Gate Street, WC2A

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

Back in the day when rolling tobacco was a thing your granddad did, the ’Old Holborn’ brand was top of its game.
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Roy Batham

Covent Garden

Added: 7 Jan 2022 07:17 GMT

Smithy in Longacre
John Burris 1802-1848 Listed 1841 census as Burroughs was a blacksmith, address just given as Longacre.

Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree

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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.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

British Museum British Museum was a station on the Central line, located in Holborn and taking its name from the nearby British Museum in Great Russell Street.

British Museum

Houghton Street (1906) A greengrocer’s on the corner of Houghton Street and Clare Market (behind The Strand) in 1906 just before demolition.

Houghton Street (1906)

Lisle’s Tennis Court Lisle’s Tennis Court was a building off Portugal Street in Lincoln’s Inn Fields in London.

Lisle’s Tennis Court

Old and New London: Temple Bar Temple Bar was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, in 1670–72.

Old and New London: Temple Bar

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

Staple Inn

Temple Bar Temple Bar is the point in London where Fleet Street, City of London, becomes the Strand, Westminster, and where the City of London traditionally erected a barrier to regulate trade into the city.

Temple Bar

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

The 1860s map of London

Weston’s Music Hall Weston’s Music Hall was a music hall and theatre that opened in 1857. In 1906, the theatre became known as the Holborn Empire.

Weston’s Music Hall

NEARBY STREETS

Africa House, WC2A Residential block (Holborn)

Africa House, WC2A

Africa House, WC2B Africa House is a block on Kingsway

Africa House, WC2B

Aldwych House, WC2B Aldwych House is located on Aldwych (Aldwych)

Aldwych House, WC2B

Aldwych, WC2B The name Aldwych derives from the Old English eald and wic meaning ’old trading town’ or ’old marketplace’; the name was later applied to the street and district (Aldwych)

Aldwych, WC2B

Alliance House, WC1V Alliance House is a building on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)

Alliance House, WC1V

Andrews Crosse, EC4A Andrews Crosse stood on the site of the courtyard of the former Andrews Crosse Inn (City of London)

Andrews Crosse, EC4A

Arab Press House, WC1V Arab Press House is located on High Holborn

Arab Press House, WC1V

Aria House, WC1V Aria House is located on Newton Street

Aria House, WC1V

Arne Street, WC2E Arne Street was named after the 18th century composer Thomas Arne, who was born near here (Covent Garden)

Arne Street, WC2E

Artist House, WC1A Artist House is sited on Little Russell Street (Holborn)

Artist House, WC1A

Atkin Building, WC1R Atkin Building is a block on Jockey’s Fields (Holborn)

Atkin Building, WC1R

Aviation House, WC2B Aviation House is a building on Kingsway (Holborn)

Aviation House, WC2B

Barter Street, WC1A Barter Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Holborn)

Barter Street, WC1A

Beacon House, WC2B Beacon House is a block on Kingsway

Beacon House, WC2B

Beaumont Buildings, WC2B Beaumont Buildings is located on Martlett Court (Covent Garden)

Beaumont Buildings, WC2B

Bedford Place, WC1B Bedford Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1B postal area (Bloomsbury)

Bedford Place, WC1B

Bedford Row, WC1R Bedford Row runs between Theobalds Road and Sandland Street (Holborn)

Bedford Row, WC1R

Bell Yard, EC4A Bell Yard is a small lane off the Strand where the Bell Inn once stood (City of London)

Bell Yard, EC4A

Betterton House, WC2H Betterton House is located on Betterton Street (Covent Garden)

Betterton House, WC2H

Betterton Street, WC2E Betterton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area (Covent Garden)

Betterton Street, WC2E

Bishop’s Court, WC2A Bishop’s Court lies off Chancery Lane (Chancery Lane)

Bishop’s Court, WC2A

Blackmoor Street, WC2B Blackmoor Street was in the Drury Lane slum (Aldwych)

Blackmoor Street, WC2B

Bloomsbury Place, WC1B The name of Bloomsbury Place is derived from William Blemund (Holborn)

Bloomsbury Place, WC1B

Bloomsbury Square, WC1A The 4th Earl of Southampton was granted a building license for the construction of Bloomsbury Square in 1661 (Holborn)

Bloomsbury Square, WC1A

Bloomsbury Way, WC1V Bloomsbury Way - the name Bloomsbury is first noted in 1201, when Norman landowner William de Blemond acquired the land (Holborn)

Bloomsbury Way, WC1V

Boswell Street, WC1N Boswell Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)

Boswell Street, WC1N

Bow Street, WC2E Bow Street was first developed by Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford in 1633 (Covent Garden)

Bow Street, WC2E

Bristol House, WC1B Residential block (Holborn)

Bristol House, WC1B

Broad Court, WC2E Broad Court is an alleyway parallel with Long Acre (Covent Garden)

Broad Court, WC2E

Bruce House, WC2B Bruce House is sited on Kemble Street (Covent Garden)

Bruce House, WC2B

Bury Place, WC1A Bury Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)

Bury Place, WC1A

Carey Street, WC2A Carey Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Aldwych)

Carey Street, WC2A

Catton Street, WC2B Catton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)

Catton Street, WC2B

Chancery House, WC2A Chancery House is a block on Chancery Lane (Chancery Lane)

Chancery House, WC2A

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 (City of London)

Chancery Lane, WC2A

Chancery Station House, WC1V Chancery Station House is a building on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)

Chancery Station House, WC1V

Chichester Rents, WC2A Chichester Rents is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Westminster)

Chichester Rents, WC2A

Ching Court, WC2E While Ching Court has its origins in the 1690s, the modern layout dates from the early 1980s (Covent Garden)

Ching Court, WC2E

Churchill House, WC1R Churchill House is located on Red Lion Square (Holborn)

Churchill House, WC1R

Clare Market, WC2A Clare Market is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Aldwych)

Clare Market, WC2A

Clement House, WC2B Clement House is located on Aldwych (Aldwych)

Clement House, WC2B

Clement’s Inn, WC2R Clement’s Inn was named after the neighbouring St Clement Danes church, stood alongside New Inn and Lyon’s Inn on the Strand’s northern side, near the Law Courts’ western edge. (Aldwych)

Clement’s Inn, WC2R

Clements Inn Passage, WC2A Clements Inn Passage - also know as St Clement’s Passage - is a narrow connecting street (Aldwych)

Clements Inn Passage, WC2A

Columbia House, WC2B Columbia House is a block on Aldwych (Aldwych)

Columbia House, WC2B

Commonwealth House, WC1V Commonwealth House is a block on New Oxford Street

Commonwealth House, WC1V

Connaught House, WC2A Connaught House can be found on Aldwych (Aldwych)

Connaught House, WC2A

Connaught House, WC2B Connaught House is located on Aldwych (Aldwych)

Connaught House, WC2B

Coptic Street, WC2H Coptic Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Holborn)

Coptic Street, WC2H

Cowdray House, WC2A Cowdray House is a building on Portugal Street (Aldwych)

Cowdray House, WC2A

Cross Court, WC2B Cross Court appears on maps between the 1750s and 1900 (Covent Garden)

Cross Court, WC2B

Crown Court, WC2E Crown Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area (Covent Garden)

Crown Court, WC2E

Crystal Wharf, WC2B A street within the WC2B postcode (Aldwych)

Crystal Wharf, WC2B

Cursitor Street, EC4A Cursitor Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)

Cursitor Street, EC4A

Dane Street, WC1V Dane Street leads south from Red Lion Square (Holborn)

Dane Street, WC1V

Devereux Court, EC4Y Devereux Court lies on the south side of the Strand, opposite the Law Courts (Westminster)

Devereux Court, EC4Y

Dog and Duck Yard, WC1R Dog and Duck Yard lay off Princeton Street (Holborn)

Dog and Duck Yard, WC1R

Drury Lane, WC2B Named from Sir William Drury, Knight of the Garter in Queen Elizabeth’s reign, who owned land on its site (Covent Garden)

Drury Lane, WC2B

Dryden Street, WC2B Dryden Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area (Covent Garden)

Dryden Street, WC2B

Dudley Court, WC2H Dudley Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area (Covent Garden)

Dudley Court, WC2H

Duke’s Court, WC2B Duke’s Court appears on maps made between 1750 and 1900 (Covent Garden)

Duke’s Court, WC2B

Eagle Street, WC1R Eagle Street runs parallel to High Holborn, one block north (Holborn)

Eagle Street, WC1R

Endell Street, WC2H Endell Street, originally known as Belton Street, is a street that runs from High Holborn in the north to Long Acre and Bow Street in the south (Covent Garden)

Endell Street, WC2H

Field Court, WC1R Field Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)

Field Court, WC1R

First Avenue House, WC1V First Avenue House is a block on High Holborn (Holborn)

First Avenue House, WC1V

Fisher Street, WC1R Fisher Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)

Fisher Street, WC1R

Fletcher Buildings, WC2B Fletcher Buildings is sited on Martlett Court (Covent Garden)

Fletcher Buildings, WC2B

Floral Court, WC2E Floral Court is a location in London (Covent Garden)

Floral Court, WC2E

Fulwood Place, WC1R Fulwood Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Chancery Lane)

Fulwood Place, WC1R

Galen Place, WC1A Galen Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)

Galen Place, WC1A

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

Gate Street, WC2A

Gilbert Place, WC1A Gilbert Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)

Gilbert Place, WC1A

Gloucester Road, WC1N Gloucester Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)

Gloucester Road, WC1N

Grape Street, WC2H Grape Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area

Grape Street, WC2H

Grays Inn Place, WC1R Grays Inn Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)

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 (Holborn)

Grays Inn Square Chambers, WC1R

Grays Inn Square, WC1R Grays Inn Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)

Grays Inn Square, WC1R

Great Queen Street, WC2B Great Queen Street is a continuation of Long Acre from Drury Lane to Kingsway.

Great Queen Street, WC2B

Great Russell Street, WC1A Great Russell Street commemorates the marriage of the daughter of the 4th Earl of Southampton to William Russell in 1669 (Bloomsbury)

Great Russell Street, WC1A

Great Turnstile, WC1V This is a street in the WC1V postcode area (Holborn)

Great Turnstile, WC1V

Green Dragon House, WC2B Green Dragon House is a block on Stukeley Street

Green Dragon House, WC2B

Hand Court, WC1R Hand Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)

Hand Court, WC1R

Hardwicke Building, WC2A Hardwicke Building is a block on Hardwicke Building

Hardwicke Building, WC2A

Harpur Mews, WC1R Harpur Mews was originally the stabling for houses in Harpur Street (Bloomsbury)

Harpur Mews, WC1R

Harpur Street, WC1R There are two theories about the naming of Harpur Street (Bloomsbury)

Harpur Street, WC1R

High Holborn, WC1V High Holborn was part of the old road from Newgate and the Tower to the gallows at Tyburn. (Holborn)

High Holborn, WC1V

High Holborn, WC2B High Holborn is a road which is the highest point in the City of London - 22 metres above sea level

High Holborn, WC2B

Holborn Tower, WC1V Holborn Tower is a building on High Holborn (Holborn)

Holborn Tower, WC1V

Houghton Square, WC2B Houghton Square is a road in the SW9 postcode area (Aldwych)

Houghton Square, WC2B

Houghton Street, WC2A Houghton Street is a street which has been ’demoted’ over time (Aldwych)

Houghton Street, WC2A

Imperial House, WC2B Imperial House is a block on Kingsway (Aldwych)

Imperial House, WC2B

Jockeys Fields, WC1R Jockeys Fields is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)

Jockeys Fields, WC1R

Kean Street, WC2B Kean Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area (Aldwych)

Kean Street, WC2B

Keeley Street, WC2B Keeley Street has a dual history (Covent Garden)

Keeley Street, WC2B

Kemble Street, WC2B Kemble Street is a road in the WC2B postcode area (Covent Garden)

Kemble Street, WC2B

Kings Head Yard, WC2H Kings Head Yard ran off Short’s Gardens (Covent Garden)

Kings Head Yard, WC2H

Kingsgate Street, WC1R Kingsgate Street ran from High Holborn to Theobald’s Road (Holborn)

Kingsgate Street, WC1R

Kingsway, WC2A Kingsway is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area (Westminster)

Kingsway, WC2A

Lacon House, WC1X Lacon House is a block on Theobald’s Road (Bloomsbury)

Lacon House, WC1X

Lakatos Building, WC2A Lakatos Building is a block on Portugal Street (Aldwych)

Lakatos Building, WC2A

Lamb’s Conduit Passage, WC1R This is a street in the WC1R postcode area (Holborn)

Lamb’s Conduit Passage, WC1R

Langley Street, WC2H Langley Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area (Covent Garden)

Langley Street, WC2H

Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A Lincoln’s Inn Fields is the largest public square in London, laid out in the 1630s under the initiative of the speculative builder William Newton (Westminster)

Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A

Lion Court, WC1R Lion Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)

Lion Court, WC1R

Lion House, WC1V Lion House is a block on Red Lion Street (Holborn)

Lion House, WC1V

Lionel Robbins Building, WC2A Lionel Robbins Building is sited on Portugal Street (Aldwych)

Lionel Robbins Building, WC2A

Little Russel Street, WC1A Little Russel Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)

Little Russel Street, WC1A

Little Russell Street, WC1A Little Russell Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)

Little Russell Street, WC1A

Little Turnstile, WC2A Little Turnstile is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)

Little Turnstile, WC2A

London Silver Vaults, WC1V London Silver Vaults is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Chancery Lane)

London Silver Vaults, WC1V

Long Acre, WC2E Long Acre is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area (Covent Garden)

Long Acre, WC2E

Macklin Street, WC2B Macklin Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area

Macklin Street, WC2B

Martlett Court, WC2B Martlett Court appears on maps from the 1750s onwards (Covent Garden)

Martlett Court, WC2B

Montague Street, WC1B Montague Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1B postal area (Bloomsbury)

Montague Street, WC1B

Museum House, WC1A Museum House is a block on Museum Street (Holborn)

Museum House, WC1A

Museum Street, WC1A Museum Street is so-named since it approaches the main entrance of the British Museum. (Holborn)

Museum Street, WC1A

Napier House, WC1V Napier House is a block on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)

Napier House, WC1V

Neal Street, WC2H Neal Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area (Covent Garden)

Neal Street, WC2H

Neal’s Yard, WC2H Neals Yard is one of the most photographed places of London (Covent Garden)

Neal’s Yard, WC2H

New Academic Building, WC2A New Academic Building is located on Lincoln’s Inn Fields (Westminster)

New Academic Building, WC2A

New North Street, WC1N New North Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)

New North Street, WC1N

New Oxford Street, WC1A New Oxford Street was built in 1840 to ease congestion in St Giles High Street (Holborn)

New Oxford Street, WC1A

New Oxford Street, WC2H New Oxford Street is a road in the WC2H postcode area (Holborn)

New Oxford Street, WC2H

New Penderel House, WC1V New Penderel House is a block on High Holborn (Holborn)

New Penderel House, WC1V

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

Newton Street, WC1V Newton Street is named for Isaac Newton, scientist and mathematician

Newton Street, WC1V

North East Wing Bush House, WC2R Residential block (Aldwych)

North East Wing Bush House, WC2R

Nottingham Court, WC2H Nottingham Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area (Covent Garden)

Nottingham Court, WC2H

Odhams Walk, WC2H Odhams Walk is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area (Covent Garden)

Odhams Walk, WC2H

Old Building, WC2A Old Building is a building on Houghton Street (Aldwych)

Old Building, WC2A

Old Buildings, WC2A Old Buildings lies off Old Square

Old Buildings, WC2A

Old Glocester Street, WC1N Old Glocester Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)

Old Glocester Street, WC1N

Old Gloucester Street, WC1N Old Gloucester Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)

Old Gloucester Street, WC1N

Old Glouster Street, WC1N Old Glouster Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)

Old Glouster Street, WC1N

Old Square, WC2A Old Square gained this name after the building of New Square in 1682.

Old Square, WC2A

Orange Street, WC1R Orange Street disappeared from the map to be replaced by St Martin’s College of Art (now Central Saint Martins) (Holborn)

Orange Street, WC1R

Parker Mews, WC2B Parker Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area

Parker Mews, WC2B

Parker Street, WC2B Parker Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area

Parker Street, WC2B

Parker Tower, WC2B Parker Tower is a block on Parker Street

Parker Tower, WC2B

Pied Bull Court, WC1A Pied Bull Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)

Pied Bull Court, WC1A

Pied Bull Yard, WC1A Pied Bull Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Holborn)

Pied Bull Yard, WC1A

Portsmouth Street, WC2A Portsmouth Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Aldwych)

Portsmouth Street, WC2A

Portugal Street, WC2A Portugal Street was named in honour of Charles II’s Portuguese queen Catherine of Braganza (Aldwych)

Portugal Street, WC2A

Princeton Street, WC1R Princeton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)

Princeton Street, WC1R

Procter Street, WC1V Procter Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)

Procter Street, WC1V

Proctor Street, WC1V Proctor Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)

Proctor Street, WC1V

Quality Court, WC2A Quality Court is a courtyard, built around 1700 (Chancery Lane)

Quality Court, WC2A

Queen’s Building, WC2R Queen’s Building is sited on Grange Court (Aldwych)

Queen’s Building, WC2R

Queens House, WC2A Queens House is a block on Lincoln’s Inn Fields (Westminster)

Queens House, WC2A

Raymond Buildings, WC1R Raymond Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)

Raymond Buildings, WC1R

Red Lion Square, WC1R Red Lion Square was built from the late 1680s by speculator Nicholas Barbon (Holborn)

Red Lion Square, WC1R

Red Lion Street, WC1R Red Lion Street connects High Holborn with Theobalds Road (Holborn)

Red Lion Street, WC1R

Rolls Passage, WC2A Rolls Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)

Rolls Passage, WC2A

Ruskin House, WC1A Ruskin House is a block on Museum Street (Holborn)

Ruskin House, WC1A

Sandland Street, WC1R Sandland Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)

Sandland Street, WC1R

Sardinia House, WC2A Sardinia House can be found on Lincoln’s Inn Fields (Aldwych)

Sardinia House, WC2A

Sardinia Street, WC2A Sardinia Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Westminster)

Sardinia Street, WC2A

Sardinia Street, WC2B Sardinia Street, formerly Duke Street, was a street that ran from Prince’s Street in the south to the western side of Lincoln’s Inn Fields in the north. (Aldwych)

Sardinia Street, WC2B

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

Serle Street, WC2A

Sheffield Street, WC2A Sheffield Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Aldwych)

Sheffield Street, WC2A

Shelton Street, WC2E Shelton Street is a road in the WC2B postcode area (Covent Garden)

Shelton Street, WC2E

Sheridan Buildings, WC2B Sheridan Buildings is a block on Martlett Court (Covent Garden)

Sheridan Buildings, WC2B

Shorts Gardens, WC2H Shorts Gardens is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area (Covent Garden)

Shorts Gardens, WC2H

Sicilian Avenue, WC1V Sicilian Avenue is a shopping parade that diagonally runs in between Southampton Row and Bloomsbury Way (Holborn)

Sicilian Avenue, WC1V

Silver Vaults, WC1V Silver Vaults is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Chancery Lane)

Silver Vaults, WC1V

South Square, WC1X South Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Chancery Lane)

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. (Chancery Lane)

Southampton Buildings, WC2A

Southampton Place, WC1A Southampton Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Holborn)

Southampton Place, WC1A

Southampton Row, WC1B Southampton Row is one of the streets of London in the WC1B postal area (Holborn)

Southampton Row, WC1B

Southampton Row, WC1V Southampton Row is a road in the WC1V postcode area (Holborn)

Southampton Row, WC1V

St Clement’s Building, WC2A St Clement’s Building is a block on Clare Market (Aldwych)

St Clement’s Building, WC2A

St Clements Lane, WC2A St Clements Lane has also been known as Clements Lane (Aldwych)

St Clements Lane, WC2A

St George’s House, WC1A St George’s House is a block on Coptic Street (Holborn)

St George’s House, WC1A

St Giles High Street, WC2H St Giles High Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area (St Giles)

St Giles High Street, WC2H

St Giles House, WC2B Residential block (Covent Garden)

St Giles House, WC2B

Staple Inn Buildings, WC1V Staple Inn Buildings is part of historic Staple Inn (City of London)

Staple Inn Buildings, WC1V

Staple Inn Buildings, WC1X Staple Inn Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (City of London)

Staple Inn Buildings, WC1X

Star Yard, WC2A Star Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Westminster)

Star Yard, WC2A

Stedham Place, WC2H Stedham Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Holborn)

Stedham Place, WC2H

Stone Buildings, WC2A Stone Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Chancery Lane)

Stone Buildings, WC2A

Strand, EC4Y A small section of Strand lies beyond Temple Bar in the City of London (City of London)

Strand, EC4Y

Stukeley Street, WC2B Stukeley Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area

Stukeley Street, WC2B

Summit House, WC1R Summit House is a block on Red Lion Square (Holborn)

Summit House, WC1R

Swan House, WC1V Swan House is a block on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)

Swan House, WC1V

Tavistock Street, WC2B Tavistock Street is a road in the WC2B postcode area (Covent Garden)

Tavistock Street, WC2B

Thanet Place, EC4Y Thanet Place ran south off Strand (City of London)

Thanet Place, EC4Y

The Arcade, WC2B The Arcade is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area (Covent Garden)

The Arcade, WC2B

Theobald’s Road, WC1N Theobald’s Road is a road in the WC1R postcode area (Holborn)

Theobald’s Road, WC1N

Theobalds Road, WC1N Theobalds Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Holborn)

Theobalds Road, WC1N

Thomas More Building, WC2A Thomas More Building is a building on Strand (Aldwych)

Thomas More Building, WC2A

Thomas Neal Centre, WC2H Thomas Neal Centre is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area (Covent Garden)

Thomas Neal Centre, WC2H

Twining Street, WC2A Gilbert Street was renamed Twining Street after 1895 (Aldwych)

Twining Street, WC2A

Vere Street, WC2B Vere Street was a street in the Lincoln’s Inn Fields area (Aldwych)

Vere Street, WC2B

Verulam Buildings, WC1R Verulam Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)

Verulam Buildings, WC1R

Verulam Street, WC1X Verulam Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Farringdon)

Verulam Street, WC1X

Victoria House, WC1B Victoria House is a block on Southampton Row (Holborn)

Victoria House, WC1B

Warwick Court, WC1V Warwick Court runs north from High Holborn (Holborn)

Warwick Court, WC1V

Waterman House, WC2B Waterman House is sited on Kingsway (Aldwych)

Waterman House, WC2B

West Central Street, WC2H West Central Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area

West Central Street, WC2H

Weston House, WC1V Weston House is located on High Holborn (Holborn)

Weston House, WC1V

Whetstone Park, WC2A Whetstone Park is a road in the WC2A postcode area (Holborn)

Whetstone Park, WC2A

Wild Court, WC2B Wild Court leads west from the Kingsway

Wild Court, WC2B

Wild Street, WC2B Wild Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area (Covent Garden)

Wild Street, WC2B

William Sinkins House, WC2A William Sinkins House is a block on Carey Street (Westminster)

William Sinkins House, WC2A

Yorkshire Grey Yard, WC1V Yorkshire Grey Yard lies off of Eagle Street, WC1 (Holborn)

Yorkshire Grey Yard, WC1V

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Trafalgar Square was a former station on the Bakerloo Line before it combined with Strand station on the Northern Line to become the new Charing Cross underground station. Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1624972963 Licence:	Strand stretches along the River Thames between Trafalgar Square and Aldwych Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1625131830 Licence:	The old wooden Temple Bar Credit: Walter Thornbury TUM image id: 1523115955 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Waterloo Bridge on an 1836 map. TUM image id: 1556885410 Licence:	Hungerford Stairs circa 1828 Hungerford Stairs led down to the water, where landings could be made. The formation of floating piers at the quay facilitated the arrival and departure of numerous steam boats that left during the summer months every quarter of an hour, for the City, Westminster, and Vauxhall, and at other times for Greenwich and Woolwich. When Hungerford Market was sold to the South Eastern Railway, the railway company demolished the stairs, building Charing Cross railway station over the top of the site. TUM image id: 1557403389 Licence:
The Royal Opera House, Bow Street frontage, with the statue of Dame Ninette de Valois in the foreground Credit: Russ London TUM image id: 1557227200 Licence:	The Adam Brothers’ Adelphi (1768-72) was London’s first neoclassical building. Eleven large houses fronted a vaulted terrace, with wharves beneath. TUM image id: 1678878997 Licence:	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	London Hippodrome in 2017 Credit: Ethan Doyle White TUM image id: 1528649183 Licence: CC BY 2.0	New Hungerford Market, River Thames front, view before the building of Hungerford Bridge Credit: The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge TUM image id: 1730291144 Licence:
Trafalgar Square (1905) The steeplejack firm of W. Larkins Co Ltd. are at work cleaning Nelson’s Column for the first time since it was erected in 1843. The firm had been founded by Willliam Larkins in 1897 and he is pictured at the top next to Lord Nelson. TUM image id: 1663086959 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Water Tower at York Stairs (1780) Not far from the former York Stairs, now buried under the Embankment near Charing Cross, stood a wooden tower, erected in 1695 for supplying the Strand and its neighbourhood with water from the Thames. In a print published in 1780, the wooden tower is shown. It was an octangular structure about seventy feet high, with small round loopholes as windows to light the interior. Credit: British History Online TUM image id: 1718533866 Licence:	The Strand frontage of Northumberland House (1752) The Percy Lion is atop the central façade and the statue of Charles I at right survives to this day The pedestrianised area in the foreground became the site of Trafalgar Square - back then it was the Royal Mews Credit: Giovanni Canaletto TUM image id: 1605613806 Licence:	British Museum station Credit: London Transport Museum TUM image id: 1603458310 Licence: