Charles Townsend House, EC1R

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

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
Sandra Field Masons Place, EC1V Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT	Removal Order Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes. Source: Sign up Reply
Jeff Owen Owen Street, EC1V Added: 20 Mar 2021 16:18 GMT	Owen’s School Owen Street is the site of Owen’s Boys’ School. The last school was built in 1881 and was demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the development which stand there today. It was a “Direct Grant” grammar school and was founded in 1613 by Dame Alice Owen. What is now “Owen’s Fields” was the playground between the old school and the new girls’ school (known then as “Dames Alice Owen’s School” or simply “DAOS”). The boys’ school had the top two floors of that building for their science labs. The school moved to Potters Bar in Hertfordshire in 1971 and is now one of the top State comprehensive schools in the country. The old building remained in use as an accountancy college and taxi-drivers’ “knowledge” school until it was demolished. The new building is now part of City and Islington College. Owen’s was a fine school. I should know because I attended there from 1961 to 1968. Reply
Scott Hatton Blackmoor Street, WC2B Added: 11 Sep 2020 19:47 GMT	Millions Of Rats In Busy London The Daily Mail on 14 April 1903 reported "MILLIONS OF RATS IN BUSY LONDON" A rat plague, unprecedented in the annals of London, has broken out on the north side of the Strand. The streets principally infested are Catherine street, Drury lane, Blackmore street, Clare Market and Russell street. Something akin to a reign of terror prevails among the inhabitants after nightfall. Women refuse to pass along Blackmore street and the lower parts of Stanhope street after dusk, for droves of rats perambulate the roadways and pavements, and may be seen running along the window ledges of the empty houses awaiting demolition by the County Council in the Strand to Holborn improvement scheme. The rats, indeed, have appeared in almost-incredible numbers. "There are millions of them," said one shopkeeper, and his statement was supported by other residents. The unwelcome visitors have been evicted from their old haunts by the County Council housebreakers, and are now busily in search of new homes. The Gaiety Restaurant has been the greatest sufferer. Rats have invaded the premises in such force that the managers have had to close the large dining room on the first floor and the grill rooms on the ground floor and in the basement. Those three spacious halls which have witnessed many as semblages of theatre-goers are now qui:e deserted. Behind the wainscot of the bandstand in the grillroom is a large mound of linen shreds. This represents 1728 serviettes carried theee by the rats. In the bar the removal of a panel disclosed the astonishing fact that the rats have dragged for a distance of seven or eight yards some thirty or forty beer and wine bottles and stacked them in such a fashion as to make comfortable sleeping places. Mr Williams. the manager of the restaurant, estimates that the rats have destroyed L200 worth of linen. Formerly the Gaiety Restaurant dined 2000 persons daily; no business whatever is now done in this direction. Reply
Carol Gifford Street, N1 Added: 7 May 2021 18:44 GMT	Nan My nan lily,her sister Elizabeth and their parents Elizabeth and William lived here in1911 Reply
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT	My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard. Reply
Mike Elia Street, N1 Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT	6 Elia Street When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry. Reply
MCNALLY Blackfriars Added: 17 May 2021 09:42 GMT	Blackfriars (1959 - 1965) I lived in Upper Ground from 1959 to 1964 I was 6 years old my parents Vince and Kitty run the Pub The Angel on the corner of Upper Ground and Bodies Bridge. I remember the ceiling of the cellar was very low and almost stretched the length of Bodies Bridge. The underground trains run directly underneath the pub. If you were down in the cellar when a train was coming it was quite frightening Reply
Tom Blackfriars Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT	Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge? Reply
Richard Roques Hungerford Stairs Added: 21 Jan 2021 16:53 GMT	Buckingham Street residents Here in Buckingham Street lived Samuel Pepys the diarist, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling Reply
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
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
Linda WEBB Craven Street, WC2N Added: 8 Jun 2023 23:16 GMT	Craven Street, WC2N James webb lived in Craven Street Westminster. He died in 1758 and his states he was of Craven Street. FROM England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 for James Webb PROB 11: Will Registers 1773-1776 Piece 1004: Alexander, Quire Numbers 1-45 (1775) Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT	Brecknock Road Pleating Company My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden. Source: Family history Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT	061123 Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences. Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT	Old pub sign from the Rising Sun Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that! Reply
Phillip Martin Ashburnham Place, SE10 Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT	16 Ashburnham Road On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT	The Hollies (1860 - 1900) I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880 If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected] Reply
Chris hutchison Broadhurst Gardens, NW6 Added: 15 Oct 2023 03:04 GMT	35 broadhurst gardens. 35 Broadhurst gardens was owned by famous opera singer Mr Herman “Simmy”Simberg. He had transformed it into a film and recording complex. There was a film and animation studio on the ground floor. The recording facilities were on the next two floors. I arrived in London from Australia in 1966 and worked in the studio as the tea boy and trainee recording engineer from Christmas 1966 for one year. The facility was leased by an American advertising company called Moreno Films. Mr Simbergs company Vox Humana used the studio for their own projects as well. I worked for both of them. I was so lucky. The manager was another wonderful gentleman called Jack Price who went on to create numerous songs for many famous singers of the day and also assisted the careers of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. “Simmy” let me live in the bedsit,upper right hand window. Jack was also busy with projects with The Troggs,Bill Wyman,Peter Frampton. We did some great sessions with Manfred Mann and Alan Price. The Cream did some demos but that was before my time. We did lots of voice over work. Warren Mitchell and Ronnie Corbett were favourites. I went back in 1978 and “Simmy “ had removed all of the studio and it was now his home. His lounge room was still our studio in my minds eye!! Reply
Sue L Battersea Added: 13 Oct 2023 17:21 GMT	Duffield Street, Battersea I’ve been looking for ages for a photo of Duffield Street without any luck. My mother and grandfather lived there during the war. It was the first property he was able to buy but sadly after only a few months they were bombed out. My mother told the story that one night they were aware of a train stopping above them in the embankment. It was full of soldiers who threw out cigarettes and sweets at about four in the morning. They were returning from Dunkirk though of course my mother had no idea at the time. I have heard the same story from a different source too. Reply

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Spa Green Estate, EC1R

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St Peter’s Italian Church

NEARBY STREETS

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

Abacus House, EC1R

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

Agdon Street, EC1V

Albemarle Way, EC1M Albemarle Way was named after Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Albermarle, who lived at Newcastle House nearby in the 18th century.

Albemarle Way, EC1M

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

Amwell Street, EC1R

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

Angel Gate, EC1V

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

Archery Fields House, WC1X

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

Argus House, EC1V

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

Arlington Way, EC1R

Ashby Street, EC1V Ashby Street was named after local landowners who had a seat at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire.

Ashby Street, EC1V

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

Attneave Street, EC1R

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

Aylesbury Street, EC1V

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

Back Hill, EC1N

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

Baltic Street West, EC1Y Baltic Street is split into east and west halves.

Baltic Street West, EC1Y

Barnabas House, EC1V Barnabas House is sited on Central Street.

Barnabas House, EC1V

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

Bastwick Street, EC1V

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

Benyon House, EC1R

Berry Place, EC1V Berry Place and Berry Street were named after Thomas Berry, local early 19th century landowner.

Berry Place, EC1V

Berry Street, EC1M Berry Place and Berry Street were named after Thomas Berry, local early 19th century landowner.

Berry Street, EC1M

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

Bethany House, WC1X

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

Bowling Green Lane, EC1R

Brewery Square, EC1V Brewery Square is a square surrounded by modern buildings in Clerkenwell.

Brewery Square, EC1V

Brewhouse Yard, EC1V Brewhouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Brewhouse Yard, EC1V

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

Cable House, WC1X

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

Catherine Griffiths Court, EC1R

Centenary Building, EC1R Centenary Building is a block on Spencer Street.

Centenary Building, EC1R

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

Challoner House, EC1R

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

Charterhouse Buildings, EC1A Charterhouse Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Charterhouse Buildings, EC1A

City Walk Apartments, EC1V City Walk Apartments is sited on Seward Street.

City Walk Apartments, EC1V

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

Clerkenwell Close, EC1R

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

Clerkenwell Green, EC1M

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

Clerkenwell House, EC1R

Clerkenwell Road, EC1M Clerkenwell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Clerkenwell Road, EC1M

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

Clerkenwell Road, EC1R

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

Coldbath Square, EC1R

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

College Building, EC1R

Comice Apartments, EC1V Comice Apartments is a building on Pear Tree Street.

Comice Apartments, EC1V

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

Compton Street, EC1V

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

Cornwell House, EC1M

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

Corporation Row, EC1R

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

Crawford Passage, EC1R

Crayle House, EC1V Crayle House is sited on Cyrus Street.

Crayle House, EC1V

Crescent Row, EC1Y Crescent Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Crescent Row, EC1Y

Crozier Court, EC1M Abbot’s Place, NW6

Crozier Court, EC1M

Cyrus House, EC1V Cyrus House is located on Cyrus Street.

Cyrus House, EC1V

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

Cyrus Street, EC1V

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

Dallington Street, EC1V

Davina House, EC1V Davina House is a block on Goswell Road.

Davina House, EC1V

Drysdale Building, EC1R Drysdale Building can be found on Spencer Street.

Drysdale Building, EC1R

Earnshaw House, EC1V Earnshaw House is a block on Percival Street.

Earnshaw House, EC1V

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

Easton Street, WC1X

Edward House, EC1V Edward House is a block on Wakley Street.

Edward House, EC1V

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

Exmouth House, EC1

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

Exmouth House, EC1R

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

Exmouth Market, EC1R

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

Experis House, EC1R

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

Eyre Street Hill, EC1R

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

Farringdon Lane, EC1R

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

Farringdon Road, EC1R

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

Fernsbury Street, WC1X

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

Friend Street, EC1V

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

Gard Street, EC1V

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

Gee Street, EC1V

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

Gensurco House, EC1

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

Gloucester Building, EC1R

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

Gloucester Way, EC1R

Goswell Place Building, EC1R Goswell Place Building is located on Ashby Street.

Goswell Place Building, EC1R

Goswell Place, EC1V Goswell Place lies off Goswell Street.

Goswell Place, EC1V

Goswell Road, EC1V Goswell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Goswell Road, EC1V

Goswell Road, EC1Y Goswell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Goswell Road, EC1Y

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

Great Percy Street, WC1X

Great Sutton Street, EC1M Great Sutton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Great Sutton Street, EC1M

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

Greenwood House, EC1R

Grimthorpe House, EC1V Grimthorpe House is a building on Agdon Street.

Grimthorpe House, EC1V

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

Guildhall North Wing, SE1

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

Gwynne House, WC1X

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

Hall Street, EC1V

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

Hardwick Street, EC1R

Harella House, EC1V Harella House is a building on Goswell Road.

Harella House, EC1V

Harold Laski House, EC1V Harold Laski House is a block on Percival Street.

Harold Laski House, EC1V

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

Haywards Place, EC1V

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

Herbal Hill, EC1N

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

Herbal House, EC1R

Hermit Street, EC1V Hermit Street links Friend Street with Rawstorne Street.

Hermit Street, EC1V

Holford Street, WC1X Holford Mews, Holdford Place and Holford Street were all named after the Holford family, who worked on the New River scheme.

Holford Street, WC1X

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

Hooper House, EC1R

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

Italia Conti House, EC1M Italia Conti House can be found on Goswell Road.

Italia Conti House, EC1M

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

Jerusalem Passage, EC1M

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

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

King Square, EC1V

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

Kingsway Place, EC1R

Klaco House, EC1M Klaco House is a block on St John’s Lane.

Klaco House, EC1M

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

Klamath House, EC1R

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

Leo Yard, EC1V Leo Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Leo Yard, EC1V

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

Liberty House, EC1V

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

Lins House, EC1R

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

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

Makers Yard, E3

Malta Street, EC1V This is a street in the EC1V postcode area

Malta Street, EC1V

Manningford Close, EC1V Manningford Close is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Manningford Close, EC1V

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

Margery Street, WC1X

Masons Place, EC1V Masons Place is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Masons Place, EC1V

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

Matrix House, EC1R

McBeath House, EC1V McBeath House is a block on Goswell Road.

McBeath House, EC1V

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

Midway House, EC1V Midway House is a block on Spencer Street.

Midway House, EC1V

Moorgreen House, EC1V Moorgreen House is a block on Earlstoke Street.

Moorgreen House, EC1V

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

Moreland Street, EC1V

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

Mount Pleasant, EC1R

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

Mount Plesant, EC1R

Myddelton Building, EC1R Myddelton Building is located on Goswell Road.

Myddelton Building, 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

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

Newington Close, EC1R

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

Northampton Road, EC1R

Northampton Square, EC1V Northampton Square is a square between Finsbury and Clerkenwell, located between Goswell Road and St John Street.

Northampton Square, EC1V

Northburgh House, EC1V Northburgh House is a building on Northburgh Street.

Northburgh House, EC1V

Northburgh Street, EC1M Northburgh Street in the EC1V postcode is a western extension of the main part of the street.

Northburgh Street, EC1M

Orchard Building, EC1V Orchard Building is a block on Pear Tree Street.

Orchard Building, EC1V

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

Owen’s Row, EC1V

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

Paget Street, EC1V

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

Paramount Building, EC1V

Parchment House, EC1V Parchment House is located on Northburgh Street.

Parchment House, EC1V

Pardon Street, EC1V Pardon Street was named after Pardon Chapel, founded in the wake of the Black Death in 1348.

Pardon Street, EC1V

Parkes Building, EC1R Parkes Building is a building on Sebastian Street.

Parkes Building, EC1R

Partridge House, EC1V Partridge House is a block on Malta Street.

Partridge House, EC1V

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

Patrick Coman House, EC1R

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

Pear Tree Court, EC1R

Penny Bank Chambers, EC1M Penny Bank Chambers is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Penny Bank Chambers, EC1M

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

Percival Street, EC1V

Peregrine House, EC1V Peregrine House is a block on Hall Street.

Peregrine House, EC1V

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

President House, EC1V President House is a block on King Square.

President House, EC1V

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

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

Priory House, EC1R

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

Rawstorne Place, EC1V

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

Rawstorne Street, EC1V

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

Ray Street, EC1R

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

Riceyman House, WC1X

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

River House, EC1R

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

River Street, EC1R

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

Rosebery Avenue, EC1R

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

Rosebery Court, EC1R

Rosebery House, EC1R Residential block

Rosebery House, EC1R

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

Rosebery Square, EC1R

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

Rosoman Place, EC1R

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

Rosoman Street, EC1R

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

Sans Walk, EC1R

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

Sans Works, EC1R

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

Scotswood Street, EC1R

Seatem House, EC1V Seatem House is a block on Moreland Street.

Seatem House, EC1V

Sebastian House, EC1V Sebastian House is sited on Sebastian Street.

Sebastian House, EC1V

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

Sebastian Street, EC1V

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

Sekforde Court, EC1R

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

Sekforde Street, EC1R

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

Seward Street, EC1V

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

Skinner Street, EC1R

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

Social Sciences Building, EC1R

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

Spafield Street, EC1R

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

Spencer Street, EC1V

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

St Jamess Walk, EC1R

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

St John Street, EC1V

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

St John Street, EC1V

St John’s Square, EC1M St John’s Square, south of Clerkenwell Road, is in the EC1M postal area.

St John’s Square, EC1M

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

St John’s Square, EC1M

St Johns House, EC1M Residential block

St Johns House, EC1M

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

St Johns Place, EC1M

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

St Philip House, WC1X

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

Summers Street, EC1N

Sutton Lane, EC1M Sutton Lane is a road in the EC1M postcode area

Sutton Lane, EC1M

Sutton Road, EC1M Sutton Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Sutton Road, EC1M

Sycamore Street, EC1Y Sycamore Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Sycamore Street, EC1Y

Tait Building, EC1R Tait Building is a block on Ashby Street.

Tait Building, EC1R

Telfer House, EC1V Telfer House is a block on Lever Street.

Telfer House, EC1V

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

The Horseshoe Path, EC1R

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

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

The Old Sessions House, EC1R

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

The Print House, EC1R

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

The Red House, EC1V

Tompion House, EC1V Tompion House is located on Cyrus Street.

Tompion House, EC1V

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

Tompion Street, EC1V

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

Topham Street, EC1R

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

Turnpike House, EC1V Turnpike House is a building on King Square.

Turnpike House, EC1V

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

Tysoe Street, EC1R

University Building, EC1R University Building is a block on Spencer Street.

University Building, EC1R

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

Vine Hill, EC1R

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

Warner Street, EC1R

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

Wells House, EC1R

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

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

Woodbridge Street, EC1R

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

Worthington House, EC1R

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

Wyclif House, EC1V

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

Wyclif Street, EC1V

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

Wynyatt Street, EC1V

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

Yardley Street, EC1R

NEARBY PUBS

Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings

City Pride

Clerkenwell & Social

Crown Tavern

Eagle

Hat and Feathers At the corner of Clerkenwell Road and Goswell Road sits the Hat and Feathers pub.

Hat and Feathers

Ninth Ward London

St Peters Italian Social Club

The Apple Tree

The Artisan

The Betsey Trotwood

The Blacksmith & The Toffeemaker

The Shakespeare’s Head

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Smithfield Market TUM image id: 1620388545 Licence:	The third Grand Theatre, Islington (1903). This was built on the site of the former Philharmonic Hall and two previous Grand Theatres TUM image id: 1587741263 Licence:	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:	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 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:	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:
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:	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:	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:	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:

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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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Islington Horse and Cattle market at the turn of the twentieth century.
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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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The Angel, Islington (c.1890)
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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).
Credit: Henry Dixon (1880)
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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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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.
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Mount Pleasant Sorting Office on the north-east corner of Farringdon Road (1910). The present building is on the site of the Coldbath Fields Prison where the punishments were particularly cruel in that they were not only long and physically hard but also pointless. The pub at the back used to open at 9am to serve postal workers.
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Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets.
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View of Cloth Fair in 1884 showing the side entrance to St Bartholomew’s Priory, Smithfield.
Credit: John Crowther
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