Turnpike House, EC1V

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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
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
Steven Shepherd Pitfield Street, N1 Added: 4 Feb 2021 14:20 GMT	Our House I and my three brothers were born at 178 Pitfield Street. All of my Mothers Family (ADAMS) Lived in the area. There was an area behind the house where the Hoxton Stall holders would keep the barrows. The house was classed as a slum but was a large house with a basement. The basement had 2 rooms that must have been unchanged for many years it contained a ’copper’ used to boil and clean clothes and bedlinen and a large ’range’ a cast iron coal/log fired oven. Coal was delivered through a ’coal hole’ in the street which dropped through to the basement. The front of the house used to be a shop but unused while we lived there. I have many more happy memories of the house too many to put here. Reply
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
Liverpool Street Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT	Liverpool Street the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date. 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
STEPHEN ARTHUR JACKSON Lynedoch Street, E2 Added: 14 Nov 2021 17:12 GMT	Lynedoch Street, E2 my father Arthur Jackson was born in lynedoch street in 1929 and lived with mm grandparents and siblings, until they were relocated to Pamela house Haggerston rd when the street was to be demolished 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
J Parker Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 14 May 2023 15:27 GMT	Windsor Terrace, N1 Thank you for the information - My great grandparents lived at 11 Windsor Terrace from around 1918 to 1938... I was just trying to establish the kind of house it might have been as there are so many people listed at the same address so really interesting to see your description. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Loraine Brocklehurst Holcombe Road, N17 Added: 24 May 2023 14:00 GMT	Holcombe Road, N17 I lived at 23Holcombe Rd. with my parents, Grandfather , Aunt and Uncle in 1954. My Aunt and Uncle lived there until it was demolished. I’m not sure what year that was as we emigrated to Canada. Reply
Jen Williams Corfield Street, E2 Added: 20 May 2023 17:27 GMT	Corfield Street, E2 My mother was born in 193 Corfield Street in 1920.Her father was a policeman. Reply
sofia East Acton Added: 19 May 2023 08:57 GMT	43 MELLITUS STREET 43 MELLITUS STREET Reply
Milson Road, W14 Added: 17 May 2023 11:50 GMT	Milson Road (1908 - 1954) My grandparents and great grandparents and great great grandparents the Manley family lived at 33 Milson Road from 1908 to 1935. My grandad was born at 33 Milson Road. His parents George and Grace had all four of their chidren there. When his father Edward died his mother moved to 67 Milson in 1935 Road and lived there until 1954 (records found so far, it may be longer). Before that they lived in the Porten Road. I wonder if there is anyone that used to know them? My grandad was Charles ’Ted’ Manley, his parents were called George and Grace and George’s parents were called Edward and Bessie. George worked in a garage and Edward was a hairdresser. Reply
Rendlesham Road, E5 Added: 16 Apr 2023 15:55 GMT	Rendlesham Road, E5 I lived at 14 Rendlesham Road in the 1940s and 50s. The house belonged to my grandfather James Grosvenor who bought it in the 1920s for £200.I had a brother who lived in property until 1956 when he married. Local families were the paisleys, the Jenners and the family of Christopher Gable. 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
Sue Germain Southwood Road, SE9 Added: 10 Apr 2023 08:35 GMT	Southwood Road, SE9 My great great grandfather lived in Time Villa, Southwood Rd around 1901. He owned several coffee houses in Whitechapel and in South London, including New Time Coffee House so either his house was named after the coffee house or vice versa. Reply
David Gleeson Campbell Road, N4 Added: 7 Apr 2023 22:19 GMT	MBE from Campbell Bunk (1897 - 1971) Walter Smith born at 43 Campbell Bunk was awarded the MBE in january honours list in 1971. A local councillor for services to the public. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

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

St James’s Church, Clerkenwell St James Church, Clerkenwell, is an Anglican parish church.

St James’s Church, Clerkenwell

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

Alford Place, N1 Alford Place is a road in the N1 postcode area

Alford Place, N1

Amias House, EC1V Amias House is a building on Central Street.

Amias House, EC1V

Amias Place, EC1Y Amias Place was formerly George Yard.

Amias Place, EC1Y

Anchor House, EC1V Anchor House is located on Old Street.

Anchor House, EC1V

Anchor Yard, EC1Y Anchor Yard is named after a former inn here of this name.

Anchor Yard, EC1Y

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

Angel Gate, EC1V

Aquarelle House, N1 Aquarelle House is a block on City Road.

Aquarelle House, N1

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

Argus House, 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

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

Ashby Street, EC1V

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

Aylesbury Street, EC1V

Baltic Street East, EC1Y Baltic Street East was built by a timber merchant around 1810 who named local streets after trade-related activities.

Baltic Street East, EC1Y

Banner Street, EC1Y Banner Street was named after the Banner family, late 18th century landowners in the area.

Banner Street, EC1Y

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

Barnabas House, EC1V

Bartholomew Square, EC1V This is a street in the EC1V postcode area

Bartholomew Square, EC1V

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

Bastwick Street, EC1V

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

Berry Place, EC1V

Bollinder Place, EC1V Bollinder Place lies along City Road.

Bollinder Place, EC1V

Book House, N1 Book House is a block on City Road.

Book House, N1

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

Burnhill House, EC1V Burnhill House is a block on Norman Street.

Burnhill House, EC1V

Buxton Court, N1 Buxton Court is a block on Windsor Terrace.

Buxton Court, N1

Canaletto Tower, N1 Canaletto Tower can be found on City Road.

Canaletto Tower, N1

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

Centenary Building, EC1R

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

Central Street, EC1V

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

Chadwell Street, EC1R

Charles Townsend House, EC1R Charles Townsend House is a block on Finsbury Estate.

Charles Townsend House, EC1R

Chronicle Tower, N1 Chronicle Tower is sited on City Road.

Chronicle Tower, N1

City Forum, EC1V City Forum is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

City Forum, EC1V

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

City Road, EC1V

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

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

Coombs Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Coombs Street, N1

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

Corporation Row, EC1R

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

Crayle House, EC1V

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

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

Dalby House, 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

Dingley Road, EC1V Dingley Road is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Dingley Road, EC1V

Domingo Street, EC1Y Domingo Street links Old Street with Baltic Street East.

Domingo Street, EC1Y

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

East Central House, EC1V East Central House is a block on Lever Street.

East Central House, EC1V

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

Edward House, EC1V

Fable Apartments, N1 Fable Apartments is a block on City Road.

Fable Apartments, N1

Falcon Court, N1 Falcon Court is a block on City Garden Row.

Falcon Court, N1

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

Farringdon Road, EC1V

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

Friend Street, EC1V

Galway Street, EC1V Galway Street was named for the Earl of Galway.

Galway Street, EC1V

Gambier House, EC1V Gambier House is a block on Mora Street.

Gambier House, EC1V

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

Gard Street, EC1V

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

Garrett Street, EC1Y

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

Gastigny House, EC1V

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

Gee Street, EC1V

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

Goswell Road, EC1V

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

Great Sutton Street, EC1M

Green Man Tower, EC1V Green Man Tower can be found on Goswell Road.

Green Man Tower, EC1V

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

Grimthorpe House, EC1V

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

Hall Street, EC1V

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

Haverstock Place, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode

Haverstock Place, EC1V

Haverstock Street, EC1V Haverstock Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Haverstock Street, EC1V

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

Haywards Place, EC1V

Helmet Row, EC1V Helmet Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Helmet Row, EC1V

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

Hermit Street, EC1V

Honduras Street, EC1Y Honduras Street dates from the 1810s.

Honduras Street, EC1Y

Invicta House, EC1Y Invicta House is a block on Banner Street.

Invicta House, EC1Y

Ironmonger Row, EC1V Ironmonger Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Ironmonger Row, EC1V

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

Lagonier House, EC1V Lagonier House is located on Ironmonger Row.

Lagonier House, EC1V

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

Leo Yard, EC1V

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

Lever Street, EC1V

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

Liberty House, EC1V

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

Lizard Street, EC1V

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

Lloyds Row, EC1R

Lowden Court, N1 Lowden Court is located on Prestwood Street.

Lowden Court, N1

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

Macclesfield Road, EC1V

Maldon Apartments, N1 Maldon Apartments is located on Micawber Street.

Maldon Apartments, N1

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

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

Masons Place, EC1V

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

McBeath House, EC1V

Memel Street, EC1Y Memel Street was built over the site of a former brewery in the 1810s.

Memel Street, EC1Y

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

Meredith Street, EC1R

Micawber Court, N1 Micawber Court is located on Windsor Terrace.

Micawber Court, N1

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

Micawber Street, N1

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

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

Mitchell Street, EC1V

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

Moorgreen House, EC1V

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

Mora Street, EC1V

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

Moreland Street, EC1V

Murton Street, EC1V Murton Street dates from about 1829.

Murton Street, EC1V

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

Myddelton Building, EC1R

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

Myddelton Street, EC1R

Nelson Place, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Nelson Place, N1

Nelson Terrace, EC1V Nelson Terrace is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Nelson Terrace, EC1V

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

Newington Close, EC1R

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

Norman Street, EC1V

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 is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Northburgh Street, EC1M

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

Northburgh Street, EC1M

Oakley Crescent, EC1V Oakley Crescent is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Oakley Crescent, EC1V

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

Orchard Building, EC1V

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

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

Paget Street, EC1V

Paper Mill Buildings, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode

Paper Mill Buildings, EC1V

Papyrus House, N1 Papyrus House is a block on Wharf Road.

Papyrus House, N1

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

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

Paton Street, 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

Pear Tree Street, EC1V Pear Tree Street connects Central Street and Goswell Road.

Pear Tree Street, EC1V

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

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

President House, EC1V

Prestwood Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Prestwood Street, N1

Priestley House, EC1V Priestley House is a block on Old Street.

Priestley House, EC1V

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

Priory House, EC1R

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

Radnor Street, EC1V

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

Regent Apartments, N1 Regent Apartments can be found on Wenlock Road.

Regent Apartments, N1

Remington Road, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Remington Road, N1

Remington Street, EC1V Remington Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Remington Street, EC1V

Roby House, EC1V Roby House is sited on Mitchell Street.

Roby House, EC1V

Roman House, EC1V Roman House can be found on City Road.

Roman House, EC1V

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

Rosoman Place, EC1R

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

Sadler House, EC1V

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

Shepherdess Building, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Shepherdess Building, N1

Shepherdess Walk, N1 Shepherdess Walk is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Shepherdess Walk, N1

Sidney Grove, EC1V Sidney Grove is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Sidney Grove, 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

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

Spencer Street, EC1V

Spenlow Apartments, N1 Spenlow Apartments is a block on Wenlock Road.

Spenlow Apartments, N1

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

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

Tait Building, EC1R

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

Taplow Street, N1

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

The Print House, EC1R

Thoresby House, N1 Thoresby House is a block on Thoresby Street.

Thoresby House, N1

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

Thoresby Street, N1

Tilney Court, EC1Y Tilney Court lies off of Old Street.

Tilney Court, EC1Y

Timber Street, EC1Y Timber Street was formerly called Norway Street.

Timber Street, EC1Y

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

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

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

University Building, EC1R

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

Wakley Street, EC1V

Waterloo Street, EC1V Waterloo Street once ran from Lever Street to Radnor Street.

Waterloo Street, EC1V

Wellesley Terrace, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Wellesley Terrace, N1

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

Wells House, EC1R

Wenlake House, EC1V Wenlake House is a block on Old Street.

Wenlake House, EC1V

Wenlock Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Wenlock Mews, N1

Wilkins Apartments, N1 Wilkins Apartments is a building on Prestwood Street.

Wilkins Apartments, N1

Windsor Terrace, N1 Windsor Terrace is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Windsor Terrace, N1

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

Young’s Buildings, EC1Y Young’s Buildings was named after Francis Young, a local 18th century property owner

Young’s Buildings, EC1Y

NEARBY PUBS

Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings

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

Hat and Feathers

Nomad Club

Old Red Lion

The Blacksmith & The Toffeemaker

The Shakespeare’s Head

The Trader

The Well

William IV

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Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell was once known as London’s Little Italy because of the large number of Italians living in the area from the 1850s until the 1960s.

Clerkenwell took its name from the Clerks’ Well in Farringdon Lane. In the Middle Ages, the London Parish clerks performed annual mystery plays there, based on biblical themes. Part of the well remains visible, incorporated into a 1980s building called Well Court.

In the 17th century South Clerkenwell became a fashionable place of residence. Oliver Cromwell owned a house on Clerkenwell Close, just off the Green. Several aristocrats had houses there, most notably the Duke of Northumberland, as did people such as Erasmus Smith.

Before Clerkenwell became a built-up area, it had a reputation as a resort a short walk out of the city, where Londoners could disport themselves at its spas, of which there were several, based on natural chalybeate springs, tea gardens and theatres. The present day Sadler’s Wells has survived as heir to this tradition.

Clerkenwell was also the location of three prisons: the Clerkenwell Bridewell, Coldbath Fields Prison (later Clerkenwell Gaol) and the New Prison, later the Clerkenwell House of Detention, notorious as the scene of the Clerkenwell Outrage in 1867, an attempted prison break by Fenians who killed many in the tenement houses on Corporation Row in trying to blow a hole in the prison wall.

The Industrial Revolution changed the area greatly. It became a centre for breweries, distilleries and the printing industry. It gained a special reputation for the making of clocks and watches, which activity once employed many people from around the area. Flourishing craft workshops still carry on some of the traditional trades, such as jewellery-making. Clerkenwell is home to Witherby’s, Europe’s oldest printing company.

After the Second World War, Clerkenwell suffered from industrial decline and many of the premises occupied by the engineering, printing publishing and meat and food trades (the last mostly around Smithfield) fell empty. Several acclaimed council housing estates were commissioned by Finsbury Borough Council. Modernist architect and Russian émigré Berthold Lubetkin’s listed Spa Green Estate, constructed 1943–1950, has recently been restored. The Finsbury Estate, constructed in 1968 to the designs of Joseph Emberton includes flats, since altered and re-clad.

A general revival and gentrification process began in the 1980s, and the area is now known for loft-living in some of the former industrial buildings. It also has young professionals, nightclubs and restaurants and is home to many professional offices as an overspill for the nearby City of London and West End.

Amongst other sectors, there is a notable concentration of design professions around Clerkenwell, and supporting industries such as high-end designer furniture showrooms.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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The exterior of the Agricultural Hall in Islington (1861). TUM image id: 1488644663 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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: 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	Great Arthur House, at the centre of the Golden Lane Estate, was the tallest residential building in Britain at the time of its construction. Credit: Steve F/Wiki commons TUM image id: 1582223961 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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
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	Beer in the evening Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1675427151 Licence:	Coach & Horses stood at 71 Bartholomew Close, Smithfield from 1799 until the Second World War. Credit: Guildhall Library TUM image id: 1671490114 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:	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:

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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).
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Great Arthur House, at the centre of the Golden Lane Estate, was the tallest residential building in Britain at the time of its construction.
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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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Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets.
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Florin Court, Charterhouse Square (2008) The building was used as Whitehaven Mansions, the fictional London residence of Agatha Christie’s character Hercule Poirot, in the LWT television series Agatha Christie’s Poirot (1989–2013)
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