Rosebery Avenue, EC1R
Rosebery Avenue at the junction with Mount Pleasant
Credit: IG/dr difilippo
Rosebery Avenue was opened by the 5th Earl of Rosebery.

Rosebery Avenue runs southwest from the intersection with Theobald’s Road in Holborn, and ends at St John Street in Clerkenwell. Finsbury Town Hall and Charles Rowan House are important buildings located on the road.

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery was the first Chairman of the London County Council. At first, until 1899, this was John Street.

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