Holford Street, WC1X

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Roy Batham Covent Garden Added: 7 Jan 2022 07:17 GMT	Smithy in Longacre John Burris 1802-1848 Listed 1841 census as Burroughs was a blacksmith, address just given as Longacre. Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree Reply
Reg Carr Elstree Street, N1C Added: 10 Feb 2021 12:11 GMT	Campbellite Meeting In 1848 the Campbellites (Disciples of Christ) met in Elstree Street, where their congregation was presided over by a pastor named John Black. Their appointed evangelist at the time was called David King, who later became the Editor of the British Millennial Harbinger. The meeting room was visited in July 1848 by Dr John Thomas, who spoke there twice on his two-year ’mission’ to Britain. Reply
Jeff Owen Owen Street, EC1V Added: 20 Mar 2021 16:18 GMT	Owen’s School Owen Street is the site of Owen’s Boys’ School. The last school was built in 1881 and was demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the development which stand there today. It was a “Direct Grant” grammar school and was founded in 1613 by Dame Alice Owen. What is now “Owen’s Fields” was the playground between the old school and the new girls’ school (known then as “Dames Alice Owen’s School” or simply “DAOS”). The boys’ school had the top two floors of that building for their science labs. The school moved to Potters Bar in Hertfordshire in 1971 and is now one of the top State comprehensive schools in the country. The old building remained in use as an accountancy college and taxi-drivers’ “knowledge” school until it was demolished. The new building is now part of City and Islington College. Owen’s was a fine school. I should know because I attended there from 1961 to 1968. Reply
Scott Hatton Blackmoor Street, WC2B Added: 11 Sep 2020 19:47 GMT	Millions Of Rats In Busy London The Daily Mail on 14 April 1903 reported "MILLIONS OF RATS IN BUSY LONDON" A rat plague, unprecedented in the annals of London, has broken out on the north side of the Strand. The streets principally infested are Catherine street, Drury lane, Blackmore street, Clare Market and Russell street. Something akin to a reign of terror prevails among the inhabitants after nightfall. Women refuse to pass along Blackmore street and the lower parts of Stanhope street after dusk, for droves of rats perambulate the roadways and pavements, and may be seen running along the window ledges of the empty houses awaiting demolition by the County Council in the Strand to Holborn improvement scheme. The rats, indeed, have appeared in almost-incredible numbers. "There are millions of them," said one shopkeeper, and his statement was supported by other residents. The unwelcome visitors have been evicted from their old haunts by the County Council housebreakers, and are now busily in search of new homes. The Gaiety Restaurant has been the greatest sufferer. Rats have invaded the premises in such force that the managers have had to close the large dining room on the first floor and the grill rooms on the ground floor and in the basement. Those three spacious halls which have witnessed many as semblages of theatre-goers are now qui:e deserted. Behind the wainscot of the bandstand in the grillroom is a large mound of linen shreds. This represents 1728 serviettes carried theee by the rats. In the bar the removal of a panel disclosed the astonishing fact that the rats have dragged for a distance of seven or eight yards some thirty or forty beer and wine bottles and stacked them in such a fashion as to make comfortable sleeping places. Mr Williams. the manager of the restaurant, estimates that the rats have destroyed L200 worth of linen. Formerly the Gaiety Restaurant dined 2000 persons daily; no business whatever is now done in this direction. Reply
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
Barry J. Page Highbury & Islington Added: 27 Jul 2022 19:41 GMT	Highbury Corner V1 Explosion Grandma described the V1 explosion at Highbury Corner on many occasions. She was working in the scullery when the flying bomb landed. The blast shattered all the windows in the block of flats and blew off the bolt on her front door. As she looked out the front room window, people in various states of injury and shock were making their way along Highbury Station Road. One man in particular, who was bleeding profusely from glass shard wounds to his neck, insisted in getting home to see if his family was all right. Others were less fortunate. Len, the local newsagent, comforted a man, who had lost both legs caused by the blast, until the victim succumbed to his injuries. The entire area was ravaged and following are statistics. The flying bomb landed during lunch hour (12:46 p.m.) on June 27th 1944. 26 people lost their lives, 84 were seriously injured and 71 slightly injured. 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
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
BG Lancing Street, NW1 Added: 20 Dec 2022 02:58 GMT	Lancing Street, NW1 LANCING STREET Reply
Jack Wilson St Albans Place, N1 Added: 21 Jun 2022 21:40 GMT	Penfold Printers I am seeking the location of Penfold Printers Offices in Dt Albans place - probably about 1870 or so Reply
Erin Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 2 May 2022 01:33 GMT	Windsor Terrace, N1 hello Reply
P Cash Woburn Place, WC1H Added: 19 Feb 2023 08:03 GMT	Occupants of 19-29 Woburn Place The Industrial Tribunals (later changed to Employment Tribunals) moved (from its former location on Ebury Bridge Road to 19-29 Woburn Place sometime in the late 1980s (I believe). 19-29 Woburn Place had nine floors in total (one in the basement and two in its mansard roof and most of the building was occupied by the Tribunals The ’Head Office’ of the tribunals, occupied space on the 7th, 6th and 2nd floors, whilst one of the largest of the regional offices (London North but later called London Central) occupied space in the basement, ground and first floor. The expansive ground floor entrance had white marble flooring and a security desk. Behind (on evey floor) lay a square (& uncluttered) lobby space, which was flanked on either side by lifts. On the rear side was an elegant staircase, with white marble steps, brass inlays and a shiny brass handrail which spiralled around an open well. Both staircase, stairwell and lifts ran the full height of the building. On all floors from 1st upwards, staff toilets were tucked on either side of the staircase (behind the lifts). Basement Floor - Tribunal hearing rooms, dormant files store and secure basement space for Head Office. Public toilets. Geound Floor - The ’post’ roon sat next to the entrance in the northern side, the rest of which was occupied by the private offices of the full time Tribunal judiciary. Thw largest office belonged to the Regional Chair and was situated on the far corner (overlooking Tavistock Square) The secretary to the Regional Chair occupied a small office next door. The south side of this floor was occupied by the large open plan General Office for the administration, a staff kitchen & rest room and the private offices of the Regional Secretary (office manager) and their deputy. First Dloor - Tribunal hearing rooms; separate public waiting rooms for Applicants & Respondents; two small rooms used by Counsel (on a ’whoever arrives first’ bases) and a small private rest room for use by tribunal lay members. Second Floor - Tribunal Hearing Rooms; Tribunal Head Office - HR & Estate Depts & other tennants. Third Floor - other tennants Fourth Floor - other tennants Fifth Floor - Other Tennants except for a large non-smoking room for staff, (which overlooked Tavistock Sqaure). It was seldom used, as a result of lacking any facities aside from a meagre collection of unwanted’ tatty seating. Next to it, (overlooking Tavistock Place) was a staff canteen. Sixth Floor - Other tennants mostly except for a few offices on the northern side occupied by tribunal Head Office - IT Dept. Seventh Floor - Other tenants in the northern side. The southern (front) side held the private offices of several senior managers (Secretariat, IT & Finance), private office of the Chief Accuntant; an office for two private secretaries and a stationary cupboard. On the rear side was a small kitchen; the private office of the Chief Executive and the private office of the President of the Tribunals for England & Wales. (From 1995 onwards, this became a conference room as the President was based elsewhere. The far end of this side contained an open plan office for Head Office staff - Secretariat, Finance & HR (staff training team) depts. Eighth Floor - other tennants. The Employment Tribunals (Regional & Head Offices) relocated to Vitory House, Kingsway in April 2005. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

John Dean’s Court, EC4M Added: 29 Mar 2023 17:31 GMT	Auction of the paper stock of Janssen and Roberts A broadside advertisement reads: "By auction, to be sold on Thursday next being the 16th of this present July, the remainder of the stock in partnership between Janssen and Roberts, at their late dwelling-house in Dean’s Court, the south side of St. Pauls, consisting of Genoa papers according to the particulars underneath." The date in the ESTC record is purely speculative; July 16th was a Thursday in many years during the 18th century; 1750 is only one possibility. Extensive searching has found no other record of the partners or the auction. Source: ESTC - Search Results Reply
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Albert Mews, SW7 Added: 26 Mar 2023 14:50 GMT	Albert Mews It is not a gargoyle over the entrance arch to Albert Mews, it is a likeness of Prince Albert himself. Reply
Christine D Elliott Blockhouse Street, SE15 Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT	The Blute Family My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area. I attended Ilderton Road School. Very happy memories of that time. Reply
Pearl Foster Dukes Place, EC3A Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT	Dukes Place, EC3A Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations. Reply
Dr Paul Flewers Hawthorne Close, N1 Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT	Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road. From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous. Reply
KJH Andover Road, N7 Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT	Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957) My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden Reply
The Queens Head Added: 2 Mar 2023 13:50 GMT	The Queens Head Queens Head demolished and a NISA supermarket and flats built in its place. Reply

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Philharmonic Hall The Philharmonic Hall was a major music hall throughout the 1860s and early 1870s.

Philharmonic Hall

Spa Green Estate, EC1R The Spa Green Estate is a post-war realisation of a 1930s plan for social regeneration through Modernist architecture.

Spa Green Estate, EC1R

White Conduit Street (1950s) A line of children hold hands as they walk along the middle of White Conduit Street towards the junction with Chapel Market in Islington in the 1950s.

White Conduit Street (1950s)

NEARBY STREETS

Abacus House, EC1R Abacus House can be found on Gloucester Way.

Abacus House, EC1R

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

Affleck Street, N1 Affleck Street was built by a Mr A. Attneave in 1884.

Affleck Street, N1

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

Angel Arcade, EC1V Angel Arcade is named, along with many ’Angel’ streets of the area, after the famous pub.

Angel Arcade, EC1V

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

Angel Building, EC1V

Angel Corner House, N1 Angel Corner House is located on Islington High Street.

Angel Corner House, N1

Angel House, N1 Angel House is a block on Pentonville Road.

Angel House, N1

Angel Mews, N1 Angel Mews is an ancient side street in Islington.

Angel Mews, N1

Angel Square, EC1V Angel Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Angel Square, EC1V

Arlington House, EC1R Arlington House is located on Arlington Way.

Arlington House, EC1R

Arlington Way, EC1R Arlington Way was called Arlington Street before 1936.

Arlington Way, EC1R

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

Attneave Street, EC1R

Baron Street, N1 Baron Street is named after Joseph Barron, landlord of the White Lion inn during the late eighteenth century.

Baron Street, N1

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

Benyon House, EC1R Benyon House is sited on Myddelton Passage.

Benyon House, EC1R

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

Bethany House, WC1X

Bonington House, N1 Bonington House is a block on Killick Street.

Bonington House, N1

Bradleys Close, N1 Bradleys Close is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Bradleys Close, N1

Britannia Street, WC1X Britannia Street, King’s Cross, dates from the 1770s.

Britannia Street, WC1X

Bruce Kenrick House, N1 Bruce Kenrick House is a block on Killick Street.

Bruce Kenrick House, N1

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

Burleigh House, WC1H

Cable House, WC1X Cable House is a block on Great Percy Street.

Cable House, WC1X

Caledonia House, N1 Caledonia House can be found on Pentonville Road.

Caledonia House, N1

Calshot House, N1 Calshot House is a building on Priory Green.

Calshot House, N1

Calshot Street, N1 Calshot Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Calshot Street, N1

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

Chadwell Street, EC1R

Chalbury Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Chalbury Walk, N1

Chapel Market, N1 Chapel Market is a daily street market in Islington.

Chapel Market, N1

Chapel Place, N1 Chapel Place lies off the north side of Chapel Market towards Liverpool Road.

Chapel Place, N1

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

Claremont Close, EC1R Claremont Close is a road in the EC1R postcode area

Claremont Close, EC1R

Claremont Square, N1 Claremont Square is a square and reservoir on Pentonville Road.

Claremont Square, N1

Claremont Street, EC1R A street within the N1 postcode

Claremont Street, EC1R

Collier Street, N1 Collier Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Collier Street, N1

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

Cruikshank Street, WC1X

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

Cubitt Street, WC1X

Cumming Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Cumming Street, N1

Cynthia Street, N1 Cynthia Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Cynthia Street, N1

Dalby House, EC1V Dalby House is a block on City Road.

Dalby House, EC1V

Derby Lodge, WC1X Derby Lodge is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Derby Lodge, WC1X

Dinwiddy House, N1 Dinwiddy House is a block on Pentonville Road.

Dinwiddy House, N1

Donegal Street, N1 Donegal Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Donegal Street, N1

Duncan Street, N1 Duncan Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Duncan Street, N1

Eckford Street, N1 Eckford Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Eckford Street, N1

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

Fernsbury Street, WC1X

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

Field Street, WC1X

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

Fleet Square, WC1X

Foxcroft House, N1 Foxcroft House is a block on Pentonville Road.

Foxcroft House, N1

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

Frances Gardner House, WC1X

Frearson House, N1 Frearson House is a block on Weston Rise.

Frearson House, N1

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

Frederick Street, WC1X

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

Gatesden House, WC1H

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

Godson Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Godson Street, N1

Grant Street, N1 The present Grant Street is the remnant of Warren Street, an L-shaped road running between Chapel Market and White Conduit Street, renamed Grant Street in 1936.

Grant Street, N1

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

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

Great Percy Street, WC1X

Grendon House, N1 Grendon House is located on Collier Street.

Grendon House, N1

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

Gwynne House, WC1X

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

Hardwick Street, EC1R

Harvest Lodge, N1 Harvest Lodge a plain brick, four-storey block of flats was built in 1962.

Harvest Lodge, N1

Hayward House, N1 Hayward House is a four-storey block of flats immediately north of St Silas’s Church.

Hayward House, N1

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

Hermes Street, N1 Hermes Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Hermes Street, N1

Hill House Apartments, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Hill House Apartments, N1

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

Holford Mews, WC1X

Holford Yard, WC1X Holford Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Holford Yard, WC1X

Hurst House, N1 Hurst House can be found on Weston Rise.

Hurst House, N1

Hydra Building, EC1R Hydra Building is a block on Hardwick Street.

Hydra Building, EC1R

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

Inglebert Street, EC1R

Islington High Street, N1 Islington High Street is part of the main road through Islington at Angel.

Islington High Street, N1

James Lighthill House, WC1X James Lighthill House is a block on Penton Rise.

James Lighthill House, WC1X

Jamesâ€™s Gardens, N1 James’s Gardens was established in the 1810s.

Jamesâ€™s Gardens, N1

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

Killick Street, N1 Killick Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Killick Street, N1

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

King’s Cross Road, WC1X

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

Kingsway Place, EC1R

Lavina Grove, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Lavina Grove, N1

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

Leeke Street, WC1X

Lighterman House, N1 Lighterman House can be found on Wharfdale Road.

Lighterman House, N1

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

Lloyd Baker Street, WC1X

Lloyd House, WC1X Lloyd House is located on Lloyd Street.

Lloyd House, WC1X

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

Lloyd Square, WC1X

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

Lloyd Street, WC1X

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

Lloyds Row, EC1R

Lorenzo Street, N1 Lorenzo Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Lorenzo Street, N1

Marcello House, N1 Marcello House is a block on Pentonville Road.

Marcello House, N1

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

Margery Street, WC1X

Maynard House, N1 Maynard House is located on Penton Street.

Maynard House, N1

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

Meredith Street, EC1R

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

Merlin Street, EC1R

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

Michael Cliffe House, EC1R

Myddelton Passage, EC1R Myddelton Passage is an alleyway with an interesting story

Myddelton Passage, EC1R

Myddelton Square, EC1R Myddelton Square is named after Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560–1631), the founder of the New River Company, who developed the square.

Myddelton Square, EC1R

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

Myddelton Street, EC1R

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

Naoroji Street, WC1X

New Wharf Road, N1 New Wharf Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

New Wharf Road, N1

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

Newington Close, EC1R

Noble House, N1 Noble House is sited on Islington High Street.

Noble House, N1

Northdown Street, N1 Northdown Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Northdown Street, N1

Northeast Place, N1 Northeast Place matched the adjacent Northwest Place.

Northeast Place, N1

Northwest Place, N1 Northwest Place, off Chapel Market, was formerly West Place.

Northwest Place, N1

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

Owen Street, EC1V

Owen’s Row, EC1V Owen’s Row is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Owen’s Row, EC1V

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

Patrick Coman House, EC1R

Penton Grove, N1 The narrow loop of Penton Grove, now reduced to an L-shaped alley, was laid out on the site of one of the bowling greens belonging to Prospect House (Dobney’s).

Penton Grove, N1

Penton House, N1 Penton House is a block on Hermes Street.

Penton House, N1

Penton Rise, WC1X Penton Rise is a road in the WC1X postcode area

Penton Rise, WC1X

Penton Street, N1 Penton Street is a through-route leading on to the narrower Barnsbury Road which continues its line northwards into Islington.

Penton Street, N1

Pentonville Road, N1 Pentonville Road connects Kings Cross and the Angel, Islington.

Pentonville Road, N1

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

Percy Circus, WC1X

Pollard House, N1 Pollard House is a block on Northdown Street.

Pollard House, N1

Pride Court, N1 Pride Court is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Pride Court, N1

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

Prospect House, N1 Prospect House is a block on Donegal Street.

Prospect House, N1

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

Riceyman House, WC1X

Risinghill Street, N1 Risinghill Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Risinghill Street, N1

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

River Street, EC1R

Rodney House, N1 Rodney House is sited on Donegal Street.

Rodney House, N1

Rodney Street, N1 Rodney Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Rodney Street, N1

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

Rosoman Street, EC1R

Sadler House, EC1V Sadler House is a block on Rosebery Avenue.

Sadler House, EC1V

Sanders House, WC1X Sanders House is a building on Great Percy Street.

Sanders House, WC1X

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

Sans Works, EC1R

Seabrooke Place, N1 Seabrook Place once connected Angel Mews and White Lion Street.

Seabrooke Place, N1

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

Social Sciences Building, EC1R Social Sciences Building is a block on Myddleton Street.

Social Sciences Building, EC1R

Southern Street, N1 Southern Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Southern Street, N1

Spitfire Studios, N1 Spitfire Studios is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Spitfire Studios, N1

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

Spring House, WC1X

St Chads Place, WC1X St Chads Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

St Chads Place, 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 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 Katharineâ€™s House, N1 St Katharine’s House is at the corner of Penton Street and the eastern stub of what had been Wynford Road until that street was cut off to its west by the large Half Moon Estate.

St Katharineâ€™s House, N1

St Katharines House, N1 St Katharines House is a building on Barnsbury Road.

St Katharines House, N1

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

St Philip House, WC1X

Stelfox House, WC1X Stelfox House is sited on Penton Rise.

Stelfox House, WC1X

Stuart Hill House, N1 Stuart Hill House is sited on Killick Street.

Stuart Hill House, N1

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

Swinton Street, WC1X

The Laboratory Building, EC1R The Laboratory Building is a block on Rosebery Avenue.

The Laboratory Building, EC1R

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

The Market Building, EC1R

Tolpuddle Street, N1 Tolpuddle Street is a more recent street of Islington.

Tolpuddle Street, N1

Torrens Street, EC1V Torrens Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Torrens Street, EC1V

Tunbridge House, EC1R Tunbridge House is sited on St John Street.

Tunbridge House, EC1R

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

Tunbridge House, EC1V

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

Tysoe Street, EC1R

Union Square, N1 Union Square (sometime Union Court) was approached by a narrow alley.

Union Square, N1

Vernon Rise, WC1X Vernon Rise is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.

Vernon Rise, WC1X

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

Vernon Square, WC1X

Warren Mews, N1 Warren Mews began in 1889.

Warren Mews, N1

Wells House, EC1R Wells House is a block on Lloyds Row.

Wells 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

Weston Rise, N1 Weston Rise is a road in the N1 postcode area

Weston Rise, N1

Wharfdale Road, N1 Wharfdale Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Wharfdale Road, N1

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

Wharton Street, WC1X

White Conduit Street, N1 White Conduit Street was laid out and built up with houses and tenements from the mid-1790s.

White Conduit Street, N1

White Lion Street, N1 White Lion Street is named after the former White Lion inn on Islington High Street.

White Lion Street, N1

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

Wicklow Street, WC1X

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

Wilmington Square, WC1X

Worthington House, EC1R Worthington House is located on Myddelton Passage.

Worthington House, EC1R

Wynford Road, N1 Wynford Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Wynford Road, N1

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

NEARBY PUBS

The Blacksmith & The Toffeemaker

The Carpenters Arms

The Castle The Castle stands on the corner of Pentonville Road and Baron Street.

The Castle

The Craft Beer Co. Islington

The Driver

The Harlequin

The Joker of Penton Street The Joker of Penton Street was the Salmon and Compasses.

The Joker of Penton Street

The Lexington

The Nag’s Head

The Shakespeare’s Head

The Three Johns

The Water Rats Club

Union Tavern

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Pentonville

Pentonville developed in the northwestern edge of the ancient parish of Clerkenwell on the New Road.

The area is named after Henry Penton, who developed a number of streets in the 1770s in what was open countryside adjacent to the New Road. Pentonville was part of the ancient parish of Clerkenwell, and was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury by the London Government Act 1899. It has been part of the London Borough of Islington since 1965.

Pentonville is the birthplace of John Stuart Mill (1806) and Forbes Benignus Winslow (1810), the noted psychiatrist.

In 1902 Vladimir Lenin and his wife lived just off Pentonville Rd, and it was at this time that he first met his fellow exile Leon Trotsky.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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The exterior of the Agricultural Hall in Islington (1861). TUM image id: 1488644663 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Beer in the evening Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1675427151 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: CC BY 2.0	Islington Horse and Cattle market at the turn of the twentieth century. TUM image id: 1556878421 Licence:	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
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: 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	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	White Conduit House, and the conduit head from which it was named, 1827 Credit: Robert Chambers (1832) TUM image id: 1488984516 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Camden Head, Islington This is a glorious old gin palace-style pub behind Upper Street, in existence since the 18th century. Credit: Flickr/Ewan Munro TUM image id: 1622558868 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:	The Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington (1861). View from Liverpool Road. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1622555891 Licence:	Collins Theatre of Varieties (Collins’ Music Hall) existed in Islington between 1861 and 1958. Old-time ’greats’ who performed there were numerous: Charles Chaplin, Fred Karno, Kate Carney, Gus Elen, Sir George Robey, Marie Lloyd, Albert Chevalier, Nellie Wallace, Sir Harry Lauder, ’Wee’ Georgie Wood and more. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1622563124 Licence:	Caledonian Road looking north towards Holloway Old London postcard TUM image id: 1625084399 Licence:

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The third Grand Theatre, Islington (1903). This was built on the site of the former Philharmonic Hall and two previous Grand Theatres
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A line of children hold hands as they walk along the middle of White Conduit Street towards the junction with Chapel Market in Islington.
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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.
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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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White Conduit House, and the conduit head from which it was named, 1827
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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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The Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington (1861). View from Liverpool Road.
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Caledonian Road looking north towards Holloway
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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.
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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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