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The Underground Map Whitehall, SW1A Added: 8 Dec 2020 00:24 GMT	Othello takes a bow On 1 November 1604, William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello was presented for the first time, at The Palace of Whitehall. The palace was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698. Seven years to the day, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Tempest was also presented for the first time, and also at the Palace of Whitehall. Reply
Linda Webb Hungerford Stairs Added: 27 Sep 2021 05:51 GMT	Hungerford Stairs In 1794 my ancestor, George Webb, Clay Pipe Maker, lived in Hungerford Stairs, Strand. Source: Wakefields Merchant & Tradesmens General Directory London Westminster 1794 Source: Hungerford Stairs Reply
Roy Batham Covent Garden Added: 7 Jan 2022 07:17 GMT	Smithy in Longacre John Burris 1802-1848 Listed 1841 census as Burroughs was a blacksmith, address just given as Longacre. Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree Reply
Jeff Owen Owen Street, EC1V Added: 20 Mar 2021 16:18 GMT	Owen’s School Owen Street is the site of Owen’s Boys’ School. The last school was built in 1881 and was demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the development which stand there today. It was a “Direct Grant” grammar school and was founded in 1613 by Dame Alice Owen. What is now “Owen’s Fields” was the playground between the old school and the new girls’ school (known then as “Dames Alice Owen’s School” or simply “DAOS”). The boys’ school had the top two floors of that building for their science labs. The school moved to Potters Bar in Hertfordshire in 1971 and is now one of the top State comprehensive schools in the country. The old building remained in use as an accountancy college and taxi-drivers’ “knowledge” school until it was demolished. The new building is now part of City and Islington College. Owen’s was a fine school. I should know because I attended there from 1961 to 1968. Reply
Scott Hatton Blackmoor Street, WC2B Added: 11 Sep 2020 19:47 GMT	Millions Of Rats In Busy London The Daily Mail on 14 April 1903 reported "MILLIONS OF RATS IN BUSY LONDON" A rat plague, unprecedented in the annals of London, has broken out on the north side of the Strand. The streets principally infested are Catherine street, Drury lane, Blackmore street, Clare Market and Russell street. Something akin to a reign of terror prevails among the inhabitants after nightfall. Women refuse to pass along Blackmore street and the lower parts of Stanhope street after dusk, for droves of rats perambulate the roadways and pavements, and may be seen running along the window ledges of the empty houses awaiting demolition by the County Council in the Strand to Holborn improvement scheme. The rats, indeed, have appeared in almost-incredible numbers. "There are millions of them," said one shopkeeper, and his statement was supported by other residents. The unwelcome visitors have been evicted from their old haunts by the County Council housebreakers, and are now busily in search of new homes. The Gaiety Restaurant has been the greatest sufferer. Rats have invaded the premises in such force that the managers have had to close the large dining room on the first floor and the grill rooms on the ground floor and in the basement. Those three spacious halls which have witnessed many as semblages of theatre-goers are now qui:e deserted. Behind the wainscot of the bandstand in the grillroom is a large mound of linen shreds. This represents 1728 serviettes carried theee by the rats. In the bar the removal of a panel disclosed the astonishing fact that the rats have dragged for a distance of seven or eight yards some thirty or forty beer and wine bottles and stacked them in such a fashion as to make comfortable sleeping places. Mr Williams. the manager of the restaurant, estimates that the rats have destroyed L200 worth of linen. Formerly the Gaiety Restaurant dined 2000 persons daily; no business whatever is now done in this direction. Reply
Bruce McTavish Lambeth North Added: 11 Mar 2021 11:37 GMT	Kennington Road Lambeth North station was opened as Kennington Road and then Westminster Bridge Road before settling on its final name. It has a wonderful Leslie Green design. Reply
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT	My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard. Reply
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
Talbot Yard, SE1 Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT	correction Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales Reply
Lena White Conduit Street, N1 Added: 18 Mar 2021 13:08 GMT	White Conduit Street, N1 My mum, Rosina Wade of the Wade and Hannam family in the area of Chapel Street and Parkfield Street, bought her first “costume” at S Cohen’s in White Conduit Street. Would have probably been about 1936 or thereabouts. She said that he was a small man but an expert tailor. I hope that Islington Council preserve the shop front as it’s a piece of history of the area. Mum used to get her high heel shoes from an Italian shoe shop in Chapel Street. She had size 2 feet and they would let her know when a new consignment of size 2 shoes were in. I think she was a very good customer. She worked at Killingbacks artificial flower maker in Northampton Square and later at the Halifax bombers factory north of Edgware where she was a riveter. Reply
sam Burdett Street, SE1 Added: 31 Dec 2021 00:54 GMT	Burdett Street, SE1 I was on 2nd July 1952, in Burdett chambers (which is also known as Burdett buildings)on Burdett street Reply
All bar one Added: 3 Jun 2021 15:50 GMT	All Bar One The capitalisation is wrong Reply
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

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danny currie William Miller’s Yard Added: 30 Nov 2022 18:39 GMT	dads yard ron currie had a car breaking yard in millers yard back in the 60s good old days Reply
Lynette beardwood Ebury Street, SW1W Added: 29 Nov 2022 20:53 GMT	Spy’s Club Topham’s Hotel at 24-28 Ebury Street was called the Ebury Court Hotel. Its first proprietor was a Mrs Topham. In WW2 it was a favourite watering hole for the various intelligence organisations based in the Pimlico area. The first woman infiltrated into France in 1942, FANY Yvonne Rudellat, was recruited by the Special Operations Executive while working there. She died in Bergen Belsen in April 1945. Reply
Gardnor Road, NW3 Added: 16 Nov 2022 12:39 GMT	The Pearce family lived in Gardnor Road The Pearce family moved into Gardnor Road around 1900 after living in Fairfax walk, my Great grandfather, wife and there children are recorded living in number 4 Gardnor road in the 1911 census, yet I have been told my grand father was born in number 4 in 1902, generations of the Pearce continue living in number 4 as well other houses in the road up until the 1980’s Reply
Phil Stubbington Rodenhurst Road, SW4 Added: 14 Nov 2022 16:28 GMT	Numbers 60 to 70 (1901 - 1939) A builder, Robert Maeers (1842-1919), applied to build six houses on plots 134 to 139 on the Lincoln House Estate on 5 October 1901. He received approval on 8 October 1901. These would become numbers 60 to 70 Rodenhurst Road (60 is plot 139). Robert Maeers was born in Northleigh, Devon. In 1901 he was living in 118 Elms Road with his wife Georgina, nee Bagwell. They had four children, Allan, Edwin, Alice, and Harriet, born between 1863 and 1873. Alice Maeers was married to John Rawlins. Harriet Maeers was married to William Street. Three of the six houses first appear on the electoral register in 1904: Daniel Mescal “Ferncroft” William Francis Street “Hillsboro” Henry Elkin “Montrose” By the 1905 electoral register all six are occupied: Daniel Mescal “St Senans” Henry Robert Honeywood “Grasmere” John Rawlins “Iveydene” William Francis Street “Hillsboro” Walter Ernest Manning “St Hilda” Henry Elkin “Montrose” By 1906 house numbers replace names: Daniel Mescal 70 Henry Robert Honeywood 68 John Rawlins 66 William Francis Street 64 Walter Ernest Manning 62 Henry Elkin 60 It’s not clear whether number 70 changed from “Ferncroft” to “St Senans” or possibly Daniel Mescal moved houses. In any event, it can be seen that Robert Maeers’ two daughters are living in numbers 64 and 66, with, according to local information, an interconnecting door. In the 1911 census William Street is shown as a banker’s clerk. John Rawlins is a chartering clerk in shipping. Robert Maeers and his wife are also living at this address, Robert being shown as a retired builder. By 1939 all the houses are in different ownership except number 60, where the Elkins are still in residence. Reply
stephen garraway Treverton Street, W10 Added: 13 Nov 2022 13:56 GMT	Martin Street, Latimer Road I was born at St Charlottes and lived at 14, Martin Street, Latimer Road W10 until I was 4 years old when we moved to the east end. It was my Nan Grant’s House and she was the widow of George Frederick Grant. She had two sons, George and Frederick, and one daughter, my mother Margaret Patricia. The downstairs flat where we lived had two floors, the basement and the ground floor. The upper two floors were rented to a Scot and his family, the Smiths. He had red hair. The lights and cooker were gas and there was one cold tap over a Belfast sink. A tin bath hung on the wall. The toilet was outside in the yard. This was concreted over and faced the the rear of the opposite terraces. All the yards were segregated by high brick walls. The basement had the a "best" room with a large , dark fireplace with two painted metal Alsation ornaments and it was very dark, cold and little used. The street lights were gas and a man came round twice daily to turn them on and off using a large pole with a hook and a lighted torch on the end. I remember men coming round the streets with carts selling hot chestnuts and muffins and also the hurdy gurdy man with his instrument and a monkey in a red jacket. I also remember the first time I saw a black man and my mother pulling me away from him. He had a Trilby and pale Mackintosh so he must of been one of the first of the Windrush people. I seem to recall he had a thin moustache. Uncle George had a small delivery lorry but mum lost touch with him and his family. Uncle Fred went to Peabody Buildings near ST.Pauls. My Nan was moved to a maisonette in White City around 1966, and couldn’t cope with electric lights, cookers and heating and she lost all of her neighbourhood friends. Within six months she had extreme dementia and died in a horrible ward in Tooting Bec hospital a year or so later. An awful way to end her life, being moved out of her lifelong neighbourhood even though it was slums. Reply
Conder Street, E14 Added: 31 Oct 2022 18:47 GMT	Memories I lived at 7 Conder Street in a prefab from roughly 1965 to 1971 approx - happy memories- sad to see it is no more ? Reply
Eve Glover Holmesley Road, WD6 Added: 22 Oct 2022 09:28 GMT	Shenley Road Shenley Road is the main street in Borehamwood where the Job Centre and Blue Arrow were located Reply
Richard Lake De Laune Street, SE17 Added: 28 Sep 2022 09:37 GMT	Trade Union Official John William Lake snr moved with his family to 22 De Laune Street in 1936. He was the London Branch Secretary for the Street Masons, Paviours and Road Makers Union. He had previously lived in Orange St now Copperfield St Southwark but had been forced to move because the landlord didn’t like him working from home and said it broke his lease. John William snr died in 1940. His son John William Lake jnr also became a stone mason and at the end of World War two he was responsible for the engraving of the dates of WW2 onto the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Reply

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

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

Fleet Market

Hicks Hall Hicks Hall (1611 - 1778) was a building in St John Street, Clerkenwell.

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Museum of the Order of St John

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

Smithfield

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

St Andrew

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

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

St Etheldreda’s Church

St Peter’s Italian Church St. Peter’s Italian Church is a Basilica-style church located in Holborn.

St Peter’s Italian Church

Staple Inn Staple Inn is London’s only surviving sixteenth-century domestic building, situated on the south side of High Holborn.

Staple Inn

Thavie’s Inn Thavie’s Inn was a former Inn of Chancery, associated with Lincoln’s Inn, established at Holborn, near the site of the present side street and office block still known as Thavies Inn Buildings.

Thavie’s Inn

The 1860s map of London "Stanford’s Library Map of London and its Suburbs" was published in 1862

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

Albion Courtyard, EC1A

Albion Place, EC1M Albion Place was formerly George Court.

Albion Place, EC1M

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

Amen Corner, EC4M

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

Amen Court, EC4M

Atkin Building, WC1R Atkin Building is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

Atkin Building, WC1R

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

Back Hill, EC1N

Baldwins Gardens, EC1N Baldwin Gardens runs between Gray’s Inn Road and Leather Lane.

Baldwins Gardens, EC1N

Bale’s Court, EC1M Bale’s Court was a small courtyard off White Horse Alley.

Bale’s Court, EC1M

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

Barnard’s Inn, EC4A

Bartlett’s Buildings, EC4A Bartlett’s Buildings was the name of a street situated off of Holborn Circus

Bartlett’s Buildings, EC4A

Bear Alley, EC4A Bear Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Bear Alley, EC4A

Bell Yard, EC4A Bell Yard is a small lane off the Strand where the Bell hostel once stood.

Bell Yard, EC4A

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

Benjamin Street, EC1M

Berkeley Court, EC1M Berkeley Court ran south out of Berkley Street (now Briset Street).

Berkeley Court, EC1M

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

Bishop’s Court, EC4M

Bishop’s Court, WC2A Bishop’s Court lies off Chancery Lane.

Bishop’s Court, WC2A

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

Bleeding Heart Yard, EC1N

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

Bolt Court, EC4A

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

Breams Buildings, EC4A

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

Briset Street, EC1M

Britton Street, EC1M Britton Street was named after Thomas Britten, a 17th century coalman.

Britton Street, EC1M

Broad Yard, EC1M Broad Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Broad Yard, EC1M

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

Brooke Street, EC1N

Carey Street, WC2A Carey Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Carey Street, WC2A

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

Central Markets, EC1A

Chancery Lane, WC2A Chancery Lane has formed the western boundary of the City of London since 1994, having previously been divided between the London boroughs of Westminster and Camden.

Chancery Lane, WC2A

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

Charterhouse Mews, EC1A

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

Charterhouse Street, EC1A

Chichester Rents, WC2A Chichester Rents is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Chichester Rents, WC2A

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

Clerkenwell Road, EC1R

Cliffords Inn, EC4A Cliffords Inn is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Cliffords Inn, EC4A

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

Cloth Fair, EC1A

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

Cock Lane, EC1A

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

Cowcross Street, EC1M

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

Crane Court, EC4Y

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

Cursitor Street, EC4A

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

Dean’s Court, EC4M

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

Dyer’s Buildings, EC1N

Eagle Court, EC1M Eagle Court is a courtyard situated off of Benjamin Street.

Eagle Court, EC1M

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

East Harding Street, EC4A

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

East Poultry Avenue, EC1A

Eldons Passage, EC1N A street within the EC1N postcode

Eldons Passage, EC1N

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

Elliot’s Court, EC4M

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

Ely Court, EC1N

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

Ely Place, EC1N

Farringdon Road, EC1A Farringdon Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Farringdon Road, EC1A

Farringdon Street, EC1A The building of Farringdon Street is considered one of the greatest urban engineering achievements of the 19th century.

Farringdon Street, EC1A

Farringdon Street, EC4M Farringdon Street was constructed over the Fleet river.

Farringdon Street, EC4M

Faulkners Alley, EC1M Faulkners Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Faulkners Alley, EC1M

Fetter Lane, EC4A Fetter Lane is corrupted from ’Fautre’ which was the name for a spear rest - spears were made close by.

Fetter Lane, EC4A

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

Fleet Place, EC4M

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

Fleur De Lis Court, EC4A

Fulwood Place, WC1R Fulwood Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.

Fulwood Place, WC1R

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

Furnival Street, EC4A

Gate House, EC1M Residential block

Gate House, EC1M

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

Giltspur Street, EC1A

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

Gough Square, EC4A

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

Grand Avenue, EC1A

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

Gravel Street, EC1N

Grays Inn Place, WC1R Grays Inn Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

Grays Inn Place, WC1R

Grays Inn Square Chambers, WC1R Grays Inn Square Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

Grays Inn Square Chambers, WC1R

Grays Inn Square, WC1R Grays Inn Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

Grays Inn Square, WC1R

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

Great New Street, EC4A

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

Greenhills Rents, EC1A

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

Greville Street, EC1N

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

Gunpowder Square, EC4A

Hardwicke Building, WC2A Hardwicke Building is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Hardwicke Building, WC2A

Hatton Garden, EC1N Hatton Garden is a street and area noted as London’s jewellery quarter and centre of the UK diamond trade.

Hatton Garden, EC1N

Hatton Place, EC1N Hatton Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.

Hatton Place, EC1N

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

Hatton Square, EC1N

Hatton Wall, EC1N Hatton Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.

Hatton Wall, EC1N

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

Hayne Street, EC1A

Hind Court, EC4Y Hind Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Hind Court, EC4Y

Holborn Circus, EC1N Holborn Circus is a junction of five highways in the City of London, on the boundary between Holborn, Hatton Garden and Smithfield.

Holborn Circus, EC1N

Holborn Viaduct, EC1A Holborn Viaduct is a road bridge in London and the name of the street which crosses it.

Holborn Viaduct, EC1A

Holborn, EC1N Holborn commemorates the River Fleet, also known as the Holbourne stream.

Holborn, EC1N

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

Hosier Lane, EC1A

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

Jockeys Fields, WC1R

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

John Street, WC1N

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

Kings Mews, WC1X

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

Kirby Street, EC1N

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

Laystall Street, EC1R

Leather Lane, EC1N Leather Lane is a street one block west of Hatton Garden, in the Holborn area of London.

Leather Lane, EC1N

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

Limeburner Lane, EC4M

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

Lindsey Street, EC1A

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

Little New Street, EC4A

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

London Central Markets, EC4A

London Silver Vaults, WC1V London Silver Vaults is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

London Silver Vaults, WC1V

Long Lane, EC1M Long Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Long Lane, EC1M

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

New Fetter Lane, EC1N

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

New Fetter Lane, EC4A

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

New House, EC1N

New Square Passage, WC2A This is a street in the WC2A postcode area

New Square Passage, WC2A

New Square, WC2A New Square is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

New Square, WC2A

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

New Street Square, EC4A

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

Newgate Street, EC1A

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

Norwich Street, EC4A

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

Old Bailey, EC4M

Old Buildings, WC2A Old Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Old Buildings, WC2A

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

Old Seacoal Lane, EC4M

Old Square, WC2A Old Square is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Old Square, WC2A

Passing Alley, EC1M Passing Alley is a road in the EC1M postcode area

Passing Alley, EC1M

Pemberton Row, EC4A Sir James Pemberton was Lord Mayor of London in 1611, and a member of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.

Pemberton Row, EC4A

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

Penny Bank Chambers, EC1M

Peter’s Lane, EC1M Peter’s Lane is named after the church which once stood close to the Cross Keys tavern.

Peter’s Lane, EC1M

Plough Place, EC4A Plough Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Plough Place, EC4A

Ploughs Place, EC4A Ploughs Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Ploughs Place, EC4A

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

Plumtree Court, EC4A

Poppins Court, EC4A Poppins Court is an historic alley off Fleet Street.

Poppins Court, EC4A

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

Portpool Lane, EC1N

Preachers Court The Charterhouse, EC1M Residential block

Preachers Court The Charterhouse, EC1M

Quality Court, WC2A Quality Court is a courtyard, built around 1700.

Quality Court, WC2A

Red Lion Court, EC4A Red Lion Court forms part of labyrinth of little passages behind the shops on the north side of Fleet Street.

Red Lion Court, EC4A

Regent Square, WC1N Regent Square is a road in the WC1N postcode area

Regent Square, WC1N

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

Rolls Buildings, EC4A

Rolls Passage, WC2A Rolls Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Rolls Passage, WC2A

Saffron Hill, EC1N Saffron Hill’s name derives the time that it was part of an estate on which saffron grew.

Saffron Hill, EC1N

Saint John Street, EC1M This is a street in the EC1M postcode area

Saint John Street, EC1M

Serle Street, WC2A Serle Street is a road in the WC2A postcode area

Serle Street, WC2A

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

Shoe Lane, EC4A

Silver Vaults, WC1V Silver Vaults is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Silver Vaults, WC1V

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

Smithfield Street, EC1A

Smokehouse Yard, EC1M Smokehouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area.

Smokehouse Yard, EC1M

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

Snow Hill, EC1A

South Square, WC1X South Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.

South Square, WC1X

Southampton Buildings, WC2A Southampton Buildings marks the site of the house of the 4th Earl of Southampton, son of Shakespeare’s patron.

Southampton Buildings, WC2A

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

St Andrew Street, EC4A

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

St Bride Street, EC4A

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

St Cross Street, EC1N

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

St Johns Lane, EC1M

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

St Johns Path, EC1M

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

St Johns Place, EC1M

St John’s Gate, EC1M St John’s Gate is a small named section of road leading to the gate of the same name.

St John’s Gate, EC1M

Staple Inn Buildings North, WC1X Staple Inn Buildings North is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.

Staple Inn Buildings North, WC1X

Staple Inn Buildings, WC1V Staple Inn Buildings is part of historic Staple Inn.

Staple Inn Buildings, WC1V

Staple Inn Buildings, WC1X Staple Inn Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.

Staple Inn Buildings, WC1X

Star Yard, WC2A Star Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Star Yard, WC2A

Stone Buildings, WC2A Stone Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Stone Buildings, WC2A

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

Stonecutter Street, EC4A

The Charterhouse, EC1M Residential block

The Charterhouse, EC1M

Took’s Court, EC4A Took’s Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Took’s Court, EC4A

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

Turnmill Street, EC1

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

Verulam Street, WC1X

Vestry House, EC1A Residential block

Vestry House, EC1A

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

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

Warwick Court, WC1R

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

Warwick Lane, EC4M

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

Warwick Square, EC4M

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

Waterhouse Square, EC1N

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

West Smithfield, EC1A

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

White Bear Yard, EC1R

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

White Horse Alley, EC1M

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

Wine Office Court, EC4A

NEARBY PUBS

BarSmith

Be At One

Best Mangal Bar & Restaurant

Bishops Finger

Brookes Brother Wine Bar

Corney & Barrow Wine Bars

Craft Beer Company

Dado 54

Enoteca Rabezzana

Grand Union

Grand Union Farringdon

Harrild and Sons

Hat & Tun

Inn of Court

Jamies

Kanaloa

Karaoke Box

Knights Templar

Lazybones

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

Magpie & Stump

Ninth Ward London

Old Red Cow

Oriole

Secrets

Sir Chrisptopher Hatton

Sir John Oldcastle

St Peters Italian Social Club

The Argyle

The Bleeding Heart Tavern

The Butcher’s Hook and Cleaver

The Castle The Castle is the only pub in England that, alongside its pub sign, is permitted to display the three balls of a pawnbroker.

The George The George was at 25 Old Bailey.

The George

The Griffin

The Grill on the Market

The Hon. Soc. Of Gray’s Inn

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Farringdon

Farringdon station - the terminus for the very first underground railway in 1863 - is a London Underground and National Rail station in Clerkenwell, just north of the City of London in the London Borough of Islington. It will change significantly when it becomes an important interchange station between the two largest transport infrastructure programmes currently under way in London, the Thameslink Programme and Crossrail, both of which are scheduled for completion in 2018.

Farringdon is partly within the City of London and partly in the London Borough of Islington. The name originates from the names of wards of the old City (Farringdon Within, Farringdon Without).

Today, as a place Farringdon is somewhat ill-defined, its original site and layout having perhaps been lost under later development: little more than the station and a few street names help to locate it now.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Smithfield Market TUM image id: 1620388545 Licence:	The old wooden Temple Bar Credit: Walter Thornbury TUM image id: 1523115955 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Waterloo Bridge on an 1810 map. TUM image id: 1556885410 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	Middle Temple Lane looking towards Victoria Embankment (2008) The buildings are mainly occupied by barristers’ chambers Credit: Wiki Commons/J D Mack TUM image id: 1660223325 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Castle on Cowcross Street, EC1 is the only pub in England that, alongside its pub sign, is permitted to display the three balls of a pawnbroker. Credit: Wiki Commons/oxyman TUM image id: 1653994847 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Illustration of Fleet Market Credit: William Henry Prior TUM image id: 1530111646 Licence: CC BY 2.0	At the corner of Clerkenwell Road and Goswell Road sits the Hat and Feathers. It was built on the site of an earlier tavern around 1860 for owner James Leask. It was designed by William Finch Hill who specialised in music halls and pubs. Credit: Ewan Munro TUM image id: 1637770947 Licence: CC BY 2.0	William Davenant had Lisle Credit: Henry Herringman, London, 1673 TUM image id: 1522758368 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Mount Pleasant Sorting Office on the north-east corner of Farringdon Road (1910). The present building is on the site of the Coldbath Fields Prison where the punishments were particularly cruel in that they were not only long and physically hard but also pointless. The pub at the back used to open at 9am to serve postal workers. TUM image id: 1620296515 Licence:
Amen Court, EC4M TUM image id: 1493474208 Licence: CC BY 2.0	At the southern end of Carmelite Street in the City of London stood the Victorian-era Whitefriars Fire Station. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1623066010 Licence:	Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets. TUM image id: 1620298544 Licence:	View of Cloth Fair in 1884 showing the side entrance to St Bartholomew’s Priory, Smithfield. Credit: John Crowther TUM image id: 1622807402 Licence:	Coldbath Square in Clerkenwell was named after a cold water well that stood originally in fields. Cold Bath was fed by a spring which was discovered by a Mr Baynes in 1697. The discoverer declared the water had great power in nervous diseases, and "equalled those of St Magnus and St Winnifred". The bathing hours were from 5am to 1pm, the charge two shillings. The old bathhouse was a building with three gables, and had a large garden with four turret summer houses. In 1811 the trustees of the London Fever Hospital bought the property for £3830, but, being driven away by the frightened inhabitants, the ground was sold for building, the bath remaining as late as 1865. TUM image id: 1620296987 Licence:

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Smithfield Market
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The old wooden Temple Bar
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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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Middle Temple Lane looking towards Victoria Embankment (2008) The buildings are mainly occupied by barristers’ chambers
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The Castle on Cowcross Street, EC1 is the only pub in England that, alongside its pub sign, is permitted to display the three balls of a pawnbroker.
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Illustration of Fleet Market
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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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Amen Court, EC4M
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At the southern end of Carmelite Street in the City of London stood the Victorian-era Whitefriars Fire Station.
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Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets.
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