Jubilee House, WC1X

Jubilee House is sited on Gray’s Inn Road.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

The Underground Map Whitehall, SW1A Added: 8 Dec 2020 00:24 GMT	Othello takes a bow On 1 November 1604, William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello was presented for the first time, at The Palace of Whitehall. The palace was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698. Seven years to the day, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Tempest was also presented for the first time, and also at the Palace of Whitehall. Reply
Linda Webb Hungerford Stairs Added: 27 Sep 2021 05:51 GMT	Hungerford Stairs In 1794 my ancestor, George Webb, Clay Pipe Maker, lived in Hungerford Stairs, Strand. Source: Wakefields Merchant & Tradesmens General Directory London Westminster 1794 Source: Hungerford Stairs Reply
Roy Batham Covent Garden Added: 7 Jan 2022 07:17 GMT	Smithy in Longacre John Burris 1802-1848 Listed 1841 census as Burroughs was a blacksmith, address just given as Longacre. Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree Reply
Reg Carr Elstree Street, N1C Added: 10 Feb 2021 12:11 GMT	Campbellite Meeting In 1848 the Campbellites (Disciples of Christ) met in Elstree Street, where their congregation was presided over by a pastor named John Black. Their appointed evangelist at the time was called David King, who later became the Editor of the British Millennial Harbinger. The meeting room was visited in July 1848 by Dr John Thomas, who spoke there twice on his two-year ’mission’ to Britain. Reply
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
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
Jessie Doring Tisbury Court, W1D Added: 22 Feb 2021 04:33 GMT	Tisbury Court Jazz Bar Jazz Bar opened in Tisbury Court by 2 Australians. Situated in underground basement. Can not remember how long it opened for. Reply
Tom Blackfriars Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT	Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge? Reply
Richard Roques Hungerford Stairs Added: 21 Jan 2021 16:53 GMT	Buckingham Street residents Here in Buckingham Street lived Samuel Pepys the diarist, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling Reply
Jude Allen Orange Street, WC2H Added: 29 Jul 2021 07:53 GMT	Bra top I jave a jewelled item of clothong worn by a revie girl. It is red with diamante straps. Inside it jas a label Bermans Revue 16 Orange Street but I cannot find any info online about the revue only that 16 Orange Street used to be a theatre. Does any one know about the revue. I would be intesrested to imagine the wearer of the article and her London life. Reply
Lena White Conduit Street, N1 Added: 18 Mar 2021 13:08 GMT	White Conduit Street, N1 My mum, Rosina Wade of the Wade and Hannam family in the area of Chapel Street and Parkfield Street, bought her first “costume” at S Cohen’s in White Conduit Street. Would have probably been about 1936 or thereabouts. She said that he was a small man but an expert tailor. I hope that Islington Council preserve the shop front as it’s a piece of history of the area. Mum used to get her high heel shoes from an Italian shoe shop in Chapel Street. She had size 2 feet and they would let her know when a new consignment of size 2 shoes were in. I think she was a very good customer. She worked at Killingbacks artificial flower maker in Northampton Square and later at the Halifax bombers factory north of Edgware where she was a riveter. Reply

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

Foundling Hospital The Foundling Hospital in London was founded in 1741 by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram.

Foundling Hospital

Russell Square Russell Square station, now on London’s Piccadilly Line, was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906.

Russell Square

The Horse Hospital Built as stabling for the sick horses of cabbies, The Horse Hospital is now a unique Grade II listed arts venue in Bloomsbury.

The Horse Hospital

NEARBY STREETS

Acton Street, WC1X Acton Street is found on the east side of Gray’s Inn Road and connects it with King’s Cross Road.

Acton Street, WC1X

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

Albert House, WC1X

Ampton Place, WC1X Ampton Place was previously called Frederick Place.

Ampton Place, WC1X

Ampton Street, WC1X Ampton Street was named after its builder, the 3rd Lord Calthorpe who owned land at Ampton, Suffolk.

Ampton Street, WC1X

Amwell Street, EC1R Amwell Street is called after the nearby New River, which starts at Amwell, Hertfordshire.

Amwell Street, EC1R

Archery Fields House, WC1X Archery Fields House on Wharton Street was named after the historic use of the land.

Archery Fields House, WC1X

Argyle Square, WC1H Argyle Square is one of the streets of the Battle Bridge Estate.

Argyle Square, WC1H

Argyle Street, WC1H Argyle Street, originally Manchester Street, was named after the former Argyle House.

Argyle Street, WC1H

Argyle Walk, WC1H Argyle Walk is named for Argyll in Scotland.

Argyle Walk, WC1H

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

Attneave Street, EC1R

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

Back Hill, EC1N

Bakers Yard, EC1R Baker’s Yard leads off Bakers Row.

Bakers Yard, EC1R

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

Baker’s Row, EC1R

Barbon Close, WC1N Barbon Close lies off Great Ormond Street.

Barbon Close, WC1N

Barclay House, WC1N Barclay House is a building on Queen Square.

Barclay House, WC1N

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

Battle Bridge House, WC1X

Beckett House, WC1 Beckett House is a block on Westking Place.

Beckett House, WC1

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

Bernard Street, WC1N

Bethany House, WC1X Bethany House is a block on Lloyd Square.

Bethany House, WC1X

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

Brownlow Mews, WC1N

Brunswick Centre, WC1N The Brunswick Centre is a grade II listed residential and shopping centre in Bloomsbury.

Brunswick Centre, WC1N

Brunswick Shopping Centre, WC1N Brunswick Shopping Centre is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Brunswick Shopping Centre, WC1N

Brunswick Square, WC1N Brunswick Square is the result of a sale of land by the Foundling Hospital.

Brunswick Square, WC1N

Burleigh House, WC1H Burleigh House is a block on Sidmouth Street.

Burleigh House, WC1H

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

Calthorpe Street, WC1X

Cambria House, WC1H Cambria House is a block on Tavistock Place.

Cambria House, WC1H

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

Chandler House, WC1N Chandler House is a block on Wakefield Street.

Chandler House, WC1N

Charles Rowan House, EC1R Charles Rowan House is a building on Amwell Street.

Charles Rowan House, EC1R

Charles Rowan House, WC1X Charles Rowan House can be found on Margery Street.

Charles Rowan House, WC1X

Charlwood House, WC1H Charlwood House is a block on Midhope Street.

Charlwood House, WC1H

Clare Court, WC1H Clare Court is a block on Judd Street

Clare Court, WC1H

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

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

Colonnade, WC1N

Compton Place, WC1H Compton Place is a road in the WC1H postcode area

Compton Place, WC1H

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

Crawford Passage, EC1R

Cromer Street, WC1H Cromer Street originally gave access from Gray’s Inn Road to Greenland Place and a bowling green.

Cromer Street, WC1H

Cubitt Street, WC1X Cubitt Street was formerly called Arthur Street.

Cubitt Street, WC1X

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

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

Easton Street, WC1X

Egmont House, WC1H Egmont House is a block on Tavistock Place.

Egmont House, WC1H

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

Elm Street, WC1X

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

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

Eyre Street Hill, EC1R

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

Farringdon Road, EC1R

Fernsbury Street, WC1X Fernsbury Street is a turning off of Margery Street.

Fernsbury Street, WC1X

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

Fleet Square, WC1X

Foundling Court, WC1N Foundling Court is sited on Marchmont Street

Foundling Court, WC1N

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

Frances Gardner House, WC1X

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

Frederick Street, WC1X

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

Frewell Building, EC1N

Gatesden House, WC1H Gatesden House is a block on Cromer Street.

Gatesden House, WC1H

Gatesden House, WC1X Gatesden House is a block on Cromer Street.

Gatesden House, WC1X

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

Gensurco House, EC1

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

Gough Street, WC1X

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

Granville Square, WC1X

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

Granville Street, WC1X

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

Grays Inn Road, WC1X

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

Great Ormond Street, WC1N

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

Greenwood House, EC1R

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

Grenville Street, WC1N

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

Griffin Building, WC1X

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

Guildhall North Wing, SE1

Guilford Street, WC1B Guilford Street is a road in the WC1B postcode area

Guilford Street, WC1B

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

Guilford Street, WC1N

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

Gwynne House, WC1X

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

Handel Street, WC1N

Harrison Street, WC1H Harrison Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area.

Harrison Street, WC1H

Headland House, WC1X Headland House is a block on Gray’s Inn Road.

Headland House, WC1X

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

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

Henrietta Mews, WC1N

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

Holsworthy Square, WC1X

Hunter House, WC1N Hunter House can be found on Hunter Street.

Hunter House, WC1N

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

Hunter Street, WC1N

Jenner House, WC1N Residential block

Jenner House, WC1N

Jessel House, WC1H Jessel House is a building on Judd Street.

Jessel House, WC1H

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

Judd Street, WC1H Judd Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area.

Judd Street, WC1H

Kellet House, WC1H Kellet House is a block on Tankerton Street.

Kellet House, WC1H

Kenton Street, WC1H Kenton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Kenton Street, WC1H

King’s Cross Road, WC1X This is a street in the WC1X postcode area

King’s Cross Road, WC1X

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

Kings Mews, WC1X

Kingsgate Est, WC1B A street within the WC1B postcode

Kingsgate Est, WC1B

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

Kirk Street, WC1N

Knollys House, WC1H Knollys House is a block on Tavistock Place.

Knollys House, WC1H

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

Lamp Office Court, WC1N Lamp Office Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Lamp Office Court, WC1N

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

Leigh Street, WC1H Leigh Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area.

Leigh Street, WC1H

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

Lever Building, EC1R

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

Lins House, EC1R

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

Lloyd Baker Street, WC1X

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

Lloyd Square, WC1X

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

Loxham House, WC1H Loxham House is a block on Argyle Walk.

Loxham House, WC1H

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

Makers Yard, E3

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

Marchmont Street, WC1N

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

Medway Court, WC1H Medway Court can be found on Leigh Street

Medway Court, WC1H

Merlin Street, EC1R Merlin Street runs west off Amwell Street.

Merlin Street, EC1R

Midhope Street, WC1H Midhope Street was once known as Wood Street.

Midhope Street, WC1H

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

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

Naoroji Street, WC1X

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

North Mews, WC1N

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

Northington Street, WC1N

Odonnell Court, WC1N Odonnell Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.

Odonnell Court, WC1N

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

Orde Hall Street, WC1N

Ormond Mews, WC1N Ormond Mews - also Ormond Yard - was made up of two extensive rows of mews and was situated just south of Great Ormond Street.

Ormond Mews, WC1N

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

Pakenham Street, WC1X

Percy Circus, WC1X Percy Circus was once referred to as "one of the most delightful bits of town planning in London".

Percy Circus, WC1X

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

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

Powis Place, WC1N

Prideaux House, WC1X Prideaux House can be found on Great Percy Street.

Prideaux House, WC1X

Prideaux Place, WC1X Prideaux Place is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Prideaux Place, WC1X

Queen Annes Square, WC1N Queen Annes Square is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Queen Annes Square, WC1N

Queen Square, WC1N Queen Square was laid out by speculator Nicholas Barbon.

Queen Square, WC1N

Regent Square, WC1H Regent Square was laid out from 1822, with houses being built up to circa 1829.

Regent Square, WC1H

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

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

River Street, 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

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

Seaford Street, WC1H Seaford Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area.

Seaford Street, WC1H

Sidmouth Street, WC1H Sidmouth Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area.

Sidmouth Street, WC1H

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

Sidmouth Street, WC1X

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

Spafield Street, EC1R

Speedy Place, WC1H Speedy Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area.

Speedy Place, WC1H

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

Spring House, WC1X

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

St Helena House, WC1X

St Helena Street, WC1X St Helena Street connects Naoroji Street and Fernsbury Street.

St Helena Street, WC1X

St Peter’s House, WC1H St Peter’s House is sited on Regent Square.

St Peter’s House, WC1H

St Philip House, WC1X St Philip House is a building on Lloyd Baker Street.

St Philip House, WC1X

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

Swinton Street, WC1X Swinton Street was named after the two Swinton brothers.

Swinton Street, WC1X

Tailor House, WC1N Tailor House is a block on Colonnade.

Tailor House, WC1N

Tankerton House, WC1H Tankerton House is a building on Tankerton Street.

Tankerton House, WC1H

Tankerton Street, WC1H Tankerton Street is a road in the WC1H postcode area

Tankerton Street, WC1H

Tavistock Place, WC1H Tavistock Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area.

Tavistock Place, WC1H

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

The Griffin Building, EC1R

Tonbridge Street, WC1H Tonbridge Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area.

Tonbridge Street, WC1H

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

Topham Street, EC1R

Variety Club Building, WC1N Variety Club Building is a block on Powis Place.

Variety Club Building, WC1N

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

Wakefield Street, WC1H Wakefield Street is a road in the WC1H postcode area

Wakefield Street, WC1H

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

Wakefield Street, WC1N

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

Warner Street, EC1R

Warner Yard, EC1R Warner Yard was named after Robert Warner, local 18th century landowner.

Warner Yard, EC1R

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

Westking Place, WC1H Westking Place runs north from Heathcote Street to Sidmouth Street.

Westking Place, WC1H

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

Wharton Street, WC1X

Whidborne Street, WC1H Whidborne Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area.

Whidborne Street, WC1H

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

White Bear Yard, EC1R

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

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

Wren Street, WC1X

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

Yardley Street, EC1R

Yeomanry House, WC1N Yeomanry House is a building on Handel Street.

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The British Library TUM image id: 1482066417 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A line of children hold hands as they walk along the middle of White Conduit Street towards the junction with Chapel Market in Islington. Credit: John Gay/Historic England TUM image id: 1488642453 Licence: CC BY 2.0	White Conduit House, and the conduit head from which it was named, 1827 White Conduit Fields in Islington was an early venue for cricket and several major matches are known to have been played there in the 18th century. It was the original home of the White Conduit Club, forerunner of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The cricket field was adjacent to the former White Conduit House, immediately south of the modern junction between Dewey Street and Barnsbury Road. Credit: Robert Chambers (1832) TUM image id: 1488984516 Licence:	British Museum station Credit: London Transport Museum TUM image id: 1603458310 Licence:	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	Chapel Market from the east (1898). Chapel Market is a daily street market, located on a street of the same name near Angel. It sells fruit, vegetables and fish, as well as bargain household goods and cheap clothes. It is open every day except Monday, operating in the mornings only on Thursday and Sunday. Many of the patrons are local, and food and wares for sale are primarily for daily use. TUM image id: 1639060811 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:	Cromer Street TUM image id: 1547917827 Licence:
Mandeville Houses, Mantell Street, Islington. Looking south-west, c. 1930. E.C.P. Monson & Partners were the architects in 1927. It was demolished in 1980 to built a Sainsbury’s. Credit: London Borough of Finsbury TUM image id: 1639065832 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Doughty Street is a broad tree lined street in the Holborn district. TUM image id: 1443044786 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Rainy St Pancras Credit: IG/legere photos TUM image id: 1681221521 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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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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View looking upwards of the stairway at Bevin Court. Bevin Court (1946-54) designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Tecton.
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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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Cromer Street
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Doughty Street is a broad tree lined street in the Holborn district.
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Rainy St Pancras
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Eyre Street Hill, Little Italy, c. 1890
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John Street, looking up Doughty Street (1949)
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"From Pentonville Road Looking West/Evening" (1884)
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Percy Circus from above Percy Circus was once referred to as "one of the most delightful bits of town planning in London". Percy Circus was begun in 1841 but not completed until 1853. Around the railed central garden are still fifteen of the original twenty-seven houses.
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