Warner Yard, EC1R

Warner Yard was named after Robert Warner, local 18th century landowner.

Clerkenwell Green and St James’ Church
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Theologian Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) had a defining vision at the Red Lion Inn, then situated down the Warner Yard courtyard. He became best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell (1758).

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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
Carol Gifford Street, N1 Added: 7 May 2021 18:44 GMT	Nan My nan lily,her sister Elizabeth and their parents Elizabeth and William lived here in1911 Reply
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT	My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard. Reply
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

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Peter Gambia Street, SE1 Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT	Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street was previously known as William Street. Reply
Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT	Brecknock Road Pleating Company My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden. Source: Family history Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT	061123 Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences. Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT	Old pub sign from the Rising Sun Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that! Reply
Phillip Martin Ashburnham Place, SE10 Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT	16 Ashburnham Road On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT	The Hollies (1860 - 1900) I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880 If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected] Reply
Chris hutchison Broadhurst Gardens, NW6 Added: 15 Oct 2023 03:04 GMT	35 broadhurst gardens. 35 Broadhurst gardens was owned by famous opera singer Mr Herman “Simmy”Simberg. He had transformed it into a film and recording complex. There was a film and animation studio on the ground floor. The recording facilities were on the next two floors. I arrived in London from Australia in 1966 and worked in the studio as the tea boy and trainee recording engineer from Christmas 1966 for one year. The facility was leased by an American advertising company called Moreno Films. Mr Simbergs company Vox Humana used the studio for their own projects as well. I worked for both of them. I was so lucky. The manager was another wonderful gentleman called Jack Price who went on to create numerous songs for many famous singers of the day and also assisted the careers of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. “Simmy” let me live in the bedsit,upper right hand window. Jack was also busy with projects with The Troggs,Bill Wyman,Peter Frampton. We did some great sessions with Manfred Mann and Alan Price. The Cream did some demos but that was before my time. We did lots of voice over work. Warren Mitchell and Ronnie Corbett were favourites. I went back in 1978 and “Simmy “ had removed all of the studio and it was now his home. His lounge room was still our studio in my minds eye!! Reply

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28375, EC1R

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Abacus House, EC1R

Agdon Street, EC1V Agdon Street was originally called Woods Close.

Agdon Street, EC1V

Albert House, WC1X Albert House is a block on King’s Cross Road.

Albert House, WC1X

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Antwerp House, EC1N

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Argus House, EC1V

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

Atkin Building, WC1R

Attneave Street, EC1R Attneave Street is thought to be named after a local builder in the 1890s called Attneave.

Attneave Street, EC1R

Aylesbury Street, EC1V Aylesbury Street - after the earl of Aylesbury who owned a house near here in the 17th century.

Aylesbury Street, EC1V

Back Hill, EC1N Back Hill is simply named as it lies off (or to the ’back’) of a main road.

Back Hill, EC1N

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Bakers Yard, EC1R

Baker’s Row, EC1R Bakers Row was named after Richard Baker, a local 18th century carpenter.

Baker’s Row, EC1R

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

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Beauchamp Building, EC1N

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

Bedford Row, WC1R

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

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

Bleeding Heart Yard, EC1N

Bowling Green Lane, EC1R Bowling Green Lane connects Farringdon Road with Northampton Road.

Bowling Green Lane, EC1R

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

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

Brownlow Mews, WC1N

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

Calthorpe Street, WC1X

Catherine Griffiths Court, EC1R Catherine Griffiths Court is a road in the EC1R postcode area

Catherine Griffiths Court, EC1R

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

Celtic House, WC1N

Challoner House, EC1R Challoner House is a building on Clerkenwell Close.

Challoner House, EC1R

Charles Townsend House, EC1R Charles Townsend House is a block on Finsbury Estate.

Charles Townsend House, EC1R

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

Clerkenwell Close, EC1R

Clerkenwell Green, EC1M Clerkenwell Green is the street named after the historical green.

Clerkenwell Green, EC1M

Clerkenwell House, EC1R Clerkenwell House is a block on Clerkenwell Green.

Clerkenwell House, EC1R

Clerkenwell Road, EC1R Clerkenwell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Clerkenwell Road, EC1R

Cockpit Yard, WC1X Cockpit Yard leads off Northington Street.

Cockpit Yard, WC1X

Coldbath Square, EC1R Coldbath Square was named after a well of cold water that stood here alone in surrounding fields.

Coldbath Square, EC1R

College Building, EC1R College Building is a block on Northampton Square.

College Building, EC1R

Cornwell House, EC1M Cornwell House is a block on Clerkenwell Green.

Cornwell House, EC1M

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

Corporation Row, EC1R

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

Cowcross Street, EC1M

Crawford Passage, EC1R Crawford Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Crawford Passage, EC1R

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

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

Doughty Mews, WC1N

Doughty Street, WC1N Doughty Street is a broad tree-lined street in the Holborn district.

Doughty Street, WC1N

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

Dunstan House, EC1N

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

Easton Street, WC1X

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

Elm Street, WC1X

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

Emerald Street, WC1N

Exmouth House, EC1 Exmouth House is a block on Exmouth Market.

Exmouth House, EC1

Exmouth House, EC1R Exmouth House is a block on Pine Street.

Exmouth House, EC1R

Exmouth Market, EC1R Exmouth Market, formerly Exmouth Street, is semi-pedestrianised - the location of an outdoor street market.

Exmouth Market, EC1R

Experis House, EC1R Experis House is a block on Ray Street.

Experis House, EC1R

Eyre Street Hill, EC1R Eyre Street Hill runs south from Warner Street.

Eyre Street Hill, EC1R

Farringdon Lane, EC1R Farringdon Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Farringdon Lane, EC1R

Farringdon Road, EC1R Farringdon Road is a road in Clerkenwell and Finsbury.

Farringdon Road, EC1R

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

Field Court, WC1R

Fleet House, EC1R Fleet House is sited on Clerkenwell Road.

Fleet House, EC1R

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

Fleet Square, WC1X

Frances Gardner House, WC1X Frances Gardner House is a block on Cubitt Street.

Frances Gardner House, WC1X

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

Frewell Building, EC1N

Gensurco House, EC1 Gensurco House is a building on Exmouth Market.

Gensurco House, EC1

Gloucester Building, EC1R Gloucester Building is a block on Whiskin Street.

Gloucester Building, EC1R

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

Gloucester Way, EC1R

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

Gough Street, WC1X

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

Gravel Street, EC1N

Grays Inn Road, WC1X Grays Inn Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Grays Inn Road, WC1X

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

Greenwood House, EC1R Greenwood House is a block on Rosebery Avenue.

Greenwood House, EC1R

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

Griffin House, EC1N Griffin House can be found on Saffron Hill.

Griffin House, EC1N

Guildhall North Wing, SE1 Guildhall North Wing is a location in London.

Guildhall North Wing, SE1

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Harpur Mews, WC1R

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

Harpur Street, WC1R

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

Haywards Place, EC1V Haywards Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Haywards Place, EC1V

Heathcote Street, WC1N Heathcote Street is in the north-east corner of the Foundling Hospital estate, leading from St George’s Gardens to Gray’s Inn Road.

Heathcote Street, WC1N

Herbal Hill, EC1N This is a street in the EC1R postcode area

Herbal Hill, EC1N

Herbal House, EC1R Herbal House is a block on Back Hill.

Herbal House, EC1R

Holsworthy Square, WC1X This is a street in the WC1X postcode area

Holsworthy Square, WC1X

Hooper House, EC1R Hooper House is a block on Clerkenwell Close.

Hooper House, EC1R

Infinity House, EC1 Infinity House is located on Britton Street.

Infinity House, EC1

Jerusalem Passage, EC1M Jerusalem Passage was named for an old public house, St John of Jerusalem, which stood at the northeast corner until 1760.

Jerusalem Passage, EC1M

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

Jockeys Fields, WC1R

John Street, WC1N John Street was named for John Blagrave, carpenter to the Doughty family.

John Street, WC1N

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

Johns Mews, WC1N

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

Joseph Close, EC1R

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

Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R

Jubilee House, WC1X Jubilee House is sited on Gray’s Inn Road.

Jubilee House, WC1X

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

Kings Mews, WC1X

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

Kingsway Place, EC1R

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

Kirby Street, EC1N

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

Kirk Street, WC1N

Klamath House, EC1R Klamath House is a block on Clerkenwell Green.

Klamath House, EC1R

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

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

Lamb’s Conduit Passage, WC1R

Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1N Lamb’s Conduit Street takes its name from Lambs Conduit - a dam across a tributary of the River Fleet.

Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1N

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

Langton Close, WC1X Langton Close was named after the Arthur Langton Nurses Home formerly located here.

Langton Close, WC1X

Laystall House, EC1R Laystall House is a block on Rosebury Avenue.

Laystall House, EC1R

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

Laystall Street, EC1R

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

Liberty House, EC1V Liberty House can be found on St John Street.

Liberty House, EC1V

Lins House, EC1R Lins House is located on Rosebery Avenue.

Lins House, EC1R

London House, WC1N London House can be found on Doughty Street.

London House, WC1N

Long Yard, WC1N Long Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Long Yard, WC1N

Makers Yard, E3 Makers Yard is a location in London.

Makers Yard, E3

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

Margery Street, WC1X

Matrix House, EC1R Matrix House is located on Baker’s Row.

Matrix House, EC1R

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

Mecklenburgh Place, WC1N

Mecklenburgh Square, WC1N Mecklenburgh Square was originally laid out by S P Cockerell.

Mecklenburgh Square, WC1N

Mecklenburgh Street, WC1X This is a street in the WC1N postcode area

Mecklenburgh Street, WC1X

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

Meredith Street, EC1R

Michael Cliffe House, EC1R Michael Cliffe House is a block on Gloucester Way.

Michael Cliffe House, EC1R

Millman Place, WC1N Millman Place is a road in the WC1N postcode area

Millman Place, WC1N

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

Millman Street, WC1N

Mount Pleasant, EC1R Mount Pleasant gained its ironic name in the 1730s after locals had begun to dump refuse there.

Mount Pleasant, EC1R

Mount Plesant, EC1R Mount Plesant is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Mount Plesant, EC1R

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

Myddelton Street, EC1R

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

New House, EC1N

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

Newington Close, EC1R

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

North Mews, WC1N

Northampton Road, EC1R Northampton Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Northampton Road, EC1R

Northington Street, WC1N Northington Street was named after Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington, Lord Chancellor in the 1760s.

Northington Street, WC1N

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

Pakenham Street, WC1X

Paramount Building, EC1V Paramount Building is a block on St John Street.

Paramount Building, EC1V

Patrick Coman House, EC1R Patrick Coman House is a block on Meredith Street.

Patrick Coman House, EC1R

Pear Tree Court, EC1R Pear Tree Court is simply named – thought to be from a local pear tree.

Pear Tree Court, EC1R

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

Petersham House, EC1N

Phoenix Place, EC3N Phoenix Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Phoenix Place, EC3N

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

Pine Street, EC1R

Pooles Buildings, WC1X Pooles Buildings is a road in the EC1R postcode area

Pooles Buildings, WC1X

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

Portpool Lane, EC1N

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

Princeton Street, WC1R

Priory House, EC1R Priory House is located on Sans Walk.

Priory House, EC1R

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

Ray Street, EC1R

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

Raymond Buildings, WC1R

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

Riceyman House, WC1X Riceyman House is a block on Lloyd Baker Street.

Riceyman House, WC1X

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

Richbell Place, WC1N

River House, EC1R River House is a block on Farringdon Road.

River House, EC1R

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

Roger Street, WC1N

Rosebery Avenue, EC1R Rosebery Avenue was opened by the 5th Earl of Rosebery.

Rosebery Avenue, EC1R

Rosebery Court, EC1R Rosebery Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Rosebery Court, EC1R

Rosebery House, EC1R Residential block

Rosebery House, EC1R

Rosebery Square, EC1R Rosebery Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Rosebery Square, EC1R

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

Rosoman Place, EC1R

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

Rosoman Street, EC1R

Rugby Chambers, WC1N Rugby Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Rugby Chambers, WC1N

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

Rugby Street, WC1N

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

Sans Walk, EC1R Sans Walk was named after Edward Sans in 1893, who was then the oldest member of the local parish vestry.

Sans Walk, EC1R

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

Sans Works, EC1R

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

Scotswood Street, EC1R

Sekforde Court, EC1R Sekforde Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Sekforde Court, EC1R

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

Sidmouth Street, WC1X

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

Skinner Street, EC1R

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

Spafield Street, EC1R

Spring House, WC1X Spring House is a block on Margery Street.

Spring House, WC1X

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

St Cross Street, EC1N

St Helena House, WC1X St Helena House is a block on Margery Street.

St Helena House, WC1X

St Jamess Walk, EC1R St Jamess Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

St Jamess Walk, EC1R

St John Street, EC1V St John Street runs from Finsbury to Farringdon.

St John Street, EC1V

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

St John Street, EC1V

St John’s Square, EC1M St John’s Square is split into two sections, north and south of Clerkenwell Road.

St John’s Square, EC1M

St Johns House, EC1M Residential block

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

St Johns Place, EC1M

Students Residence William Goodenough House, WC1N Students Residence William Goodenough House can be found on Meck.

Students Residence William Goodenough House, WC1N

Summers Street, EC1N Summers Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Summers Street, EC1N

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

Telescope House, EC1M

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

The Griffin Building, EC1R

The Horseshoe Path, EC1R The Horseshoe Path runs around the back of the Horseshoe pub.

The Horseshoe Path, EC1R

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

The Johnson Building, EC1N

The Market Building, EC1R The Market Building is sited on Rosebery Avenue.

The Market Building, EC1R

The Old Sessions House, EC1R The Old Sessions House is a block on Farringdon Lane.

The Old Sessions House, EC1R

The Print House, EC1R The Print House is a block on Aylesbury Street.

The Print House, EC1R

The Red House, EC1V The Red House is a block on Clerkenwell Road.

The Red House, EC1V

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

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

Topham Street, EC1R

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

Turnmill Street, EC1

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

Tysoe Street, EC1R

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

Vine Hill, EC1R Vine Hill now displays no evidence on the vines that once flourished in the grounds on which it stands.

Vine Hill, EC1R

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

Warner Street, EC1R

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

Warriner House, EC1N

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

Warwick House, EC1M

Wee House, EC1R Wee House is a block on Laystall Street.

Wee House, EC1R

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

Wells Square, WC1X

White Bear Yard, EC1R White Bear Yard is location of London.

White Bear Yard, EC1R

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

White Horse Alley, EC1M

Wilmington Square, EC1R Wilmington Square was built on land belonging to the Marquis of Northampton and named from his second title of Baron Wilmington.

Wilmington Square, EC1R

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

Woodbridge Street, EC1R

Wren Street, WC1X Wren Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1Xpostal area.

Wren Street, WC1X

Wyclif House, EC1V Wyclif House is a block on St John Street.

Wyclif House, EC1V

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

Wyclif Street, EC1V

Yardley Street, EC1R Yardley Street absorbed Upper Yardley Street in the 1930s.

Yardley Street, EC1R

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

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

Zinc House, EC1M

NEARBY PUBS

Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings

Eagle

St Peters Italian Social Club

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.

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Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell was once known as London’s Little Italy because of the large number of Italians living in the area from the 1850s until the 1960s.

Clerkenwell took its name from the Clerks’ Well in Farringdon Lane. In the Middle Ages, the London Parish clerks performed annual mystery plays there, based on biblical themes. Part of the well remains visible, incorporated into a 1980s building called Well Court.

In the 17th century South Clerkenwell became a fashionable place of residence. Oliver Cromwell owned a house on Clerkenwell Close, just off the Green. Several aristocrats had houses there, most notably the Duke of Northumberland, as did people such as Erasmus Smith.

Before Clerkenwell became a built-up area, it had a reputation as a resort a short walk out of the city, where Londoners could disport themselves at its spas, of which there were several, based on natural chalybeate springs, tea gardens and theatres. The present day Sadler’s Wells has survived as heir to this tradition.

Clerkenwell was also the location of three prisons: the Clerkenwell Bridewell, Coldbath Fields Prison (later Clerkenwell Gaol) and the New Prison, later the Clerkenwell House of Detention, notorious as the scene of the Clerkenwell Outrage in 1867, an attempted prison break by Fenians who killed many in the tenement houses on Corporation Row in trying to blow a hole in the prison wall.

The Industrial Revolution changed the area greatly. It became a centre for breweries, distilleries and the printing industry. It gained a special reputation for the making of clocks and watches, which activity once employed many people from around the area. Flourishing craft workshops still carry on some of the traditional trades, such as jewellery-making. Clerkenwell is home to Witherby’s, Europe’s oldest printing company.

After the Second World War, Clerkenwell suffered from industrial decline and many of the premises occupied by the engineering, printing publishing and meat and food trades (the last mostly around Smithfield) fell empty. Several acclaimed council housing estates were commissioned by Finsbury Borough Council. Modernist architect and Russian émigré Berthold Lubetkin’s listed Spa Green Estate, constructed 1943–1950, has recently been restored. The Finsbury Estate, constructed in 1968 to the designs of Joseph Emberton includes flats, since altered and re-clad.

A general revival and gentrification process began in the 1980s, and the area is now known for loft-living in some of the former industrial buildings. It also has young professionals, nightclubs and restaurants and is home to many professional offices as an overspill for the nearby City of London and West End.

Amongst other sectors, there is a notable concentration of design professions around Clerkenwell, and supporting industries such as high-end designer furniture showrooms.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Smithfield Market TUM image id: 1620388545 Licence:	The third Grand Theatre, Islington (1903). This was built on the site of the former Philharmonic Hall and two previous Grand Theatres TUM image id: 1587741263 Licence:	The old wooden Temple Bar Credit: Walter Thornbury TUM image id: 1523115955 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Islington Horse and Cattle market at the turn of the twentieth century. TUM image id: 1556878421 Licence:	The Grand Theatre, Islington High Street (1903) The new Grand Theatre - the fourth theatre on the site - was opened on 26 December 1900 with a production of the pantomime ’Robinson Crusoe’. The Huddersfield Daily reported the next day: "Nearing the end of the first performance of ’Robinson Crusoe’ at the Grand Theatre, Islington, on Wednesday, a fire broke out. From all parts of the house an alarm was raised. All present rose to their feet as large pieces of inflammable material were seen dropping from flies. The fire-proof curtain was promptly lowered, and the band struck up the National Anthem. The actors and actresses crowded into the stage boxes. Mr. Jones, playing ’Friday,’ clambered on to the stage from the front and appealed to the audience not to rush for the doors as there was no danger. Then Mr. Charles Townley, the author, came forward explaining that the management, owing to the electric installations not being completed, had used gas batten, and one of the sky borders had unfortunately caught fire. The officials had shown their efficiency by the celerity with which the fire had been extinguished. This is the fourth fire that has occurred at this theatre, and Wednesday’s was the first performance given since the building was gutted some few months back." Thankfully the fire was quickly put out and the performance continued, and the Theatre would go on to stage pantomime, drama, and variety productions until it was renamed the Islington Empire in 1908. TUM image id: 1557151038 Licence:
The Angel, Islington (c.1890) TUM image id: 1557162442 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	Illustration of Fleet Market Credit: William Henry Prior TUM image id: 1530111646 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Sadler House on the Spa Green Estate from Rosebery Avenue (2011) The ’organic’ connection between old and new buildings intended by architect Berthold Lubetkin at Spa Green. Credit: Wiki Commons/Grantham9 TUM image id: 1655931145 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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:
View looking upwards of the stairway at Bevin Court. Bevin Court (1946-54) designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Tecton. Credit: Wiki Commons/Steve Cadman TUM image id: 1681034288 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	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:

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Sadler House on the Spa Green Estate from Rosebery Avenue (2011) The ’organic’ connection between old and new buildings intended by architect Berthold Lubetkin at Spa Green.
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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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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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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.
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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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Holborn Viaduct from Farringdon Street, c. 1910 The building of Farringdon Street is considered one of the greatest urban engineering achievements of the 19th century. It was one of the first engineered multi-lane roads, and also buried the River Fleet in a system of underground tunnels, solving one of London’s most daunting sanitary problems. Its construction also included the building of the world’s first stretch of underground railway, a branch of the Metropolitan Railway that later became part of the London Underground running beneath Farringdon Road from King’s Cross St. Pancras into the City at Farringdon. The construction of Farringdon Street also necessitated the removal of the Fleet Market that had been built in 1736 above the course of the River Fleet, which is now London’s largest subterranean river. North of the market was Hockley-in-the-Hole (around Ray Street Bridge), an area notorious for bear-baiting and similar activities.
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John Street, looking up Doughty Street (1949)
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