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Grays Inn Square Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.
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.
Linda Webb
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
Roy Batham
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
Reg Carr
Elstree Street, N1C
Added: 10 Feb 2021 12:11 GMT
Campbellite Meeting
In 1848 the Campbellites (Disciples of Christ) met in Elstree Street, where their congregation was presided over by a pastor named John Black. Their appointed evangelist at the time was called David King, who later became the Editor of the British Millennial Harbinger. The meeting room was visited in July 1848 by Dr John Thomas, who spoke there twice on his two-year 'mission' to Britain.
Jeff Owen
Owen Street, EC1V
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.
Blackmoor Street, WC2B
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.
Richard Roques
Buckingham Street residents
Here in Buckingham Street lived Samuel Pepys the diarist, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling
Jude Allen
Orange Street, WC2H
I jave a jewelled item of clothong worn by a revie girl.
It is red with diamante straps. Inside it jas a label Bermans Revue 16 Orange Street but I cannot find any info online about the revue only that 16 Orange Street used to be a theatre. Does any one know about the revue. I would be intesrested to imagine the wearer of the article and her London life.
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.
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
Added: 2 May 2022 01:33 GMT
Central School of Ballet Central School of Ballet is a classical ballet school based in London, with students from countries all over the world.
Central School of Ballet
City Temple The City Temple is a Nonconformist church on Holborn Viaduct.
City Temple
Hockley-in-the-Hole Hockley-in-the-Hole was an area where bear-baiting and duelling took place in the 18th century.
Hockley-in-the-Hole
Maison Novelli Maison Novelli was a restaurant in Clerkenwell, Central London, located opposite the Old Session House.
Maison Novelli
Marx Memorial Library The Marx Memorial Library in London holds more than 43,000 books, pamphlets and newspapers on Marxism, Scientific Socialism and Working class history.
Marx Memorial Library
Middlesex Sessions House The Former Middlesex Session(s) House or the Old Sessions House is a large building on Clerkenwell Green.
Middlesex Sessions House
St Andrew The Church of St Andrew, Holborn stands within the Ward of Farringdon Without.
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
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
Africa House, WC2A Residential block
Africa House, WC2A
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
Barbon Close, WC1N Barbon Close lies off Great Ormond Street.
Barbon Close, WC1N
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
Bedford Row, WC1R Bedford Row runs between Theobalds Road and Sandland Street.
Bedford Row, WC1R
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
Breams Buildings, EC4A Breams Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.
Breams Buildings, EC4A
Brooke Street, EC1N Brooke Street runs north off of Holborn.
Brooke Street, EC1N
Catton Street, WC2B Catton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.
Catton Street, WC2B
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
Chichester Rents, WC2A Chichester Rents is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.
Chichester Rents, WC2A
Clerkenwell Green, EC1M Clerkenwell Green is the street named after the historical green.
Clerkenwell Green, EC1M
Clerkenwell Road, EC1R Clerkenwell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Clerkenwell Road, EC1R
Cockpit Yard, WC1X Cockpit Yard leads off Northington Street.
Cockpit Yard, WC1X
Cornwell House, EC1M Residential block
Cornwell House, EC1M
Crawford Passage, EC1R Crawford Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Crawford Passage, EC1R
Cursitor Street, EC4A Cursitor Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.
Cursitor Street, EC4A
Dane Street, WC1R Dane Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.
Dane Street, WC1R
Dombey Street, WC1N Dombey Street is a road in the WC1N postcode area
Dombey Street, WC1N
Doughty Mews, WC1N Doughty Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Doughty Mews, WC1N
Dyer's Buildings, EC1N This is a street in the EC1N postcode area
Dyer's Buildings, EC1N
Eagle Street, WC1R Eagle Street runs parallel to High Holborn, one block north.
Eagle Street, WC1R
Eldons Passage, EC1N A street within the EC1N postcode
Eldons Passage, EC1N
Elm Street, WC1X Elm Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.
Elm Street, WC1X
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
Emerald Street, WC1N Emerald Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Emerald Street, WC1N
Eyre Street Hill, EC1R Eyre Street Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Eyre Street Hill, EC1R
Farringdon Lane, EC1R Farringdon Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Farringdon Lane, EC1R
Farringdon Street, EC1A The building of Farringdon Street is considered one of the greatest urban engineering achievements of the 19th century.
Farringdon Street, EC1A
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
Field Court, WC1R Field Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.
Field Court, WC1R
Fisher Street, WC1R Fisher Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.
Fisher Street, WC1R
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 Street, WC2A Gate Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.
Gate Street, WC2A
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, WC1R Grays Inn Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.
Grays Inn Square, WC1R
Great James Street, WC1N Great James Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Great James Street, WC1N
Great New Street, EC4A Great New Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.
Great New Street, EC4A
Great Ormond Street, WC1N Great Ormond Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Great Ormond Street, WC1N
Great Turnstile, WC1V This is a street in the WC1V postcode area
Great Turnstile, WC1V
Greville Street, EC1N Greville Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.
Greville Street, EC1N
Guilford Street, WC1N Guilford Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Guilford Street, WC1N
Hand Court, WC1R Hand Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.
Hand Court, WC1R
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
Herbal Hill, EC1N This is a street in the EC1R postcode area
Herbal Hill, EC1N
High Holborn, WC1V High Holborn was part of the old road from Newgate and the Tower to the gallows at Tyburn.
High Holborn, WC1V
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, EC1N Holborn commemorates the River Fleet, also known as the Holbourne stream.
Holborn, EC1N
Holsworthy Square, WC1X This is a street in the WC1X postcode area
Holsworthy Square, WC1X
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
Johns Mews, WC1N Johns Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Johns Mews, WC1N
Kings Mews, WC1X Kings Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Kings Mews, WC1X
Kingsgate Street, WC1R Kingsgate Street ran from High Holborn to Theobald's Road.
Kingsgate Street, WC1R
Kingsway, WC2A Kingsway is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.
Kingsway, WC2A
Kirby Street, EC1N Kirby Street was named for Christopher Hatton's Kirby House in Northamptonshire.
Kirby Street, EC1N
Kirk Street, WC1N Kirk Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Kirk Street, WC1N
Lamb's Conduit Passage, WC1R This is a street in the WC1R postcode area
Lamb's Conduit Passage, WC1R
Lamb's Conduit Street, WC1N This is a street in the WC1N postcode area
Lamb's Conduit Street, WC1N
Lamb's Mews, WC1N Lamb's Mews is a road in the N1 postcode area
Lamb's Mews, WC1N
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
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.
Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A
Lion Court, WC1R Lion Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.
Lion Court, WC1R
Little New Street, EC4A Little New Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.
Little New Street, EC4A
Little Turnstile, WC2A Little Turnstile is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.
Little Turnstile, WC2A
London Silver Vaults, WC1V London Silver Vaults is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.
London Silver Vaults, WC1V
Long Yard, WC1N Long Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Long Yard, WC1N
Millman Place, WC1N Millman Place is a road in the WC1N postcode area
Millman Place, WC1N
Millman Street, WC1N Millman Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Millman Street, WC1N
Mount Pleasant, EC1R Mount Pleasant gained its ironic name in the 1730s after locals had begun to dump refuse there.
Mount Pleasant, EC1R
Mount Plesant, EC1R Mount Plesant is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.
Mount Plesant, EC1R
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 North Street, WC1N New North Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
New North Street, WC1N
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
North Mews, WC1N North Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
North Mews, WC1N
Northington Street, WC1N Northington Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Northington Street, WC1N
Norwich Street, EC4A Norwich Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.
Norwich Street, EC4A
Old Buildings, WC2A Old Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.
Old Buildings, WC2A
Old Square, WC2A Old Square is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.
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).
Orange Street, WC1R
Orde Hall Street, WC1N Orde Hall Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Orde Hall Street, WC1N
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
Pooles Buildings, WC1X Pooles Buildings is a road in the EC1R postcode area
Pooles Buildings, WC1X
Portpool Lane, EC1N Portpool Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.
Portpool Lane, EC1N
Princeton Street, WC1R Princeton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.
Princeton Street, WC1R
Procter Street, WC1V Procter Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.
Procter Street, WC1V
Proctor Street, WC1V Proctor Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area.
Proctor Street, WC1V
Quality Court, WC2A Quality Court is a courtyard, built around 1700.
Quality Court, WC2A
Ray Street, EC1R Ray Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Ray Street, EC1R
Raymond Buildings, WC1R Raymond Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.
Raymond Buildings, WC1R
Red Lion Square, WC1R Red Lion Square was built from the late 1680s by speculator Nicholas Barbon.
Red Lion Square, WC1R
Red Lion Street, WC1R Red Lion Street connects High Holborn with Theobalds Road.
Red Lion Street, WC1R
Regent Square, WC1N Regent Square is a road in the WC1N postcode area
Regent Square, WC1N
Richbell Place, WC1N Richbell Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Richbell Place, WC1N
Roger Street, WC1N Roger Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Roger Street, 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
Rosebery Court, EC1R Rosebery Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Rosebery Court, EC1R
Rugby Chambers, WC1N Rugby Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Rugby Chambers, WC1N
Rugby Street, WC1N Rugby Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area.
Rugby Street, WC1N
Saffron Hill, EC1N Saffron Hill's name derives the time that it was part of an estate on which saffron grew.
Saffron Hill, EC1N
Sandland Street, WC1R Sandland Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.
Sandland Street, WC1R
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
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
Southampton Row, WC1V Southampton Row is a road in the WC1V postcode area
Southampton Row, WC1V
St Andrew Street, EC4A St Andrew Street is the northern extension of Shoe Lane.
St Andrew 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
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
Summers Street, EC1N Summers Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Summers Street, EC1N
Theobald's Road, WC1N Theobald's Road is a road in the WC1R postcode area
Theobald's Road, WC1N
Theobalds Road, WC1N Theobalds Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.
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 Buildings, WC1R Verulam Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.
Verulam Buildings, WC1R
Verulam Street, WC1X Verulam Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area.
Verulam Street, WC1X
Vine Hill, EC1R Vine Hill now displays no evidence on the vines that once flourished in the grounds on which it stands.
Vine Hill, EC1R
Warner Street, EC1R Warner Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Warner Street, EC1R
Warner Yard, EC1R Warner Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.
Warner Yard, EC1R
Warwick Court, WC1R Warwick Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area.
Warwick Court, WC1R
Waterhouse Square, EC1N Waterhouse Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.
Waterhouse Square, EC1N
Whetstone Park, WC2A Whetstone Park is a road in the WC2A postcode area
Whetstone Park, WC2A
White Bear Yard, EC1R White Bear Yard is location of London.
White Bear Yard, EC1R
Yorkshire Grey Yard, WC1V Yorkshire Grey Yard lies off of Eagle Street, WC1
Yorkshire Grey Yard, WC1V
All Bar One Holborn This is a bar which was still existing in 2018.
All Bar One Holborn
Brookes Brother Wine Bar
Cella Karaoke Lounge
City of York
City Pride
Corney & Barrow Wine Bars
Craft Beer Company
Crown Tavern
Dado 54
Grand Union
Hat & Tun
Hercules Pillar
Inn of Court
Ninth Ward London
Penderel's Oak
Sir Chrisptopher Hatton
Sir John Oldcastle
St Peters Italian Social Club
The Argyle
The Betsey Trotwood
The Bleeding Heart Tavern
The Bountiful Cow
The Draft House
The Duke of York
The Hon. Soc. Of Gray's Inn
The Lady Ottoline
The Lamb
The Old Nick
The Old Red Lion
The One Tun
The Perseverance
The Polish Bar (Na Zdrowie)
The Rugby Tavern
The Ship Tavern
The Square Pig
The White Swan
The Yorkshire Grey
Ye Olde Mitre
Hol^born is both an area and also the name of the area's principal street, known as High Holborn between St. Giles's High Street and Gray's Inn Road and then Hol^born Viaduct between Hol^born Circus and Newgate Street.
The area's first mention is in a charter of Westminster Abbey, by King Edgar, dated to 959. This mentions 'the old wooden church of St Andrew' (St Andrew, Hol^born). The name Holborn may be derived from the Middle English hol for hollow, and bourne, a brook, referring to the River Fleet as it ran through a steep valley to the east.
It was at first outside the City's jurisdiction and a part of Ossulstone Hundred in Middlesex. The original Bars were the boundary of the City of London from 1223, when the City's jurisdiction was extended beyond the Walls, at Newgate, into the suburb here, as far as the point where the Bars where erected, until 1994 when the border moved to the junction of Chancery Lane. In 1394 the Ward of Farringdon Without was created, but only the south side of Holborn was under its jurisdiction with some minor properties, such as parts of Furnival's Inn, on the northern side.
The Holborn District was created in 1855, consisting of the civil parishes and extra-parochial places of Glasshouse Yard, Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents and Ely Place, St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars with St George the Martyr and St Sepulchre. The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn was created in 1900, consisting of the former area of the Holborn District and the St Giles District, excluding Glasshouse Yard and St Sepulchre, which went to the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn was abolished in 1965 and its area now forms part of the London Borough of Camden.
In the 18th century, Holborn was the location of the infamous Mother Clap's molly house but in the modern era High Holborn has become a centre for entertainment venues to suit more general tastes: 22 inns or taverns were recorded in the 1860s and the Holborn Empire, originally Weston's Music Hall, stood between 1857 and 1960, when it was pulled down after structural damage sustained in the Blitz. The theatre premièred the first full-length feature film in 1914, The World, the Flesh and the Devil, a 50-minute melodrama filmed in Kinemacolour.
Charles Dickens took up residence in Furnival's Inn, on the site of the former Prudential building designed by Alfred Waterhouse now named Holborn Bars. Dickens put his character Pip, in Great Expectations, in residence at Barnard's Inn opposite, now occupied by Gresham College. Staple Inn, notable as the promotional image for Old Holborn tobacco, is nearby. The three of these were Inns of Chancery. The most northerly of the Inns of Court, Gray's Inn, is in Holborn, as is Lincoln's Inn: the area has been associated with the legal professions since mediaeval times, and the name of the local militia (now Territorial Army unit, the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry) still reflects that. Subsequently the area diversified and become recognisable as the modern street.
A plaque stands at number 120 commemorating Thomas Earnshaw's invention of the Marine chronometer, which facilitated long-distance travel. At the corner of Hatton Garden was the old family department store of Gamages. Until 1992, the London Weather Centre was located in the street. The Prudential insurance company relocated in 2002. The Daily Mirror offices used to be directly opposite it, but the site is now occupied by Sainsbury's head office.
Hatton Garden, the centre of the diamond trade, was leased to a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Christopher Hatton at the insistence of the Queen to provide him with an income. Behind the Prudential Building lies the Anglo-Catholic church of St Alban the Martyr.
In the early 21st century, Holborn has become the site of new offices and hotels: for example, the old neoclassical Pearl Assurance building near the junction with Kingsway was converted into an hotel in 1999.
Holborn station is located at the junction of High Holborn and Kingsway. Situated on the Piccadilly and Central Lines, it is the only station common to the two lines, although the two lines also cross each other three times in West London.
The station was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR, now the Piccadilly Line) on 15 December 1906 with the name Holborn (Kingsway). Kingsway was a new road, cutting south from High Holborn through an area of cleared slums to Strand. The suffix was dropped from tube maps in the 1960s.
Smithfield Market
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)
Middle Temple Lane looking towards Victoria Embankment (2008) The buildings are mainly occupied by barristers' chambers
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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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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
Credit: William Henry Prior
British Museum station
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William Davenant had Lisle
Credit: Henry Herringman, London, 1673
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.
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.
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.
Cromer Street
Doughty Street is a broad tree lined street in the Holborn district.
Farringdon Road and the Metropolitan Railway, 1868. Looking north from Turnmill Street
Kirby Street sign
Red Lion Street c. 1900, looking north to Javens Chambers and Clerkenwell Road
Saffron Hill street sign
Sans Walk, Clerkenwell


BHUBANESWAR: Struggling to come to terms with the fallout of the Dana Majhi episode, where he had to carry his dead wife on his shoulders for lack of an ambulance, the BJD government on Tuesday tried to limit the damage by deciding to set up a medical college and hospital in Kalahandi district.
"The state government will set up a medical college at Kalahandi to provide access to health facilities to the people of the district," chief minister Naveen Patnaik said. The infrastructure support for the hospital will be provided by the Vedanta Group.
Naveen's announcement came following a 30-minute meeting with Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal at the state secretariat. "The medical college and hospital will be run by the state government while Vedanta will provide the infrastructure support," the chief minister said.
"The company would invest around Rs 100 crore for building the infrastructure for the proposed medical college and hospital while the state government would provide land free of cost for the project," Agarwal said while briefing the media.
The Vedanta boss said he accepted the proposal from the chief minister for the medical college in Kalahandi as it is highly essential for the region. The state government, however, is yet to take a call on the location, number of beds, student intake and the year when the medical college is going to start.
Replying to a query, health and family welfare minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak said the health department would soon start the process of setting up the medical college.
The proposed institute in Kalahandi will be developed in line with the proposed medical colleges by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited in Talcher and National Thermal Power Corporation at Sundargarh, Nayak said.
Recently, the chief minister had also requested another central PSU, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), to set up a medical college in Sundargarh district.
A medical college in Kalahandi was essential as the state government scrapped the MoU signed between the Western Odisha Development Council and Tamil Nadu based-Selvam Educational and Charitable Trust for a medical college at Jaring in Kalahandi.
The state government had taken the decision in September last year after the Medical Council of India (MCI) denied permission to the medical college due to inadequate infrastructure.
Currently, Odisha has three state-run medical colleges and hospitals - one each in Cuttack, Berhampur and Sambalpur - while five more government-run medical colleges in Balsore, Baripada, Bolangir, Koraput and Puri are under construction. There are also three private medical colleges in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela.


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