Staple Inn Buildings, WC1X

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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
Sandra Field Masons Place, EC1V Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT	Removal Order Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes. Source: Sign up 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
Mike Elia Street, N1 Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT	6 Elia Street When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry. 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
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

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Sue Meyrick Road, SW11 Added: 24 Sep 2023 19:09 GMT	Meyrick Rd My family - Roe - lived in poverty at 158 Meyrick Rd in the 1920s, moving to 18 Lavender Terrace in 1935. They also lived in York Rd at one point. Alf, Nell (Ellen), plus children John, Ellen (Did), Gladys, Joyce & various lodgers. Alf worked for the railway (LMS). Reply
Michael Tyrrell Avenue, DA16 Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT	Momentous Birth! I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Lady Townshend Bridge House Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT	Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811) I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received Reply
Alex Britton Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT	Late opening The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop). But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER). Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia Reply
Kevin Pont Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT	Shhh.... Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day. Reply
Kevin Pont Dollis Hill Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT	The connection with Bletchley Park The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill. Reply
Kevin Pont Hampstead Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:25 GMT	The deepest station At 58m below ground, Hampstead is as deep as Nelson’s Column is tall. Source: Hampstead tube station - Wikipedia Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

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

City Temple

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

Fleet Market

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

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

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

Alliance House, WC1V Alliance House is a building on High Holborn.

Alliance House, WC1V

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

Andrews Crosse, EC4A

Antwerp House, EC1N Antwerp House is a block on Kirby Street.

Antwerp House, EC1N

Atkin Building, WC1R Atkin Building is a block on Jockey’s Fields.

Atkin Building, WC1R

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

Baldwins Gardens, EC1N

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

Beauchamp Building, EC1N Beauchamp Building is a building on Beauchamp Street.

Beauchamp Building, EC1N

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

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

Bouverie House, EC4 Bouverie House is a block on Fleet Street.

Bouverie House, EC4

Bouverie House, EC4A Bouverie House is a block on Fleet Street.

Bouverie House, EC4A

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

Breams Buildings, EC4A

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

Britton Street, EC1M

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

Brooke Street, EC1N

Bruce House, WC2B Bruce House is sited on Kemble Street.

Bruce House, WC2B

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

Carey Street, WC2A

Celtic House, WC1N Celtic House is a block on Johns Mews.

Celtic House, WC1N

Chancery House, WC2A Chancery House is a block on Chancery Lane.

Chancery House, WC2A

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

Chancery Station House, WC1V Chancery Station House is a building on High Holborn.

Chancery Station House, WC1V

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

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

Cockpit Yard, WC1X Cockpit Yard leads off Northington Street.

Cockpit Yard, WC1X

County House, EC1N County House is a block on Hatton Garden.

County House, EC1N

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

Cowcross Street, EC1M

Cowdray House, WC2A Cowdray House is a building on Portugal Street.

Cowdray House, WC2A

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

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

Dane Street, WC1R

Daniel House, EC4A Daniel House is a block on Fleet Street.

Daniel House, EC4A

Dog and Duck Yard, WC1R Dog and Duck Yard lay off Princeton Street.

Dog and Duck Yard, WC1R

Dombey Street, WC1N Dombey Street is a road in the WC1N postcode area

Dombey Street, WC1N

Dr Johnson’s House, EC4A Dr Johnson’s House is a block on Gough Square.

Dr Johnson’s House, EC4A

Dunstan House, EC1N Dunstan House is a block on St Cross Street.

Dunstan House, EC1N

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

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

East Harding Street, EC4A

Eldons Passage, EC1N A street within the EC1N postcode

Eldons Passage, EC1N

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

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

Emerald Street, WC1N

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

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

First Avenue House, WC1V First Avenue House is a block on High Holborn.

First Avenue House, WC1V

Fitz Eylwin House, EC1A Fitz Eylwin House is a block on Holborn Viaduct.

Fitz Eylwin House, EC1A

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

Fleet Street, EC4A

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

Fleur De Lis Court, EC4A

Frewell Building, EC1N Frewell Building is a block on Frewell Building.

Frewell Building, EC1N

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

Gate Street, WC2A

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

Gough Square, EC4A

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

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

Greville Street, EC1N

Griffin Building, WC1X Griffin Building is a block on Theobalds Road.

Griffin Building, WC1X

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 a block on Hardwicke Building.

Hardwicke Building, WC2A

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

Hare Place, EC4Y

Harp House, EC4A Harp House is a block on Farringdon Street.

Harp House, EC4A

Harpur Mews, WC1R Harpur Mews was originally the stabling for houses in Harpur Street.

Harpur Mews, WC1R

Harpur Street, WC1R There are two theories about the naming of Harpur Street.

Harpur Street, WC1R

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

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

High Holborn, WC1V

Hill House, EC4A Hill House is sited on Little New Street.

Hill House, EC4A

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

Holborn, EC1N Holborn commemorates the River Fleet, also known as the Holbourne stream.

Holborn, EC1N

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

Hood Court, EC4Y

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

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

Kemble Street, WC2B

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

Kings Mews, WC1X

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

Kingsway, WC2A

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

Kirby Street, EC1N

Kovacs House, EC1N Kovacs House is a block on Hatton Garden.

Kovacs House, EC1N

Lacon House, WC1X Lacon House is a block on Theobald’s Road.

Lacon House, WC1X

Lakatos Building, WC2A Lakatos Building is a block on Portugal Street.

Lakatos Building, WC2A

Lamb’s Conduit Passage, WC1R This is a street in the WC1R postcode area

Lamb’s Conduit Passage, WC1R

Langdale House, EC1N Langdale House can be found on Dorrington Street.

Langdale House, EC1N

Langdon House, EC1N Langdon House is a block on Leather Lane.

Langdon House, EC1N

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

Leather Lane, EC1N

Lever Building, EC1R Lever Building is a block on Clerkenwell Road.

Lever Building, EC1R

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 House, WC1V Lion House is a block on Red Lion Street.

Lion House, WC1V

Lionel Robbins Building, WC2A Lionel Robbins Building is sited on Portugal Street.

Lionel Robbins Building, WC2A

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

Little New Street, EC4A

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

Little Turnstile, WC2A

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

Ludgate Circus, EC4M Ludgate Circus is a junction in the City of London where Farringdon Street and New Bridge Street cross Fleet Street/Ludgate Hill.

Ludgate Circus, EC4M

Ludgate House, EC4M Ludgate House is located on Fleet Street.

Ludgate House, EC4M

Morley House, EC1A Morley House is a block on Holborn Viaduct.

Morley House, EC1A

Napier House, WC1V Napier House is a block on High Holborn.

Napier House, WC1V

New Academic Building, WC2A New Academic Building is located on Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

New Academic Building, WC2A

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 New House is a block on Hatton Garden.

New House, EC1N

New Penderel House, WC1V New Penderel House is a block on High Holborn.

New Penderel House, WC1V

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

Newcastle Close, EC4A Newcastle Close - Newcastle Street until 1939 - was possibly called after a former inn called the Castle located here.

Newcastle Close, EC4A

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

Norwich Street, EC4A

Old Building, WC2A Old Building is a building on Houghton Street.

Old Building, WC2A

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

Orde Hall Street, WC1N Orde Hall Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Orde Hall Street, WC1N

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

Petersham House, EC1N Petersham House is a building on Hatton Garden.

Petersham House, EC1N

Pleydell Court, EC4A Pleydell Court runs off Pleydell Street - formerly Silver Street.

Pleydell Court, EC4A

Pleydell House, EC4Y Pleydell House is a block on Pleydell Street.

Pleydell House, EC4Y

Pleydell Street, EC4Y The Pleydell-Bouveries, Earls of Radnor, were landlords of this area.

Pleydell Street, EC4Y

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

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 was named in honour of Charles II’s Portuguese queen Catherine of Braganza.

Portugal Street, WC2A

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

Princeton Street, WC1R

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

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

Quality Court, WC2A

Queen’s Building, WC2R Queen’s Building is sited on Grange Court.

Queen’s Building, WC2R

Queens House, WC2A Queens House is a block on Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

Queens House, 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 Square, WC1R Red Lion Square was built from the late 1680s by speculator Nicholas Barbon.

Red Lion Square, WC1R

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

Richbell Place, WC1N Richbell Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Richbell Place, WC1N

Rolls Buildings, EC4A Rolls Buildings is a block on Rolls Buildings.

Rolls Buildings, EC4A

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

Rolls Passage, WC2A

Sabian House, EC1M Sabian House is sited on Cowcross Street.

Sabian House, EC1M

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

Saffron Hill, EC1N

Saffron House, EC1N Saffron House is a block on Saffron Hill.

Saffron House, EC1N

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

Sandland Street, WC1R

Santander House, EC4M Santander House is a block on Ludgate Hill.

Santander House, EC4M

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

Sardinia House, WC2A

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

Sardinia Street, 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

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

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 Andrew’s House, EC1N St Andrew’s House is a block on St Andrew Street.

St Andrew’s House, EC1N

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 Building, WC2A St Clement’s Building is a block on Clare Market.

St Clement’s Building, WC2A

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

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

Staple Inn Buildings, WC1V

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

Star Yard, WC2A

Sterling House, EC1N Sterling House can be found on Holborn.

Sterling House, EC1N

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

Summit House, WC1R Summit House is a block on Red Lion Square.

Summit House, WC1R

Swan House, WC1V Swan House is a block on High Holborn.

Swan House, WC1V

Telescope House, EC1M Telescope House is a block on Farringdon Road.

Telescope House, EC1M

Thavies Inn House, EC1N Thavies Inn House is a block on New Fetter Lane.

Thavies Inn House, EC1N

The Griffin Building, EC1R The Griffin Building is a block on Clerkenwell Road.

The Griffin Building, EC1R

The Johnson Building, EC1N The Johnson Building is a block on Hatton Garden.

The Johnson Building, EC1N

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

Thomas More Building, WC2A Thomas More Building is a building on Strand.

Thomas More Building, WC2A

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

Took’s Court, EC4A

Turnagain Lane, EC4A Turnagain Lane is an ancient thoroughfare in the City of London.

Turnagain Lane, EC4A

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

Turnmill Street, EC1

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

Vere Street, WC2B

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

Warriner House, EC1N Warriner House is a block on Greville Street.

Warriner House, EC1N

Warwick Court, WC1V Warwick Court runs north from High Holborn.

Warwick Court, WC1V

Warwick House, EC1M Warwick House is a block on Cowcross Street.

Warwick House, EC1M

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

Waterhouse Square, EC1N

Waterman House, WC2 Waterman House is a block on Kingsway.

Waterman House, WC2

Waterman House, WC2B Waterman House is sited on Kingsway.

Waterman House, WC2B

Weston House, WC1V Weston House is located on High Holborn.

Weston House, WC1V

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

Whetstone Park, WC2A

William Sinkins House, WC2A William Sinkins House is a block on Carey Street.

William Sinkins House, WC2A

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

Wine Office Court, EC4A

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

Yorkshire Grey Yard, WC1V

Zeppelin Building, EC1M Zeppelin Building is a block on Farringdon Road.

Zeppelin Building, EC1M

Ziggurat Building, EC1N Ziggurat Building can be found on Saffron Hill.

Ziggurat Building, EC1N

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

City of York

Clerkenwell house

Corney & Barrow Wine Bars

Craft Beer Company

Dado 54

El Vino Fleet Street El Vino Fleet Street

El Vino Fleet Street

Grand Union

Grand Union Farringdon

Harrild and Sons

Hat & Tun

Inn of Court

Jamies

Kanaloa

Secrets

Sir Chrisptopher Hatton

The Castle The Castle is the only pub in England that, alongside its pub sign, is permitted to display the three balls of a pawnbroker.

The Castle

The Crown and Sugar Loaf

The Hon. Soc. Of Gray’s Inn

The Polish Bar (Na Zdrowie)

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

Ye Olde Mitre

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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:	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	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
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	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:
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:	Pluto Lamps were first demonstrated in 1897. They included an automatic machine that could dispense a gallon of hot water, or a halfpenny worth of beef tea essence, cocoa, milk, sugar, tea or coffee. Pictured here is the inauguration of the first Pluto lamp in Exmouth Street (now Exmouth Market), Clerkenwell 1899. The Pluto Lamps initiative disappeared almost as quickly as it arrived. Credit: Islington Local History Centre TUM image id: 1681226009 Licence:	Eyre Street Hill, Little Italy, c. 1890 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1686153064 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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The old wooden Temple Bar
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Middle Temple Lane looking towards Victoria Embankment (2008) The buildings are mainly occupied by barristers’ chambers
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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
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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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Doughty Street is a broad tree lined street in the Holborn district.
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Eyre Street Hill, Little Italy, c. 1890
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Farringdon Road and the Metropolitan Railway, 1868. Looking north from Turnmill Street
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