Bishop’s Court, EC4M

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

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

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
Steven Shepherd Pitfield Street, N1 Added: 4 Feb 2021 14:20 GMT	Our House I and my three brothers were born at 178 Pitfield Street. All of my Mothers Family (ADAMS) Lived in the area. There was an area behind the house where the Hoxton Stall holders would keep the barrows. The house was classed as a slum but was a large house with a basement. The basement had 2 rooms that must have been unchanged for many years it contained a ’copper’ used to boil and clean clothes and bedlinen and a large ’range’ a cast iron coal/log fired oven. Coal was delivered through a ’coal hole’ in the street which dropped through to the basement. The front of the house used to be a shop but unused while we lived there. I have many more happy memories of the house too many to put here. 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
Talbot Yard, SE1 Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT	correction Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales Reply
Lena White Conduit Street, N1 Added: 18 Mar 2021 13:08 GMT	White Conduit Street, N1 My mum, Rosina Wade of the Wade and Hannam family in the area of Chapel Street and Parkfield Street, bought her first “costume” at S Cohen’s in White Conduit Street. Would have probably been about 1936 or thereabouts. She said that he was a small man but an expert tailor. I hope that Islington Council preserve the shop front as it’s a piece of history of the area. Mum used to get her high heel shoes from an Italian shoe shop in Chapel Street. She had size 2 feet and they would let her know when a new consignment of size 2 shoes were in. I think she was a very good customer. She worked at Killingbacks artificial flower maker in Northampton Square and later at the Halifax bombers factory north of Edgware where she was a riveter. Reply
sam Burdett Street, SE1 Added: 31 Dec 2021 00:54 GMT	Burdett Street, SE1 I was on 2nd July 1952, in Burdett chambers (which is also known as Burdett buildings)on Burdett street Reply
All bar one Added: 3 Jun 2021 15:50 GMT	All Bar One The capitalisation is wrong Reply
Erin Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 2 May 2022 01:33 GMT	Windsor Terrace, N1 hello 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
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
Richard Lake De Laune Street, SE17 Added: 28 Sep 2022 09:37 GMT	Trade Union Official John William Lake snr moved with his family to 22 De Laune Street in 1936. He was the London Branch Secretary for the Street Masons, Paviours and Road Makers Union. He had previously lived in Orange St now Copperfield St Southwark but had been forced to move because the landlord didn’t like him working from home and said it broke his lease. John William snr died in 1940. His son John William Lake jnr also became a stone mason and at the end of World War two he was responsible for the engraving of the dates of WW2 onto the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

All Hallows Bread Street All Hallows Bread Street was a parish church in the Bread Street ward of the City of London.

All Hallows Bread Street

Alsatia Alsatia was the name given to an area lying north of the River Thames covered by the Whitefriars monastery.

Alsatia

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

City Temple

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

City Thameslink

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

Fleet Market

Half Moon Court, EC1A Halfmoon Court is the southern most of five passages leading eastward from Kinghorn Street.

Half Moon Court, EC1A

Mermaid Tavern The Mermaid Tavern was a notable tavern during the Elizabethan era.

Mermaid Tavern

Old Dick Whittington The Dick Whittington Inn at 24 Cloth Fair was a sixteenth century building and once part of a row of medieval buildings lining the street.

Old Dick Whittington

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

Smithfield

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

St Andrew

St Augustine Watling Street St Augustine, Watling Street was an Anglican church which stood just to the east of St Paul’s Cathedral.

St Augustine Watling Street

St Bartholomew’s Hospital St Bartholomew’s Hospital, also known simply as Barts and later more formally as The Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew, is a hospital located at Smithfield in the City of London and founded in 1123.

St Bartholomew’s Hospital

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

St Etheldreda’s Church

St Gregory by St Paul’s St Gregory’s by St Paul’s was a parish church in the Castle Baynard ward of the City of London.

St Gregory by St Paul’s

St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street was a church in Castle Baynard ward of the City of London, located on the corner of Old Fish Street and Old Change, on land now covered by post-War development.

St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street

St Matthew Friday Street St. Matthew Friday Street was a church in the City of London located on Friday Street, off Cheapside.

St Matthew Friday Street

St Michael-le-Querne St Michael-le-Querne, also called St Michael ad Bladum, was a parish church in the Farringdon Within Ward in the City of London.

St Michael-le-Querne

St Mildred, Bread Street The church of St Mildred, Bread Street, stood on the east side of Bread Street in the Bread Street Ward of the City of London.

St Mildred, Bread Street

St Nicholas Cole Abbey St. Nicholas Cole Abbey is a church in the City of London located on what is now Queen Victoria Street.

St Nicholas Cole Abbey

St Peter, Westcheap St Peter, Westcheap, sometimes known simply as ’St Peter Cheap’, was a parish church in the City of London.

St Peter, Westcheap

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

NEARBY STREETS

Addle Hill, EC4V Addle Hill, formerly Addle Street, originally ran from Upper Thames Street from Carter Lane.

Addle Hill, EC4V

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

Albion Courtyard, EC1A

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

Albion Way, EC1A

Aldersgate Street, EC1A Aldersgate Street is located on the west side of the Barbican Estate.

Aldersgate Street, EC1A

Amen Corner, EC4M Originally called Amen Lane, this short path forms the approach road to Amen Court.

Amen Corner, EC4M

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

Amen Court, EC4M

Angel Street, EC1A Angel Street runs between King Edward Street in the west and St Martin’s Le Grand in the east.

Angel Street, EC1A

Apothecary Street, EC4V Apothecary Street - the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries is nearby.

Apothecary Street, EC4V

Ashentree Court, EC4Y Ashentree Court was named after the ashen trees formerly located here at the Whitefriars’ monastery.

Ashentree Court, EC4Y

Ave Maria Lane, EC4M Ave Maria Lane is the southern extension of Warwick Lane, between Amen Corner and Ludgate Hill.

Ave Maria Lane, EC4M

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

Barnard’s Inn, EC4A

Bartholomew Close, EC1A Bartholomew Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Bartholomew Close, EC1A

Bartholomew Passage, EC1A Bartholomew Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Bartholomew Passage, EC1A

Bartholomew Place, EC1A Bartholomew Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Bartholomew Place, EC1A

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

Black Friars Lane, EC4V Black Friars Lane was known as Water Lane until 1940.

Black Friars Lane, EC4V

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 Street, EC4Y Bouverie Street is named for the Pleydell-Bouveries, Earls of Radnor, who were landowners in this area.

Bouverie Street, EC4Y

Bradford Avenue, EC2Y Bradford Avenue was a street of warehouses.

Bradford Avenue, EC2Y

Bread Street, EC4M Bread Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Bread Street, EC4M

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

Breams Buildings, EC4A

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

Bride Court, EC4Y

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

Bride Lane, EC4Y

Bridewell Place, EC4V Bridewell Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Bridewell Place, EC4V

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

Brooke Street, EC1N

Bull and Mouth Street, EC2V Bull and Mouth Street ran between King Edward Street and St Martin’s Le Grand.

Bull and Mouth Street, EC2V

Burgon Street, EC4V Burgon Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Burgon Street, EC4V

Cannon Street, EC4M This is a street in the EC4M postcode area

Cannon Street, EC4M

Carey Lane, EC2V Carey Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Carey Lane, EC2V

Carmelite Street, EC4Y Carmelite Street continues south from Whitefriars Street, which itself is just off Fleet Street.

Carmelite Street, EC4Y

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

Carter Lane, EC4M

Carter Lane, EC4V Carter Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Carter Lane, EC4V

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

Central Markets, EC1A

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

Charterhouse Street, EC1A

Church Entry, EC4V Church Entry is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Church Entry, EC4V

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

Cloth Court, EC1M Cloth Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Cloth Court, EC1M

Cloth Fair, EC1A Cloth Fair stands where the original Bartholomew Fair was held in medieval times.

Cloth Fair, EC1A

Cloth Street, EC1M Cloth Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Cloth Street, EC1M

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

Cock Lane, EC1A

Compter Passage, EC2V Compter Passage is a location in London.

Compter Passage, EC2V

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

Crane Court, EC4Y

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

Creed Court, EC4M

Creed Lane, EC4V Creed Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Creed Lane, EC4V

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

Crown Office Row, EC4Y

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

Dean’s Court, EC4M

Deans Court, EC4V Deans Court is directly opposite the south west corner of St Paul’s Cathedral, on the south side of St Paul’s Churchyard.

Deans Court, EC4V

Defoe House, EC2Y Defoe House is a block on Beech Street

Defoe House, EC2Y

Distaff Lane, EC4V Distaff Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Distaff Lane, EC4V

Dorset Rise, EC4Y Dorset Rise is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Dorset Rise, EC4Y

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

Dyer’s Buildings, EC1N

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

East Harding Street, EC4A

East Market, EC2Y East Market is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

East Market, EC2Y

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

East Passage, EC1A

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

East Poultry Avenue, EC1A

Eldons Passage, EC1N A street within the EC1N postcode

Eldons Passage, EC1N

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

Elliot’s Court, EC4M

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

Ely Court, EC1N

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

Ely Place, EC1N

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

Falcon Court, EC4Y

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

Ferroners House, EC2Y Ferroners House

Ferroners House, EC2Y

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

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

Fleet Place, EC4M

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

Fleet Street, EC4A

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

Fleet Street, EC4Y

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

Fleur De Lis Court, EC4A

Foster Lane, EC2V Foster Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Foster Lane, EC2V

Friday Street, EC4V Friday Street is a small street in the City of London.

Friday Street, EC4V

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

Furnival Street, EC4A

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

Giltspur Street, EC1A

Godliman Street, EC4M Godliman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Godliman Street, EC4M

Goldsmith Street, EC2V Goldsmith Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Goldsmith Street, EC2V

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

Gough Square, EC4A

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

Grand Avenue, EC1A

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

Gravel Street, EC1N

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

Great New Street, EC4A

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

Greenhills Rents, EC1A

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

Greville Street, EC1N

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

Groveland Court, EC4M

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

Gunpowder Square, EC4A

Gutter Lane, EC2V Gutter Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Gutter Lane, EC2V

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

Hare Court, EC4Y

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

Hare Place, EC4Y

Harmsworth House, EC4Y Harmsworth House lies near the Inner Temple

Harmsworth House, EC4Y

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

Hat and Mitre Court, EC4Y

Haven Road, RM13 Haven Road is a location in London.

Haven Road, RM13

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

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

Hosier Lane, EC1A

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

Inner Temple Lane, EC4Y

Ireland Yard, EC4V Ireland Yard is an alleyway leading off of Playhouse Yard.

Ireland Yard, EC4V

King Edward Street, EC1A King Edward Street runs from Newgate Street in the south to Little Britain in the north.

King Edward Street, EC1A

King’s Bench Walk Temple, EC4Y A street within the EC4Y postcode

King’s Bench Walk Temple, EC4Y

King’s Bench Walk, EC4Y King?s Bench Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

King’s Bench Walk, EC4Y

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

Kinghorn Street, EC1A

Kings Bench Walk, EC4Y Kings Bench Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Kings Bench Walk, EC4Y

Knightrider Court, EC4V Knightrider Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Knightrider Court, EC4V

Knightrider Street, EC4V Knightrider Street was supposedly a route that knights would take from the Tower of London to Smithfield, where jousts were held.

Knightrider Street, EC4V

Lauderdale Tower, EC2Y Lauderdale Tower is the westernmost tower in the Barbican, facing onto Lauderdale Place.

Lauderdale Tower, EC2Y

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

Limeburner Lane, EC4M

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

Lindsey Street, EC1A

Little Britain, EC1A Little Britain is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Little Britain, EC1A

Little Britain, EC1M Little Britain is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Little Britain, EC1M

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

Little New Street, EC4A

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

London Central Markets, EC4A

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

Long Lane, EC1A

Ludgate Broadway, EC4M Ludgate Broadway is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Ludgate Broadway, EC4M

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

Ludgate Circus, EC4M

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

Ludgate Hill, EC4M

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

Ludgate Square, EC4M

Magpie Alley, EC4Y Magpie Alley marks the position occupied by the dorter (dormitory) of the Friary of the Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel, commonly called the Whitefriars Monastery

Magpie Alley, EC4Y

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

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

Middle Street, EC1A

Middlesex Passage, EC1A Middlesex Passage is a location in London.

Middlesex Passage, EC1A

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

Mitre Court Buildings, EC4Y

New Bridge Street, EC4V New Bridge Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

New Bridge Street, EC4V

New Change, EC4M New Change is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

New Change, EC4M

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

New Fetter Lane, EC1N

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

New Fetter Lane, EC4A

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

New Street Square, EC4A

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

Newbury Street, EC1A

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

Newgate Street, EC1A

Noble Street, EC2V Noble Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Noble Street, EC2V

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

Norwich Street, EC4A

Oat Lane, EC2V Oat Lane has been marked on London maps since 1600 and before.

Oat Lane, EC2V

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

Old Bailey, EC4M

Old Change Court, EC4V Old Change Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Old Change Court, EC4V

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

Old Mitre Court, EC4Y

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

Old Seacoal Lane, EC4M

Pageantmaster Court, EC4M Pageantmaster Court was Ludgate Court and renamed in the summer of 1993.

Pageantmaster Court, EC4M

Paper Buildings, EC4Y Paper Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Paper Buildings, EC4Y

Paternoster Row, EC4M Paternoster Row is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Paternoster Row, EC4M

Paternoster Square, EC4M Paternoster Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Paternoster Square, EC4M

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

Pilgrim Street, EC4V Pilgrim Street connects New Bridge Street with Ludgate Hill.

Pilgrim Street, EC4V

Playhouse Yard, EC4V Playhouse Yard is named after the Blackfriars theatre which stood here in Shakespeare’s time and where his play’s were performed.

Playhouse Yard, EC4V

Pleydell Street, EC4Y Pleydell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal 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

Priest’s Court, EC2V Priest?s Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Priest’s Court, EC2V

Priory Court, EC4M Priory Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Priory Court, EC4M

Quadrant Court, EC4M A street within the EC4M postcode

Quadrant Court, EC4M

Quadrant Court, EC4M A street within the EC4M postcode

Quadrant Court, EC4M

Queen Isabella Way, EC1A Queen Isabella Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Queen Isabella Way, EC1A

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

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

Rolls Buildings, EC4A

Rose Street, EC4M Rose Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Rose Street, EC4M

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

Salisbury Court, EC4Y

Salisbury Square, EC4Y Salisbury Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Salisbury Square, EC4Y

Serjeants Inn, EC4Y Serjeants Inn is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Serjeants Inn, EC4Y

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

Shoe Lane, EC4A

Silver Street, EC2V Silver Street was the location of a house in which William Shakespeare lived during his time in London.

Silver Street, EC2V

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

Smithfield Street, EC1A

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

Snow Hill, EC1A

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

St Andrew Street, EC4A

St Andrews Hill, EC4V St Andrews Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

St Andrews Hill, EC4V

St Ann’s Lane, EC2V St Ann’s Lane was the name for the west end of Gresham Street until the 1860s.

St Ann’s Lane, EC2V

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 Martin’s Le Grand, EC2V St Martin’s Le Grand is a street north of Newgate Street and a former liberty within the City of London

St Martin’s Le Grand, EC2V

St Paul’s Churchyard, EC4M By the beginning of the sixteenth century, St. Paul’s Churchyard was the chief centre of the book trade, not only for London, but for the whole country.

St Paul’s Churchyard, EC4M

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

Stationers Hall Court, EC4M

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

Stonecutter Street, EC4A

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

Temple Avenue, EC4Y

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

Temple Chambers, EC4Y

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

Tudor Street, EC4Y

Upper Cheapside Passage, EC2V A street within the EC2V postcode

Upper Cheapside Passage, EC2V

Vestry House, EC1A Residential block

Vestry House, EC1A

Wardrobe Place, EC4V Wardrobe Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Wardrobe Place, EC4V

Warwick Lane, EC4M This is a street in the EC4P postcode area

Warwick Lane, EC4M

Warwick Square, EC4M Warwick Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Warwick Square, EC4M

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

Waterhouse Square, EC1N

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

West Smithfield, EC1A

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

Whitefriars Street, EC4Y

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

Wine Office Court, EC4A

NEARBY PUBS

Balls Brothers Ltd

Best Mangal Bar & Restaurant

Bishops Finger

Bottlescrue

Club Gascon

Corney & Barrow Wine Bars

Corney & Barrow, Unit 3, Stock Exch

Dado 54

El Vino Blackfriars

El Vino Fleet Street El Vino Fleet Street

El Vino Fleet Street

Enoteca Rabezzana

Grand Union Farringdon

Hand & Shears

Harrild and Sons

Harry’s Bar & Pizzeria

Inn of Court

Jamie’s Wine Bar and Restaurant

Jamies

Kanaloa

Karaoke Box

Le Paris Grill

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

Magpie & Stump

Mermaid Tavern The Mermaid Tavern was a notable tavern during the Elizabethan era.

Mermaid Tavern

Old Dick Whittington The Dick Whittington Inn at 24 Cloth Fair was a sixteenth century building and once part of a row of medieval buildings lining the street.

Old Dick Whittington

Old Red Cow

Oriole

Patch

Piano Smithfield

Punch Tavern

Quarter Jacks, Grange St Pauls Hotel

Reflex

Rudd’s

Searcy’s Champagne Bar

Shaws Booksellers

Sir Chrisptopher Hatton

The Bleeding Heart Tavern

The Bridewell Theatre

The Butcher’s Hook and Cleaver

The Centre Page

The Cockpit

The Crown and Sugar Loaf

The Draft House

The Duke and Duchess

The Fable

The George The George was at 25 Old Bailey.

The George

The Grill on the Market

Voltaire, Crowne Plaza Hotel

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

Ye Olde Cock Tavern

Ye Olde London

Ye Olde Mitre

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Smithfield Market TUM image id: 1620388545 Licence:	"Cheapside and Bow Church" engraved by W. Albutt (1837) First published in The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster. Steel engraved print after a picture by T.H. Shepherd. Credit: W. Albutt TUM image id: 1507465321 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The old wooden Temple Bar Credit: Walter Thornbury TUM image id: 1523115955 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Hopton’s Almshouses, Hopton Street, Bankside (1957) TUM image id: 1470953421 Licence:	Tate Modern viewed from Thames pleasure boat (2003) Credit: Christine Matthews TUM image id: 1557161613 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Saint John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, the main gateway to the Priory of Saint John of Jerusalem. The church was founded in the 12th century by Jordan de Briset, a Norman knight. Prior Docwra completed the gatehouse shown in this photograph in 1504. The gateway served as the main entry to the Priory, which was the center of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (the Knights Hospitallers). Credit: Henry Dixon (1880) TUM image id: 1557226611 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Great Arthur House, at the centre of the Golden Lane Estate, was the tallest residential building in Britain at the time of its construction. Credit: Steve F/Wiki commons TUM image id: 1582223961 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	The Castle on Cowcross Street, EC1 is the only pub in England that, alongside its pub sign, is permitted to display the three balls of a pawnbroker. Credit: Wiki Commons/oxyman TUM image id: 1653994847 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Illustration of Fleet Market Credit: William Henry Prior TUM image id: 1530111646 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Anchor, Bankside Credit: IG/meolafrancesco TUM image id: 1653841490 Licence: CC BY 2.0	At the corner of Clerkenwell Road and Goswell Road sits the Hat and Feathers. It was built on the site of an earlier tavern around 1860 for owner James Leask. It was designed by William Finch Hill who specialised in music halls and pubs. Credit: Ewan Munro TUM image id: 1637770947 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:	Amen Court, EC4M TUM image id: 1493474208 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Anchor Terrace, SE1 A large symmetrical building on Southwark Bridge Road, Anchor Terrace was built in 1834 for senior employees of the nearby Anchor Brewery. The building was converted into luxury flats in the late 1990s. Credit: Wiki Commons/Jwslubbock TUM image id: 1621527193 Licence:

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Smithfield Market
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Saint John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, the main gateway to the Priory of Saint John of Jerusalem. The church was founded in the 12th century by Jordan de Briset, a Norman knight. Prior Docwra completed the gatehouse shown in this photograph in 1504. The gateway served as the main entry to the Priory, which was the center of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (the Knights Hospitallers).
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Great Arthur House, at the centre of the Golden Lane Estate, was the tallest residential building in Britain at the time of its construction.
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The Castle on Cowcross Street, EC1 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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Illustration of Fleet Market
Credit: William Henry Prior
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Amen Court, EC4M
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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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View of Cloth Fair in 1884 showing the side entrance to St Bartholomew’s Priory, Smithfield.
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Farringdon Street, EC4M
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