Street names of Clerkenwell and Finsbury explained

This is a list of the etymology of street names and principal buildings in the London districts of Clerkenwell and Finsbury, in the London Borough of Islington. The Clerkenwell/Finsbury area has no formally defined boundaries - those used here are: Pentonville Road to the north, Goswell Road to the east, Clerkenwell Road to the south and Gray's Inn Road to the west. Finsbury was traditionally roughly the northern part of the area covered here, however in practice the name is rarely used these days.

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Notes and References

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  13. Web site: British History Online – St John Street: East side. 11 October 2017.
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  15. 'Lloyd Baker Estate', in Survey of London: Volume 47, Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville, ed. Philip Temple (London, 2008), pp. 264-297. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol47/pp264-297 [accessed 23 September 2022].
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  17. Web site: The Calthorpe Estate Pages 56-69 Survey of London: Volume 24, the Parish of St Pancras Part 4: King's Cross Neighbourhood. . British History Online . LCC 1952 . 24 December 2022.
  18. Web site: British History Online – Exmouth Market area: Introduction. 11 October 2017.
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  20. Web site: British History Online – Pentonville Road. 11 October 2017.
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  27. Web site: British History Online – Lloyd Baker Estate. 11 October 2017.
  28. Web site: British History Online – Northampton Square area: Introduction. 11 October 2017.
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  31. Web site: COMPTON, Charles, Lord Compton (1760-1828). Namier. Lewis. Lewis Namier. History of Parliament Online. 9 October 2017.
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  35. Web site: British History Online – West of Farringdon Road. 11 October 2017.
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  44. Web site: Smithfield Fair . Barbican Living . 2007-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060210155325/http://barbicanliving.co.uk/history/periods/smithfield.htm. 10 February 2006.
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  47. Web site: British History Online – Spa Green to Skinner Street. 11 October 2017.
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  58. Web site: British History Online – King's Cross Road and Penton Rise area. 11 October 2017.
  59. Web site: British History Online – Northampton Square area: South and north of Northampton Square. 11 October 2017.
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  64. Web site: Currell - Naoroji Street. 8 November 2017.
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  71. Web site: British History Online – Exmouth Market Area. 11 October 2017.
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  74. Web site: British History Online – Clerkenwell Close area: Middlesex House of Detention site, and other buildings. 11 October 2017.
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  84. Web site: Wilmington Square area Pages 239-263 Survey of London: Volume 47, Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville . British History Online . LCC 2008 . 24 December 2022.
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  86. Web site: British History Online Northampton Square area: Northampton Square and adjacent streets. 11 October 2017.
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  92. Web site: Clerkenwell Close area: Introduction; St Mary's nunnery site Pages 28-39 Survey of London: Volume 46, South and East Clerkenwell. . British History Online . LCC 2008 . 24 December 2022.
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