Sardinia Street, WC2A

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

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
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
Jessie Doring Tisbury Court, W1D Added: 22 Feb 2021 04:33 GMT	Tisbury Court Jazz Bar Jazz Bar opened in Tisbury Court by 2 Australians. Situated in underground basement. Can not remember how long it opened for. 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
Jude Allen Orange Street, WC2H Added: 29 Jul 2021 07:53 GMT	Bra top I jave a jewelled item of clothong worn by a revie girl. It is red with diamante straps. Inside it jas a label Bermans Revue 16 Orange Street but I cannot find any info online about the revue only that 16 Orange Street used to be a theatre. Does any one know about the revue. I would be intesrested to imagine the wearer of the article and her London life. 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

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

danny currie William Miller’s Yard Added: 30 Nov 2022 18:39 GMT	dads yard ron currie had a car breaking yard in millers yard back in the 60s good old days Reply
Lynette beardwood Ebury Street, SW1W Added: 29 Nov 2022 20:53 GMT	Spy’s Club Topham’s Hotel at 24-28 Ebury Street was called the Ebury Court Hotel. Its first proprietor was a Mrs Topham. In WW2 it was a favourite watering hole for the various intelligence organisations based in the Pimlico area. The first woman infiltrated into France in 1942, FANY Yvonne Rudellat, was recruited by the Special Operations Executive while working there. She died in Bergen Belsen in April 1945. Reply
Gardnor Road, NW3 Added: 16 Nov 2022 12:39 GMT	The Pearce family lived in Gardnor Road The Pearce family moved into Gardnor Road around 1900 after living in Fairfax walk, my Great grandfather, wife and there children are recorded living in number 4 Gardnor road in the 1911 census, yet I have been told my grand father was born in number 4 in 1902, generations of the Pearce continue living in number 4 as well other houses in the road up until the 1980’s Reply
Gardnor Road, NW3 Added: 16 Nov 2022 12:38 GMT	The Pearce family lived in Gardnor Road The Pearce family moved into Gardnor Road around 1900 after living in Fairfax walk, my Great grandfather, wife and there children are recorded living in number 4 Gardnor road in the 1911 census, yet I have been told my grand father was born in number 4 in 1902, generations of the Pearce continue living in number 4 as well other houses in the road up until the 1980’s Reply
Phil Stubbington Rodenhurst Road, SW4 Added: 14 Nov 2022 16:28 GMT	Numbers 60 to 70 (1901 - 1939) A builder, Robert Maeers (1842-1919), applied to build six houses on plots 134 to 139 on the Lincoln House Estate on 5 October 1901. He received approval on 8 October 1901. These would become numbers 60 to 70 Rodenhurst Road (60 is plot 139). Robert Maeers was born in Northleigh, Devon. In 1901 he was living in 118 Elms Road with his wife Georgina, nee Bagwell. They had four children, Allan, Edwin, Alice, and Harriet, born between 1863 and 1873. Alice Maeers was married to John Rawlins. Harriet Maeers was married to William Street. Three of the six houses first appear on the electoral register in 1904: Daniel Mescal “Ferncroft” William Francis Street “Hillsboro” Henry Elkin “Montrose” By the 1905 electoral register all six are occupied: Daniel Mescal “St Senans” Henry Robert Honeywood “Grasmere” John Rawlins “Iveydene” William Francis Street “Hillsboro” Walter Ernest Manning “St Hilda” Henry Elkin “Montrose” By 1906 house numbers replace names: Daniel Mescal 70 Henry Robert Honeywood 68 John Rawlins 66 William Francis Street 64 Walter Ernest Manning 62 Henry Elkin 60 It’s not clear whether number 70 changed from “Ferncroft” to “St Senans” or possibly Daniel Mescal moved houses. In any event, it can be seen that Robert Maeers’ two daughters are living in numbers 64 and 66, with, according to local information, an interconnecting door. In the 1911 census William Street is shown as a banker’s clerk. John Rawlins is a chartering clerk in shipping. Robert Maeers and his wife are also living at this address, Robert being shown as a retired builder. By 1939 all the houses are in different ownership except number 60, where the Elkins are still in residence. Reply
stephen garraway Treverton Street, W10 Added: 13 Nov 2022 13:56 GMT	Martin Street, Latimer Road I was born at St Charlottes and lived at 14, Martin Street, Latimer Road W10 until I was 4 years old when we moved to the east end. It was my Nan Grant’s House and she was the widow of George Frederick Grant. She had two sons, George and Frederick, and one daughter, my mother Margaret Patricia. The downstairs flat where we lived had two floors, the basement and the ground floor. The upper two floors were rented to a Scot and his family, the Smiths. He had red hair. The lights and cooker were gas and there was one cold tap over a Belfast sink. A tin bath hung on the wall. The toilet was outside in the yard. This was concreted over and faced the the rear of the opposite terraces. All the yards were segregated by high brick walls. The basement had the a "best" room with a large , dark fireplace with two painted metal Alsation ornaments and it was very dark, cold and little used. The street lights were gas and a man came round twice daily to turn them on and off using a large pole with a hook and a lighted torch on the end. I remember men coming round the streets with carts selling hot chestnuts and muffins and also the hurdy gurdy man with his instrument and a monkey in a red jacket. I also remember the first time I saw a black man and my mother pulling me away from him. He had a Trilby and pale Mackintosh so he must of been one of the first of the Windrush people. I seem to recall he had a thin moustache. Uncle George had a small delivery lorry but mum lost touch with him and his family. Uncle Fred went to Peabody Buildings near ST.Pauls. My Nan was moved to a maisonette in White City around 1966, and couldn’t cope with electric lights, cookers and heating and she lost all of her neighbourhood friends. Within six months she had extreme dementia and died in a horrible ward in Tooting Bec hospital a year or so later. An awful way to end her life, being moved out of her lifelong neighbourhood even though it was slums. Reply
Conder Street, E14 Added: 31 Oct 2022 18:47 GMT	Memories I lived at 7 Conder Street in a prefab from roughly 1965 to 1971 approx - happy memories- sad to see it is no more ? Reply
Eve Glover Holmesley Road, WD6 Added: 22 Oct 2022 09:28 GMT	Shenley Road Shenley Road is the main street in Borehamwood where the Job Centre and Blue Arrow were located Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

British Museum British Museum was a station on the Central line, located in Holborn and taking its name from the nearby British Museum in Great Russell Street.

British Museum

Houghton Street (1906) A greengrocer’s on the corner of Houghton Street and Clare Market (behind The Strand) in 1906 just before demolition.

Houghton Street (1906)

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

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

Staple Inn

Temple Bar Temple Bar is the point in London where Fleet Street, City of London, becomes the Strand, Westminster, and where the City of London traditionally erected a barrier to regulate trade into the city.

Temple Bar

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

The 1860s map of London

The Temple The Temple is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law.

The Temple

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.

Weston’s Music Hall

NEARBY STREETS

Africa House, WC2A Residential block

Africa House, WC2A

Aldwych, WC2B The name Aldwych derives from the Old English eald and wic meaning ’old trading town’ or ’old marketplace’; the name was later applied to the street and district.

Aldwych, WC2B

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

Andrews Crosse, EC4A

Arne Street, WC2E Arne Street was named after the 18th century composer Thomas Arne, who was born near here.

Arne Street, WC2E

Arundel Street, WC2R Arundel Street runs from the Strand to Temple Place.

Arundel Street, WC2R

Australia House, WC2B Australia House can be found on Strand

Australia House, WC2B

Banbury Court, WC2E Banbury Court is named for Nicholas Knollys, 3rd Earl of Banbury, who owned a house here called Banbury House.

Banbury Court, WC2E

Barter Street, WC1A Barter Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area.

Barter Street, WC1A

Beaumont Buildings, WC2E Beaumont Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Beaumont Buildings, WC2E

Bedford Chambers, WC2E Bedford Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Bedford Chambers, WC2E

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

Bell Yard, EC4A

Betterton Street, WC2E Betterton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Betterton Street, WC2E

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

Bishop’s Court, WC2A

Blackmoor Street, WC2B Blackmoor Street was in the Drury Lane slum.

Blackmoor Street, WC2B

Bloomsbury Square, WC1A The 4th Earl of Southampton was granted a building license for the construction of Bloomsbury Square in 1661.

Bloomsbury Square, WC1A

Bloomsbury Way, WC1A Bloomsbury Way is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area.

Bloomsbury Way, WC1A

Bow Street, WC2B Bow Street was built in the shape of a bow between 1633 and 1677.

Bow Street, WC2B

Bow Street, WC2E Bow Street was first developed by Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford in 1633.

Bow Street, WC2E

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

Breams Buildings, EC4A

Broad Court, WC2B Broad Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Broad Court, WC2B

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

Brooke Street, EC1N

Burleigh Street, WC2R Burleigh Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Burleigh Street, WC2R

Bury Place, WC1A Bury Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area.

Bury Place, WC1A

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

Carey Street, WC2A

Carriage Hall, WC2E Carriage Hall is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Carriage Hall, WC2E

Catherine Street, WC2B Catherine Street runs from Russell Street in the north to Aldwych in the south.

Catherine Street, WC2B

Catton Street, WC2B Catton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

Catton Street, WC2B

Central Arcade, WC2E Central Arcade is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Central Arcade, WC2E

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

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

Chichester Rents, WC2A

Clare Market, WC2A Clare Market is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Clare Market, WC2A

Clare Market, WC2E This is a street in the WC2E postcode area

Clare Market, WC2E

Clement’s Inn, WC2R Clement’s Inn is a road in the WC2R postcode area

Clement’s Inn, WC2R

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

Covent Garden, WC2E Covent Garden, is the name of a district, but also the name of the central square which formerly hosted a fruit-and-vegetable market.

Covent Garden, WC2E

Crown Court, WC2E Crown Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Crown Court, WC2E

Crown Office Row, EC4Y Crown Office Row is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Crown Office Row, EC4Y

Crystal Wharf, WC2B A street within the WC2B postcode

Crystal Wharf, WC2B

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

Cursitor Street, EC4A

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

Dane Street, WC1R

Devereux Court, EC4Y Devereux Court lies on the south side of the Strand, opposite the Law Courts.

Devereux Court, EC4Y

Devereux Court, WC2R Devereux Court is a location in London.

Devereux Court, WC2R

Drury Lane, WC2B Named from Sir William Drury, Knight of the Garter in Queen Elizabeth’s reign, who owned land on its site.

Drury Lane, WC2B

Dryden Street, WC2B Dryden Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Dryden Street, WC2B

Dudley Court, WC2H Dudley Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Dudley Court, WC2H

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

Dyer’s Buildings, EC1N

Eagle Street, WC1R Eagle Street runs parallel to High Holborn, one block north.

Eagle Street, WC1R

Endell Street, WC2H Endell Street, originally known as Belton Street, is a street that runs from High Holborn in the north to Long Acre and Bow Street in the south.

Endell Street, WC2H

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

Essex Court, EC4Y

Essex Street, EC4Y Essex Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Essex Street, EC4Y

Essex Street, WC2R Essex Street is a location in London.

Essex Street, WC2R

Falcon Court, EC4Y Falcon Court is a courtyard off the south side of Fleet Street between Chancery Lane and Fetter Lane.

Falcon Court, EC4Y

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

Fisher Street, WC1R

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

Fleet Street, EC4A

Floral Court, WC2E Floral Court is a location in London.

Floral Court, WC2E

Floral Street, WC2E Floral Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Floral Street, WC2E

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

Fountain Court, EC4Y

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

Galen Place, WC1A Galen Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area.

Galen Place, WC1A

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

Garden Court, EC4Y

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

Gate Street, WC2A

Gilbert Place, WC1A Gilbert Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area.

Gilbert Place, WC1A

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

Grays Inn Place, WC1R

Great Queen Street, WC2B Great Queen Street is a continuation of Long Acre from Drury Lane to Kingsway.

Great Queen Street, WC2B

Great Russell Street, WC1A Great Russell Street commemorates the marriage of the daughter of the 4th Earl of Southampton to William Russell in 1669.

Great Russell Street, WC1A

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

Great Turnstile, WC1V

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

Hand Court, WC1R

Hanover Place, WC2E Hanover Place is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Hanover Place, WC2E

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

Hardwicke Building, WC2A

High Holborn, WC1V High Holborn was part of the old road from Newgate and the Tower to the gallows at Tyburn.

High Holborn, WC1V

High Holborn, WC2B High Holborn is a road which is the highest point in the City of London - 22 metres above sea level.

High Holborn, WC2B

High Holborn, WC2B High Holborn is a road in the WC2A postcode area

High Holborn, WC2B

Houghton Square, WC2B Houghton Square is a road in the SW9 postcode area

Houghton Square, WC2B

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

Houghton Street, WC2A

Howard Street, WC2R Howard Street ran from Surrey Street to Arundel Street until 1974.

Howard Street, WC2R

India Place, WC2B India Place is a small alleyway leading from Aldwych.

India Place, WC2B

Inner Temple Lane, EC4Y Inner Temple Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Inner Temple Lane, EC4Y

James Street, WC2E James Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

James Street, WC2E

Jubilee Market, WC2E Jubilee Market is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Jubilee Market, WC2E

Kean Street, WC2B Kean Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Kean Street, WC2B

Keeley Street, WC2B Keeley Street has a dual history

Keeley Street, WC2B

Kemble Street, WC2B Kemble Street is a road in the WC2B postcode area

Kemble Street, WC2B

King Street, WC2E King Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

King Street, WC2E

Kingsgate Street, WC1R Kingsgate Street ran from High Holborn to Theobald’s Road.

Kingsgate Street, WC1R

Kingsway, WC2A Kingsway is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Kingsway, WC2A

Kingsway, WC2B This is a street in the WC2A postcode area

Kingsway, WC2B

Langley Court, WC2E Langley Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Langley Court, WC2E

Langley Street, WC2H Langley Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Langley Street, WC2H

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

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

Lion Court, WC1R

Little Essex Street, EC4Y Little Essex Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Little Essex Street, EC4Y

Little Russel Street, WC1A Little Russel Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area.

Little Russel Street, WC1A

Little Russell Street, WC1A Little Russell Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area.

Little Russell Street, WC1A

Little Turnstile, WC2A Little Turnstile is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.

Little Turnstile, WC2A

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

London Silver Vaults, WC1V

Long Acre, WC2E Long Acre is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Long Acre, WC2E

Macklin Street, WC2B Macklin Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Macklin Street, WC2B

Maltravers Street, WC2R Maltravers Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Maltravers Street, WC2R

Martlett Court, WC2E Martlett Court is a road in the WC2B postcode area

Martlett Court, WC2E

Masters House Temple Church, EC4Y Masters House Temple Church is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Masters House Temple Church, EC4Y

Melbourne Place, WC2B Melbourne Place is a road in the WC2B postcode area

Melbourne Place, WC2B

Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y Middle Temple Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y

Milford Lane, WC2R Milford Lane is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Milford Lane, WC2R

Montreal Place, WC2R Montreal Place is a road in the WC2R postcode area

Montreal Place, WC2R

Museum Street, WC1A Museum Street is so-named since it approaches the main entrance of the British Museum.

Museum Street, WC1A

Neal Street, WC2H Neal Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Neal Street, WC2H

New Oxford Street, WC1A New Oxford Street was built in 1840 to ease congestion in St Giles High Street.

New Oxford Street, WC1A

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

Newton Street, WC1V Newton Street is named for Isaac Newton, scientist and mathematician.

Newton Street, WC1V

Norfolk Street, WC2R Norfolk Street ran from the Strand in the north to the River Thames and, after the Victoria Embankment was built (1865–1870), to what is now Temple Place.

Norfolk Street, WC2R

North East Wing Bush House, WC2R Residential block

North East Wing Bush House, WC2R

North West Wing Bush House, WC2R Residential block

North West Wing Bush House, WC2R

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

Norwich Street, EC4A

Nottingham Court, WC2H Nottingham Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Nottingham Court, WC2H

Odhams Walk, WC2H Odhams Walk is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Odhams Walk, WC2H

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

Old Buildings, WC2A

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

Old Square, WC2A

Orange Street, WC1R Orange Street disappeared from the map to be replaced by St Martin’s College of Art (now Central Saint Martins).

Orange Street, WC1R

Parker Mews, WC2B Parker Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Parker Mews, WC2B

Parker Street, WC2B Parker Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Parker Street, WC2B

Pied Bull Court, WC1A Pied Bull Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area.

Pied Bull Court, WC1A

Pied Bull Yard, WC1A Pied Bull Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area.

Pied Bull Yard, WC1A

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

Portsmouth Street, WC2A

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

Portugal Street, WC2A

Procter Street, WC1V Procter Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.

Procter Street, WC1V

Proctor Street, WC1V Proctor Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.

Proctor Street, WC1V

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

Pump Court, EC4Y

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

Quality Court, WC2A

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

Russell Chambers, WC2E Russell Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Russell Chambers, WC2E

Russell Street, WC2E Russell Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Russell Street, WC2E

Russell Street, WC2E Russell Street is a road in the WC2E postcode area

Russell Street, WC2E

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

Sandland Street, WC1R

Sardinia House, WC2A Sardinia House can be found on Lincoln’s Inn Fields

Sardinia House, WC2A

Sardinia Street, WC2B Sardinia Street, formerly Duke Street, was a street that ran from Prince’s Street in the south to the western side of Lincoln’s Inn Fields in the north.

Sardinia Street, WC2B

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

Serle Street, WC2A

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

Sheffield Street, WC2A

Shelton Street, WC2E Shelton Street is a road in the WC2B postcode area

Shelton Street, WC2E

Shelton Street, WC2H Shelton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Shelton Street, WC2H

Shorts Gardens, WC2H Shorts Gardens is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Shorts Gardens, WC2H

Sicilian Avenue, WC1V Sicilian Avenue is a shopping parade that diagonally runs in between Southampton Row and Bloomsbury Way.

Sicilian Avenue, WC1V

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

Silver Vaults, WC1V

South East Wing Bush House, WC2B Residential block

South East Wing Bush House, WC2B

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

Southampton Place, WC1A Southampton Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area.

Southampton Place, WC1A

Southampton Row, WC1V Southampton Row is a road in the WC1V postcode area

Southampton Row, WC1V

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 Giles House, WC2B Residential block

St Giles House, WC2B

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

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

Stone Buildings, WC2A

Strand Lane, WC2R Strand Lane is a road in the WC2R postcode area

Strand Lane, WC2R

Strand, EC4A This is a street in the EC4A postcode area

Strand, EC4A

Strand, WC2R Strand is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Strand, WC2R

Strand, WC2R Strand, as it nears the Aldwych, is home to many London theatres.

Strand, WC2R

Stukeley Street, WC2B Stukeley Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Stukeley Street, WC2B

Surrey Street, WC2R Surrey Street was built on land once occupied by Arundel House and its gardens.

Surrey Street, WC2R

Tavistock Street, WC2B Tavistock Street is a road in the WC2B postcode area

Tavistock Street, WC2B

Tavistock Street, WC2R Tavistock Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Tavistock Street, WC2R

Temple Gardens, EC4Y Temple Gardens is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Temple Gardens, EC4Y

Temple Pier Victoria Embankment, WC2R Temple Pier Victoria Embankment is a location in London.

Temple Pier Victoria Embankment, WC2R

Temple Place, WC2R Temple Place forms a crescent behind the Embankment Gardens.

Temple Place, WC2R

The Arcade, WC2B The Arcade is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

The Arcade, WC2B

The Australia Centre, WC2B The Australia Centre is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

The Australia Centre, WC2B

The Market Piazza, WC2E The Market Piazza is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

The Market Piazza, WC2E

The Market The Piazza, WC2E The Market The Piazza is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

The Market The Piazza, WC2E

The Market, WC2E The Market is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

The Market, WC2E

The Piazza, WC2E The Piazza is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

The Piazza, WC2E

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

Took’s Court, EC4A

Tweezer’s Alley, WC2R Tweezer’s Alley probably got its name after the tweezers used by smiths to heat items in the forge that stood there.

Tweezer’s Alley, WC2R

Vere Street, WC2B Vere Street was a street in the Lincoln’s Inn Fields area

Vere Street, WC2B

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

Warwick Court, WC1R

Water Street, WC2R This is a street in the WC2R postcode area

Water Street, WC2R

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

Waterhouse Square, EC1N

Wellington Street, WC2E Wellington Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Wellington Street, WC2E

Wellington Terrace, WC2E Wellington Terrace is a street in Paddington.

Wellington Terrace, WC2E

West Central Street, WC2H West Central Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area.

West Central Street, WC2H

Whetstone Park, WC2A Whetstone Park is a road in the WC2A postcode area

Whetstone Park, WC2A

Wild Court, WC2B Wild Court leads west from the Kingsway.

Wild Court, WC2B

Wild Street, WC2B Wild Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Wild Street, WC2B

Wren House, Wren House is a building on Milford Lane

Wren House,

Wych Street, WC2R Wych Street was near where Australia House now stands on Aldwych - it ran west from the church of St Clement Danes on the Strand to a point at the southern end of Drury Lane.

Wych Street, WC2R

Yorkshire Grey Yard, WC1V Yorkshire Grey Yard lies off of Eagle Street, WC1

Yorkshire Grey Yard, WC1V

NEARBY PUBS

All Bar One Holborn This is a bar which was still existing in 2018.

All Bar One Holborn

Brookes Brother Wine Bar

Cella Karaoke Lounge

Circus (restaurant) Circus is a restaurant on Endell Street.

Secrets

Sway

The Bountiful Cow

The Hon. Soc. Of Gray’s Inn

The Old Crown

The Old Red Lion

The Polish Bar (Na Zdrowie)

The Sun

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Westminster

Westminster - heart of government.

While the underground station dates from 1868, Westminster itself is almost as old as London itself. It has a large concentration of London’s historic and prestigious landmarks and visitor attractions, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral.

Historically part of the parish of St Margaret in the City and Liberty of Westminster and the county of Middlesex, the name Westminster was the ancient description for the area around Westminster Abbey – the West Minster, or monastery church, that gave the area its name – which has been the seat of the government of England (and later the British government) for almost a thousand years.

Westminster is the location of the Palace of Westminster, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which houses the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The area has been the seat of the government of England for almost a thousand years. Westminster is thus often used as a metonym for Parliament and the political community of the United Kingdom generally. The civil service is similarly referred to by the area it inhabits, Whitehall, and Westminster is consequently also used in reference to the ’Westminster System’, the parliamentary model of democratic government that has evolved in the United Kingdom.

The historic core of Westminster is the former Thorney Island on which Westminster Abbey was built. The Abbey became the traditional venue of the coronation of the kings and queens of England. The nearby Palace of Westminster came to be the principal royal residence after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and later housed the developing Parliament and law courts of England. It can be said that London thus has developed two distinct focal points: an economic one in the City of London; and a political and cultural one in Westminster, where the Royal Court had its home. This division is still very apparent today.

The monarchy later moved to the Palace of Whitehall a little towards the north-east. The law courts have since moved to the Royal Courts of Justice, close to the border of the City of London.

The Westminster area formed part of the City and Liberty of Westminster and the county of Middlesex. The ancient parish was St Margaret; after 1727 split into the parishes of St Margaret and St John. The area around Westminster Abbey formed the extra-parochial Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter surrounded by—but not part of—either parish. Until 1900 the local authority was the combined vestry of St Margaret and St John (also known as the Westminster District Board of Works from 1855 to 1887), which was based at Westminster City Hall on Caxton Street from 1883. The Liberty of Westminster, governed by the Westminster Court of Burgesses, also included St Martin in the Fields and several other parishes and places. Westminster had its own quarter sessions, but the Middlesex sessions also had jurisdiction. The area was transferred from Middlesex to the County of London in 1889 and the local government of Westminster was reformed in 1900 when the court of burgesses and parish vestries were abolished, to be replaced with a metropolitan borough council. The council was given city status, allowing it to be known as Westminster City Council.

The underground station was opened as Westminster Bridge on 24 December 1868 by the steam-operated Metropolitan District Railway (MDR) (now the District line) when the railway opened the first section of its line from South Kensington. It was originally the eastern terminus of the MDR and the station cutting ended at a concrete wall buffered by timber sleepers. The approach to the station from the west runs in cut and cover tunnel under the roadway of Broad Sanctuary and diagonally under Parliament Square. In Broad Sanctuary the tunnel is close to Westminster Abbey and St Margaret’s church and care was required to avoid undermining their foundations when excavating in the poor ground found there.

The station was completely rebuilt to incorporate new deep-level platforms for the Jubilee line when it was extended to the London Docklands in the 1990s. During the works, the level of the sub-surface platforms was lowered to enable ground level access to Portcullis House. This was achieved in small increments carried out when the line was closed at night.

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Strand stretches along the River Thames between Trafalgar Square and Aldwych Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1625131830 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	Hungerford Stairs circa 1828 TUM image id: 1557403389 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Royal Opera House, Bow Street frontage, with the statue of Dame Ninette de Valois in the foreground Credit: Russ London TUM image id: 1557227200 Licence:
Middle Temple Lane looking towards Victoria Embankment (2008) The buildings are mainly occupied by barristers’ chambers Credit: Wiki Commons/J D Mack TUM image id: 1660223325 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Strand frontage of Northumberland House (1752) The Percy Lion is atop the central façade and the statue of Charles I at right survives to this day The pedestrianised area in the foreground became the site of Trafalgar Square - back then it was the Royal Mews Credit: Giovanni Canaletto TUM image id: 1605613806 Licence:	British Museum station Credit: London Transport Museum TUM image id: 1603458310 Licence:	The Adelphi Building on Savoy Place, looking north from Victoria Embankment Gardens (2018) Credit: Wiki Commons/Acabashi TUM image id: 1668084438 Licence: CC BY 2.0	William Davenant had Lisle Credit: Henry Herringman, London, 1673 TUM image id: 1522758368 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:	The original, Brunel-built Hungerford Bridge. TUM image id: 1544479084 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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	Muffin Man (1910) Probably this location is not ’Drury Lane’, but it is at least somewhere in London Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1664804183 Licence:

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The old wooden Temple Bar
Credit: Walter Thornbury
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Waterloo Bridge on an 1810 map.
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The Royal Opera House, Bow Street frontage, with the statue of Dame Ninette de Valois in the foreground
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Middle Temple Lane looking towards Victoria Embankment (2008) The buildings are mainly occupied by barristers’ chambers
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British Museum station
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William Davenant had Lisle
Credit: Henry Herringman, London, 1673
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Muffin Man (1910) Probably this location is not ’Drury Lane’, but it is at least somewhere in London
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Decorators and Pencil Works, Great Queen Street, c.1910
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Red Lion Street c. 1900, looking north to Javens Chambers and Clerkenwell Road
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Newsagent and Hairdresser at 152 Strand, c.1930
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