St John Street, London Explained

St John Street is a historic street located in Clerkenwell, Islington, north London, England.^{[1] [2]}

The street runs from Smithfield Market and Charterhouse Street in the south to the junction of City Road and Pentonville Road (near Upper Street) in the north, close to the Angel tube station. It is the first section of the original route of the Great North Road.

In 1511, the Knights Hospitaller founded a hermitage on the corner of St John Street and Goswell Road.^[3]

The Red Bull Theatre was located on the street between 1604 and 1666, when it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London.^[4] James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714–1799) lived at 13 St John Street.^[5] He held "learned suppers" at his house, with guests including James Boswell, Robert Burns and Samuel Johnson. Nowadays there are many office buildings, restaurants, and bars in the street.

External links

• ViewLondon.co.uk information
• LondonTown.com information

51.5259°N -0.104°W

Notes and References

1. Book: VIII, St John Street . 203–221 . Survey of London . 46, South and East Clerkenwell . . London . 2008 . 20 September 2022 .
2. Book: Tallis's London Street Views . No. 37, St John Street, Division I . . 1838 . 20 September 2022 .
3. Book: Richardson, John . The annals of London : a year-by-year record of a thousand years of history . 2000 . Berkeley : University of California Press . Internet Archive . 978-0-520-22795-8.
4. Book: Griffith, Eva . A Jacobean Company and its Playhouse . The Red Bull playhouse, St John Street. . 5 December 2013 . 20 September 2022 .
5. Book: Grant, James . James Grant (1822–1887)

   . James Grant (1822–1887) . Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh . Edinburgh . 1880–1887 .