would sell travellers fruit. The sixteenth-century Staple Inn is one of London’s few surviving timber-faced buildings. Otherwise the inns of Holborn were swept away with the coming of the railways.

Two nineteenth century granite obelisks stand on both sides of Holborn at the junction with Gray’s Inn Road marking the entrance to the City.

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The Underground Map Whitehall, SW1A Added: 8 Dec 2020 00:24 GMT	Othello takes a bow On 1 November 1604, William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello was presented for the first time, at The Palace of Whitehall. The palace was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698. Seven years to the day, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Tempest was also presented for the first time, and also at the Palace of Whitehall. Reply
Linda Webb Hungerford Stairs Added: 27 Sep 2021 05:51 GMT	Hungerford Stairs In 1794 my ancestor, George Webb, Clay Pipe Maker, lived in Hungerford Stairs, Strand. Source: Wakefields Merchant & Tradesmens General Directory London Westminster 1794 Source: Hungerford Stairs Reply
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
Bruce McTavish Lambeth North Added: 11 Mar 2021 11:37 GMT	Kennington Road Lambeth North station was opened as Kennington Road and then Westminster Bridge Road before settling on its final name. It has a wonderful Leslie Green design. 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
Richard Roques Hungerford Stairs Added: 21 Jan 2021 16:53 GMT	Buckingham Street residents Here in Buckingham Street lived Samuel Pepys the diarist, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling Reply
Talbot Yard, SE1 Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT	correction Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales 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
sam Burdett Street, SE1 Added: 31 Dec 2021 00:54 GMT	Burdett Street, SE1 I was on 2nd July 1952, in Burdett chambers (which is also known as Burdett buildings)on Burdett street Reply
Erin Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 2 May 2022 01:33 GMT	Windsor Terrace, N1 hello Reply

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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
Brian Lynch Staples Corner, NW2 Added: 10 Apr 2022 13:38 GMT	Staples Mattress Factory An architect’s design of the Staples Mattress Factory An image found on the website of Dalzell’s Beds, in Armagh Northern Ireland. Reply
Heathrow Road, TW6 Added: 19 Feb 2022 16:21 GMT	Harmondsworth (1939 - 1965) I lived in a house (Lostwithiel) on the Bath Road opposite the junction with Tythe Barn Lane, now a hotel site. Initially, aircraft used one of the diagonal runways directly in line with our house. I attended Sipson Primary School opposite the Three Magpies and celebrated my 21st birthday at The Peggy Bedford in 1959. Reply
Emma Seif Hill Street, London Added: 25 Jan 2022 19:06 GMT	Birth of the Bluestocking Society In about 1750, Elizabeth Montagu began hosting literary breakfasts in her home at 23 (now 31) Hill Street. These are considered the first meetings of the Bluestocking society. Reply
Golborne Gardens, W10 Added: 14 Jan 2022 03:06 GMT	Goldbourne Gardens W 10 I lived in Goldbourne Gardens in the 50,s very happy big bomb site Reply
Chris Nash Shortlands Close, DA17 Added: 10 Jan 2022 22:54 GMT	Shortlands Close, DA17 Shortlands Close and the flats along it were constructed in the mid-1990s. Prior to this, the area was occupied by semi-detached houses with large gardens, which dated from the post-war period and were built on the site of Railway Farm. The farm and its buildings spanned the length of Abbey Road, on the south side of the North Kent Line railway tracks. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

City Temple The City Temple is a Nonconformist church on Holborn Viaduct.

City Temple

City Thameslink City Thameslink is a central London railway station within the City of London, with entrances on Ludgate Hill and Holborn Viaduct.

City Thameslink

Fleet Market The Fleet Market was a market erected in 1736 on the newly culverted River Fleet.

Fleet Market

Hicks Hall Hicks Hall (1611 - 1778) was a building in St John Street, Clerkenwell.

Hicks Hall

Lisle’s Tennis Court Lisle’s Tennis Court was a building off Portugal Street in Lincoln’s Inn Fields in London.

Lisle’s Tennis Court

Old and New London: Temple Bar Temple Bar was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, in 1670–72.

Old and New London: Temple Bar

Smithfield Smithfield is a locality in the ward of Farringdon Without situated at the City of London’s northwest corner.

Smithfield

St Andrew The Church of St Andrew, Holborn stands within the Ward of Farringdon Without.

St Andrew

St Etheldreda’s Church St Etheldreda’s Church is in Ely Place, off Charterhouse Street in Holborn, London.

St Etheldreda’s Church

Staple Inn Staple Inn is London’s only surviving sixteenth-century domestic building, situated on the south side of High Holborn.

Staple Inn

Thavie’s Inn Thavie’s Inn was a former Inn of Chancery, associated with Lincoln’s Inn, established at Holborn, near the site of the present side street and office block still known as Thavies Inn Buildings.

Thavie’s Inn

The 1860s map of London "Stanford’s Library Map of London and its Suburbs" was published in 1862

The 1860s map of London

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Albion Courtyard, EC1A Albion Courtyard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Albion Courtyard, EC1A

Albion Place, EC1M Albion Place was formerly George Court.

Albion Place, EC1M

Amen Court, EC4M Many of the highways and byways around the precincts of St Paul’s Cathedral bear names which have ecclesiastical origins.

Amen Court, EC4M

Andrews Crosse, EC4A Andrews Crosse stood on the site of the courtyard of the former Andrews Crosse Inn.

Andrews Crosse, EC4A

Atkin Building, WC1R Atkin Building is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

Atkin Building, WC1R

Baldwins Gardens, EC1N Baldwin Gardens runs between Gray’s Inn Road and Leather Lane.

Baldwins Gardens, EC1N

Bale’s Court, EC1M Bale’s Court was a small courtyard off White Horse Alley.

Bale’s Court, EC1M

Barnard’s Inn, EC4A Barnard’s Inn lies near Holborn Circus.

Barnard’s Inn, EC4A

Bartlett’s Buildings, EC4A Bartlett’s Buildings was the name of a street situated off of Holborn Circus

Bartlett’s Buildings, EC4A

Bear Alley, EC4A Bear Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Bear Alley, EC4A

Bedford Row, WC1R Bedford Row runs between Theobalds Road and Sandland Street.

Bedford Row, WC1R

Bell Yard, EC4A Bell Yard is a small lane off the Strand where the Bell hostel once stood.

Bell Yard, EC4A

Benjamin Street, EC1M Benjamin Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Benjamin Street, EC1M

Berkeley Court, EC1M Berkeley Court ran south out of Berkley Street (now Briset Street).

Berkeley Court, EC1M

Bishop’s Court, EC4M Bishop?s Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Bishop’s Court, EC4M

Bishop’s Court, WC2A Bishop’s Court lies off Chancery Lane.

Bishop’s Court, WC2A

Bleeding Heart Yard, EC1N Bleeding Heart Yard is a courtyard off of Greville Street.

Bleeding Heart Yard, EC1N

Bolt Court, EC4A Bolt Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Bolt Court, EC4A

Breams Buildings, EC4A Breams Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Breams Buildings, EC4A

Briset Street, EC1M Briset Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Briset Street, EC1M

Britton Street, EC1M Britton Street was named after Thomas Britten, a 17th century coalman.

Britton Street, EC1M

Broad Yard, EC1M Broad Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Broad Yard, EC1M

Brooke Street, EC1N Brooke Street runs north off of Holborn.

Brooke Street, EC1N

Carey Street, WC2A Carey Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Carey Street, WC2A

Central Markets, EC1A Central Markets is the address of traders within Smithfield Market.

Central Markets, EC1A

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.

Chancery Lane, WC2A

Charterhouse Street, EC1A Charterhouse Street is a street on the northern boundary of the City of London.

Charterhouse Street, EC1A

Chichester Rents, WC2A Chichester Rents is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Chichester Rents, WC2A

Cliffords Inn Passage, EC4Y Cliffords Inn Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Cliffords Inn Passage, EC4Y

Cliffords Inn, EC4A Cliffords Inn is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Cliffords Inn, EC4A

Cock Lane, EC1A Cock Lane leads from Giltspur Street in the east to Snow Hill in the west.

Cock Lane, EC1A

Cockpit Yard, WC1X Cockpit Yard leads off Northington Street.

Cockpit Yard, WC1X

Cowcross Street, EC1M Cowcross Street links Farringdon station with Charterhouse Street.

Cowcross Street, EC1M

Crane Court, EC4Y Crane Court lay beside the Two Crane Inn Tavern.

Crane Court, EC4Y

Cursitor Street, EC4A Cursitor Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Cursitor Street, EC4A

Dean’s Court, EC4M Dean’s Court was a small alley off Old Bailey, on maps between 1750 and 1950.

Dean’s Court, EC4M

Dyer’s Buildings, EC1N This is a street in the EC1N postcode area

Dyer’s Buildings, EC1N

Eagle Court, EC1M Eagle Court is a courtyard situated off of Benjamin Street.

Eagle Court, EC1M

East Harding Street, EC4A This is a street in the EC4A postcode area

East Harding Street, EC4A

East Poultry Avenue, EC1A East Poultry Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

East Poultry Avenue, EC1A

Eldons Passage, EC1N A street within the EC1N postcode

Eldons Passage, EC1N

Elliot’s Court, EC4M Elliot’s Court is featured on maps from 1750 to 1950.

Elliot’s Court, EC4M

Ely Court, EC1N Ely Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.

Ely Court, EC1N

Ely Place, EC1N Ely Place is a gated road at the southern tip of the London Borough of Camden.

Ely Place, EC1N

Farringdon Road, EC1A Farringdon Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Farringdon Road, EC1A

Farringdon Street, EC1A The building of Farringdon Street is considered one of the greatest urban engineering achievements of the 19th century.

Farringdon Street, EC1A

Farringdon Street, EC4M Farringdon Street was constructed over the Fleet river.

Farringdon Street, EC4M

Faulkners Alley, EC1M Faulkners Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Faulkners Alley, EC1M

Fetter Lane, EC4A Fetter Lane is corrupted from ’Fautre’ which was the name for a spear rest - spears were made close by.

Fetter Lane, EC4A

Field Court, WC1R Field Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

Field Court, WC1R

Fleet Place, EC4M Fleet Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Fleet Place, EC4M

Fleet Street, EC4Y Fleet Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Fleet Street, EC4Y

Fleur De Lis Court, EC4A Fleur De Lis Court was situated off Fetter Lane.

Fleur De Lis Court, EC4A

Fulwood Place, WC1R Fulwood Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.

Fulwood Place, WC1R

Furnival Street, EC4A Furnival Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Furnival Street, EC4A

Gate House, EC1M Residential block

Gate House, EC1M

Giltspur Street, EC1A Giltspur Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Giltspur Street, EC1A

Gough Square, EC4A Gough Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Gough Square, EC4A

Grand Avenue, EC1A Grand Avenue runs through the centre of Smithfield Market.

Grand Avenue, EC1A

Gravel Street, EC1N Gravel Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.

Gravel Street, EC1N

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

Grays Inn Place, WC1R

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

Grays Inn Square Chambers, WC1R

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

Grays Inn Square, WC1R

Great James Street, WC1N Great James Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Great James Street, WC1N

Great New Street, EC4A Great New Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Great New Street, EC4A

Great Turnstile, WC1V This is a street in the WC1V postcode area

Great Turnstile, WC1V

Greenhills Rents, EC1A Greenhills Rents is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Greenhills Rents, EC1A

Greville Street, EC1N Greville Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.

Greville Street, EC1N

Gunpowder Square, EC4A Gunpowder Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Gunpowder Square, EC4A

Hand Court, WC1R Hand Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.

Hand Court, WC1R

Hardwicke Building, WC2A Hardwicke Building is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Hardwicke Building, WC2A

Hare Place, EC4Y Hare Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Hare Place, EC4Y

Hat and Mitre Court, EC4Y Hat and Mitre Court is a road in the EC1M postcode area

Hat and Mitre Court, EC4Y

Hatton Garden, EC1N Hatton Garden is a street and area noted as London’s jewellery quarter and centre of the UK diamond trade.

Hatton Garden, EC1N

Hatton Place, EC1N Hatton Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.

Hatton Place, EC1N

Hatton Square, EC1N Hatton Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.

Hatton Square, EC1N

Hatton Wall, EC1N Hatton Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.

Hatton Wall, EC1N

Hind Court, EC4Y Hind Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Hind Court, EC4Y

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.

Holborn Circus, EC1N

Holborn Viaduct, EC1A Holborn Viaduct is a road bridge in London and the name of the street which crosses it.

Holborn Viaduct, EC1A

Hosier Lane, EC1A Hosier Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Hosier Lane, EC1A

Houghton Street, WC2A Houghton Street is a street which has been ’demoted’ over time.

Houghton Street, WC2A

Jockeys Fields, WC1R Jockeys Fields is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

Jockeys Fields, WC1R

Kings Mews, WC1X Kings Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Kings Mews, WC1X

Kirby Street, EC1N Kirby Street was named for Christopher Hatton’s Kirby House in Northamptonshire.

Kirby Street, EC1N

Leather Lane, EC1N Leather Lane is a street one block west of Hatton Garden, in the Holborn area of London.

Leather Lane, EC1N

Limeburner Lane, EC4M Limeburner Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Limeburner Lane, EC4M

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.

Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A

Little New Street, EC4A Little New Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Little New Street, EC4A

London Central Markets, EC4A London Central Markets is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

London Central Markets, EC4A

London Silver Vaults, WC1V London Silver Vaults is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

London Silver Vaults, WC1V

Long Lane, EC1M Long Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Long Lane, EC1M

Ludgate Circus, EC4M Ludgate Circus is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Ludgate Circus, EC4M

Ludgate Hill, EC4M Ludgate Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Ludgate Hill, EC4M

New Fetter Lane, EC1N New Fetter Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.

New Fetter Lane, EC1N

New Fetter Lane, EC4A New Fetter Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

New Fetter Lane, EC4A

New House, EC1N Residential block

New House, EC1N

New Square Passage, WC2A This is a street in the WC2A postcode area

New Square Passage, WC2A

New Square, WC2A New Square is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

New Square, WC2A

New Street Square, EC4A New Street Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

New Street Square, EC4A

Norwich Street, EC4A Norwich Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Norwich Street, EC4A

Old Bailey, EC4M Old Bailey is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Old Bailey, EC4M

Old Buildings, WC2A Old Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Old Buildings, WC2A

Old Seacoal Lane, EC4M Old Seacoal Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Old Seacoal Lane, EC4M

Old Square, WC2A Old Square is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Old Square, WC2A

Passing Alley, EC1M Passing Alley is a road in the EC1M postcode area

Passing Alley, EC1M

Pemberton Row, EC4A Sir James Pemberton was Lord Mayor of London in 1611, and a member of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.

Pemberton Row, EC4A

Peter’s Lane, EC1M Peter’s Lane is named after the church which once stood close to the Cross Keys tavern.

Peter’s Lane, EC1M

Plough Place, EC4A Plough Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Plough Place, EC4A

Ploughs Place, EC4A Ploughs Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Ploughs Place, EC4A

Plumtree Court, EC4A Plumtree Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Plumtree Court, EC4A

Poppins Court, EC4A Poppins Court is an historic alley off Fleet Street.

Poppins Court, EC4A

Portpool Lane, EC1N Portpool Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.

Portpool Lane, EC1N

Portugal Street, WC2A Portugal Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Portugal Street, WC2A

Quality Court, WC2A Quality Court is a courtyard, built around 1700.

Quality Court, WC2A

Raymond Buildings, WC1R Raymond Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

Raymond Buildings, WC1R

Red Lion Court, EC4A Red Lion Court forms part of labyrinth of little passages behind the shops on the north side of Fleet Street.

Red Lion Court, EC4A

Red Lion Street, WC1R Red Lion Street connects High Holborn with Theobalds Road.

Red Lion Street, WC1R

Regent Square, WC1N Regent Square is a road in the WC1N postcode area

Regent Square, WC1N

Rolls Buildings, EC4A Rolls Buildings is a road in the WC2A postcode area

Rolls Buildings, EC4A

Rolls Passage, WC2A Rolls Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Rolls Passage, WC2A

Saffron Hill, EC1N Saffron Hill’s name derives the time that it was part of an estate on which saffron grew.

Saffron Hill, EC1N

Saint John Street, EC1M This is a street in the EC1M postcode area

Saint John Street, EC1M

Sandland Street, WC1R Sandland Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

Sandland Street, WC1R

Serle Street, WC2A Serle Street is a road in the WC2A postcode area

Serle Street, WC2A

Shoe Lane, EC4A Shoe Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Shoe Lane, EC4A

Silver Vaults, WC1V Silver Vaults is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Silver Vaults, WC1V

Smithfield Street, EC1A Smithfield Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Smithfield Street, EC1A

Smokehouse Yard, EC1M Smokehouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Smokehouse Yard, EC1M

Snow Hill, EC1A Snow Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Snow Hill, EC1A

South Square, WC1X South Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

South Square, WC1X

Southampton Buildings, WC2A Southampton Buildings marks the site of the house of the 4th Earl of Southampton, son of Shakespeare’s patron.

Southampton Buildings, WC2A

St Andrew Street, EC4A St Andrew Street is the northern extension of Shoe Lane.

St Andrew Street, EC4A

St Bride Street, EC4A St Bride Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

St Bride Street, EC4A

St Brides Avenue, EC4Y St Brides Avenue is a narrow alley which leaves Fleet Street almost opposite Shoe Lane.

St Brides Avenue, EC4Y

St Clement’s Passage, WC2A St Clement’s Passage is a road in the WC2A postcode area

St Clement’s Passage, WC2A

St Clements Lane, WC2A St Clements Lane is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

St Clements Lane, WC2A

St Cross Street, EC1N St Cross Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.

St Cross Street, EC1N

St Johns Lane, EC1M St Johns Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

St Johns Lane, EC1M

St Johns Path, EC1M St Johns Path is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

St Johns Path, EC1M

St. Bride Street, EC4A A street within the EC4A postcode

St. Bride Street, EC4A

Staple Inn Buildings North, WC1X Staple Inn Buildings North is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.

Staple Inn Buildings North, WC1X

Staple Inn Buildings, WC1V Staple Inn Buildings is part of historic Staple Inn.

Staple Inn Buildings, WC1V

Staple Inn Buildings, WC1X Staple Inn Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.

Staple Inn Buildings, WC1X

Star Yard, WC2A Star Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Star Yard, WC2A

Stationers Hall Court, EC4M Stationers Hall Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Stationers Hall Court, EC4M

Stone Buildings, WC2A Stone Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Stone Buildings, WC2A

Stonecutter Street, EC4A Stonecutter Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Stonecutter Street, EC4A

Theobald’s Road, WC1N Theobald’s Road is a road in the WC1R postcode area

Theobald’s Road, WC1N

Theobalds Road, WC1N Theobalds Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Theobalds Road, WC1N

Took’s Court, EC4A Took’s Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Took’s Court, EC4A

Turnmill Street, EC1 Turnmill Street appears in the works of Shakespeare.

Turnmill Street, EC1

Verulam Buildings, WC1R Verulam Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

Verulam Buildings, WC1R

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

Verulam Street, WC1X

Vestry House, EC1A Residential block

Vestry House, EC1A

Warwick Court, WC1R Warwick Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

Warwick Court, WC1R

Waterhouse Square, EC1N Waterhouse Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.

Waterhouse Square, EC1N

West Smithfield, EC1A West Smithfield is the oldest street of the Smithfield area.

West Smithfield, EC1A

White Horse Alley, EC1M White Horse Alley, until after the Second World War, led north off Cowcross Street.

White Horse Alley, EC1M

Wine Office Court, EC4A Wine Office Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Wine Office Court, EC4A

NEARBY PUBS

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

BarSmith

Best Mangal Bar & Restaurant This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Best Mangal Bar & Restaurant

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

Bishops Finger

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

Brookes Brother Wine Bar

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

Cella Karaoke Lounge

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

City of York

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

Clerkenwell house

Corney & Barrow Wine Bars This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Corney & Barrow Wine Bars

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

Craft Beer Company

Dado 54 This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Dado 54

El Vino Fleet Street El Vino Fleet Street

El Vino Fleet Street

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

Grand Union

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

Grand Union Farringdon

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

Harrild and Sons

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

Hat & Tun

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

Inn of Court

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

Jamies

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

Kanaloa

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

Karaoke Box

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

Knights Templar

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

Lazybones

Magpie & Stump The Magpie and Stump is situated at 18 Old Bailey, EC4.

Magpie & Stump

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

Oriole

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

Penderel’s Oak

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

Punch Tavern

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

Secrets

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

Sir Chrisptopher Hatton

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

Sir John Oldcastle

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

Slug and Lettuce

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

The Argyle

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

The Bleeding Heart Tavern

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

The Castle

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

The Draft House

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

The Fable

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

The Fence

The George The George was at 25 Old Bailey.

The George

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

The Griffin

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

The Grill on the Market

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

The Hack & Hop

The Hon. Soc. Of Gray’s Inn This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Hon. Soc. Of Gray’s Inn

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

The Hoop & Grapes

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

The Old Bell Tavern

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

The Old Nick

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

The Old Red Lion

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

The One Tun

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

The Seven Stars

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

The White Swan

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

The Yorkshire Grey

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

Tipperary

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

Viaduct Tavern

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

Vino & Vino

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

White Bear

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

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

Ye Olde London

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

Ye Olde Mitre

City of London

The City of London constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the conurbation has since grown far beyond its borders.

As the City's boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, it is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of Greater London, though it remains a notable part of central London. It holds city status in its own right and is also a separate ceremonial county.

It is widely referred to as 'The City' (often written on maps as City and differentiated from the phrase 'the city of London') or 'the Square Mile' as it is 1.12 square miles in area. These terms are also often used as metonyms for the United Kingdom's financial services industry, which continues a notable history of being largely based in the City.

The local authority for the City, the City of London Corporation, is unique in the UK and has some unusual responsibilities for a local council, such as being the police authority. It also has responsibilities and ownerships beyond the City's boundaries. The Corporation is headed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, an office separate from (and much older than) the Mayor of London.

The City is a major business and financial centre, ranking as the world's leading centre of global finance. Throughout the 19th century, the City was the world's primary business centre, and continues to be a major meeting point for businesses.

The City had a resident population of about 7000 in 2011 but over 300,000 people commute to it and work there, mainly in the financial services sector. The legal profession forms a major component of the northern and western sides of the City - especially in the Temple and Chancery Lane areas where the Inns of Court are located, of which two—Inner Temple and Middle Temple - fall within the City of London boundary.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Smithfield Market TUM image id: 1620388545 Licence:	The old wooden Temple Bar Credit: Walter Thornbury TUM image id: 1523115955 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Waterloo Bridge on an 1810 map. TUM image id: 1556885410 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	Illustration of Fleet Market Credit: William Henry Prior TUM image id: 1530111646 Licence: CC BY 2.0
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:	William Davenant had Lisle Credit: Henry Herringman, London, 1673 TUM image id: 1522758368 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Amen Court, EC4M TUM image id: 1493474208 Licence: CC BY 2.0	At the southern end of Carmelite Street in the City of London stood the Victorian-era Whitefriars Fire Station. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1623066010 Licence:	Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets. TUM image id: 1620298544 Licence:
View of Cloth Fair in 1884 showing the side entrance to St Bartholomew’s Priory, Smithfield. Credit: John Crowther TUM image id: 1622807402 Licence:	Coldbath Square in Clerkenwell was named after a cold water well that stood originally in fields. Cold Bath was fed by a spring which was discovered by a Mr Baynes in 1697. The discoverer declared the water had great power in nervous diseases, and "equalled those of St Magnus and St Winnifred". The bathing hours were from 5am to 1pm, the charge two shillings. The old bathhouse was a building with three gables, and had a large garden with four turret summer houses. In 1811 the trustees of the London Fever Hospital bought the property for £3830, but, being driven away by the frightened inhabitants, the ground was sold for building, the bath remaining as late as 1865. TUM image id: 1620296987 Licence:	Doughty Street is a broad tree lined street in the Holborn district. TUM image id: 1443044786 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Farringdon Road and the Metropolitan Railway, 1868. Looking north from Turnmill Street TUM image id: 1498559756 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Farringdon Street, EC4M TUM image id: 1530111130 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Smithfield Market
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The old wooden Temple Bar
Credit: Walter Thornbury
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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).
Credit: Henry Dixon (1880)
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Illustration of Fleet Market
Credit: William Henry Prior
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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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William Davenant had Lisle
Credit: Henry Herringman, London, 1673
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At the southern end of Carmelite Street in the City of London stood the Victorian-era Whitefriars Fire Station.
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Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets.
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Coldbath Square in Clerkenwell was named after a cold water well that stood originally in fields. Cold Bath was fed by a spring which was discovered by a Mr Baynes in 1697. The discoverer declared the water had great power in nervous diseases, and "equalled those of St Magnus and St Winnifred". The bathing hours were from 5am to 1pm, the charge two shillings. The old bathhouse was a building with three gables, and had a large garden with four turret summer houses. In 1811 the trustees of the London Fever Hospital bought the property for £3830, but, being driven away by the frightened inhabitants, the ground was sold for building, the bath remaining as late as 1865.
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Farringdon Road and the Metropolitan Railway, 1868. Looking north from Turnmill Street
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