In this article, we will explore the topic of Street names of Bloomsbury in depth, addressing its origins, development, and relevance today. Since its emergence, Street names of Bloomsbury has captured the interest of academics, specialists and the general public, sparking debates, reflections and advances in various fields. Over the years, Street names of Bloomsbury has proven to be a topic of great importance, both for its impact on society and for its influence on different areas of knowledge. Through this comprehensive analysis, we will seek to understand the significance of Street names of Bloomsbury and its role in a constantly changing world.
This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Bloomsbury . The following utilises the generally accepted boundaries of Bloomsbury viz. Euston Road to the north, Gray's Inn Road to the east, New Oxford Street, High Holborn, Southampton Row and Theobald's Road to the south and Tottenham Court Road to the west.
Adeline Place – after Adeline Marie Russell, Duchess of Bedford , wife of George Russell, 10th Duke of Bedford , local landowner
Alfred Mews and Alfred Place – after Alfred Waddilove, son of John, who built this street in 1806
Argyle Square, Argyll Street and Argyle Walk – named for Argyll in Scotland
Bainbridge Street – after Henry Bainbridge, local resident in the 17th century
Barbon Close – after 17th-century property developer Nicholas Barbon
Barter Street – after the Bloomsbury Market, which stood here in the 17th – 19th centuries
Bayley Street – after Sir John Bayley, 1st Baronet , 18th–19th-century judge who lived nearby on Bedford Square
Beaumont Place – after Joseph Beaumont, who built this street in 1791
Bedford Avenue, Bedford Place, Bedford Square and Bedford Way – after local 18th-century landowners the Russell family, earls/dukes of Bedford
Belgrove Street – formerly Belgrave Street, thought to be for a Warwickshire locality of this name
Bernard Street – after Sir Thomas Bernard, 3rd Baronet , 18th–19th-century social reformer who held several high level positions at the nearby Foundling Hospital
Bidborough Street – after Bidborough in Kent, home county of local 16th-century landowner Andrew Judd
Birkenhead Street – after Birkenhead in Cheshire ; formerly Liverpool Street
Bloomsbury Court, Bloomsbury Place, Bloomsbury Square , Bloomsbury Street and Bloomsbury Way – the name is first noted in 1201, when William de Blemond, a Norman landowner, acquired the land The name Bloomsbury is a development from Blemondisberi – the bury, or manor, of Blemond.
Boswell Court and Boswell Street – after local 17th bricklayer Edward Boswell
Brownlow Mews – after William Brownlow, local 17th-century landowner (further to the south, hence Brownlow Street in Holborn); his daughter Elizabeth married into the Doughty family, who owned land in this area
Brunswick Square – after the German city of Braunschweig (Brunswick), by connection with the reigning House of Hanover
Burton Place and Burton Street – after the 18th-century architect James Burton , who worked on the nearby Foundling Hospital and Bedford estate
Bury Place – a shortening of ‘Bloomsbury’
Byng Place – after George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington , father-in-law to local landowner John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
Capper Street – after the Capper farmer, tenant farmers on this land in the 17th – 18th centuries
Cartwright Gardens – after John Cartwright , 19th-century political reformer who lived here; it was originally Burton Crescent, after the architect James Burton
Chenies Mews and Chenies Street – after local landowners the dukes of Bedford, also titled Barons Russell, of Chenies
Cockpit Yard – site of a cock fighting yard in the 18th century
Colonnade – this was formerly a Georgian-era colonnade of shops
Compton Place
Coptic Street – named in 1894 after a recent acquisition of Coptic manuscripts by the British Museum ; before this it was Duke Street, after the dukes of Bedford
Coram Street – after Thomas Coram , 18th-century founder of the Foundling Hospital which was formerly near here
Cosmo Place – after Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon , grandfather of Lady Georgiana, wife of local landowner John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
Crestfield Street – unknown, formerly Chesterfield Street
Cromer Street – formerly Lucas Street, which had gained notoriety due to the landlord of a local inn (the Lucas Arms) being involved with the Gordon Riots ; it was changed to the neutral Cromer , for the town in Norfolk
Dombey Street – named is 1936 after local resident Charles Dickens ’s book Dombey and Son ; it was formerly East Street, in relation to the nearby New North Street
Doughty Mews and Doughty Street – after the Doughty family, local landowners in the 18th century
Dukes Road – after the dukes of Bedford, local landowners
Dyott Street – after either Simon Dyott, local resident in the 17th century or Jane Dyott, granddaughter or local landowner Henry Bainbridge
Emerald Court and Emerald Street – Green Street prior to 1885, changed to avoid confusion with numerous other streets of that name
Endsleigh Gardens , Endsleigh Place and Endsleigh Street – after Endsleigh, a property in Tavistock , Devon owned by the dukes of Bedford
Euston Road – after the earl of Euston, son of the duke of Grafton , local landowners when the road was built in the 1760s
Flaxman Terrace – after the John Flaxman , 18th–19th-century sculptor who is buried at the nearby St Pancras Old Church
Gage Street – unknown
Galen Place – after Ancient Greek physician Galen , by connection with the Pharmaceutical Society whose examination hall formerly stood here
Gilbert Place
Gordon Square and Gordon Street – after Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon , grandfather of Lady Georgiana, wife of local landowner John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
Gower Court, Gower Mews, Gower Place and Gower Street – after Gertrude Leveson-Gower, wife of local landowner John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
Grafton Way – after local landowners the dukes of Grafton
Gray's Inn Road – from Lord Grey of Wilton , owner of a local inn or town house which was later leased to lawyers in the 16th century
Great James Street – after James Burgess who worked with George Brownlow Doughty and his wife Frances Tichborne in the development of the area.
Great Ormond Street, Ormond Close and Ormond Mews – thought to commemorate James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde , prominent 17th-century soldier
Great Russell Street – see Russell Square
Grenville Street – after William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville , prominent 19th-century politician
Guilford Place and Guilford Street – after Prime Minister Lord North , 2nd Earl of Guildford, who was also President of the nearby Foundling Hospital from 1771 until his death
Handel Street – after the 18th-century composer George Frederick Handel , a benefactor of the nearby Foundling Hospital and organist at its chapel
Harpur Mews and Harpur Street – after either local 18th-century landowner Peter Harpur or Sir William Harpur, founder of the Bedford School
Harrison Street – after local 18th–19th-century landowners and brickmakers the Harrison family
Hastings Street – after Hastings in Sussex, near to Kent, home county of local 16th-century landowner Andrew Judd
Heathcote Street – after Michael Heathcote, governor of the nearby Foundling Hospital in the early 19th century
Henrietta Mews – named after Foundling Hospital vice-president (mid-19th century) Sir Stephen Gaselee 's wife Henrietta
Herbrand Street – after local landowner Herbrand Arthur Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford
High Holborn – thought to be from ‘hollow bourne’ i.e. the river Fleet which formerly flowed in a valley near here. The ‘High’ stems from the fact that the road led away from the river to higher ground.
Hunter Street – after prominent 18th-century surgeon John Hunter , by association with adjacent School of Medicine
Huntley Street – after Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon , Marquess of Huntly grandfather of Lady Georgiana, wife of local landowner John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
John's Mews and John Street – after local 18th-century carpenter John Blagrave
Judd Street – after Andrew Judd , who developed the local area via the Skinners’ Company in the 1570s
Kenton Street – after the 18th-century vintner Benjamin Kenton, benefactor of the nearby Foundling Hospital
Keppel Street – after Elizabeth Keppel, wife of local landowner Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock
King's Mews – by association with Theobald's Road, formerly King's Way
Kirk Street
Lamb's Conduit Street – named after William Lambe, in recognition of the £1,500 he gave for the rebuilding of the Holborn Conduit in 1564. (According to The London Encyclopaedia , "The conduit was an Elizabethan dam made in one of the tributaries of the Fleet River and restored in 1577 by William Lamb, who also provided 120 pails for poor women")
Lamp Office Court –
Lansdowne Terrace – after William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne , Prime Minister 1782–83
Leigh Street – after Leigh in Kent, home county of local 16th-century landowner Andrew Judd
Long Yard – simply a descriptive name for this former stable yard
Loxham Street – possibly for directors of the East End Dwellings Company who developed these streets in the 1890s
Lytton Court
Mabledon Place – after Mabledon House near Tonbridge in Kent, built by James Burton in 1804 and extended by his son Decimus Burton . Kent was the home county of local 16th-century landowner Andrew Judd
Malet Place and Malet Street – after Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, 4th Baronet , husband of Lady Ermyntrude Sackville Russell, daughter of local landowner Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford
Marchmont Street – after Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont , governor of the nearby Foundling Hospital
Mecklenburgh Place, Mecklenburgh Square and Mecklenburgh Street – after Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , wife George III , reigning monarch when the square was built
Midhope Street – possibly for directors of the East End Dwellings Company who developed these streets in the 1890s
Millman Mews, Millman Place and Millman Street – after local 17th-century landowner William Millman
Montague Place and Montague Street – after Montagu House , built in the 1670 for Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu , which was formerly on the site of the British Museum
Mortimer Market – after the market formerly on this site, founded by Hans Winthrop Mortimer in 1768
Morwell Street – after Morwell in Devon , where local landowners the dukes of Bedford held land
Museum Street – after the British Museum adjacent
New North Street – as it leads northwards from Red Lions Square, ‘New’ so as to contract with Old North Street which continues southwards
North Crescent and South Crescent – simply description of their shape
Northington Street – after Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington , Lord Chancellor 1761–66
North Mews – after Lord North , Prime Minister
Old Gloucester Street – after Prince William, Duke of Gloucester , son of Queen Anne ; the street was formerly just ‘Gloucester Street’ until 1873
Orde Hall Street – after Orde Hall, 19th-century chairman representing this area at the Metropolitan Board of Works
Pied Bull Court and Pied Bull Yard –
Powis Place – former site of Powis House, built for William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis , a prominent 17th–18th-century Jacobite
Queen Anne's Walk and Queen Square and Queen Square Place – after Queen Anne , reigning monarch when the square was laid out
Queen's Yard
Regent Square – after the Prince Regent, later George IV ; the square dates to after the Regency ended, however the name has already been chosen years before
Richbell Place – after its 18th-century builder, John Richbell
Ridgmount Gardens , Ridgmount Place and Ridgmount Street – after Ridgmont , Bedfordshire, where the dukes of Bedford also owned land
Roger Street – renamed in 1937 from ‘Henry Street’, after local landowner Henry Doughty
Rossetti Court
Rugby Street – after Rugby School ; its founder Lawrence Sheriff gave land here in 1567 as an endowment
Russell Square and Great Russell Street – after local landowner the Russells, Dukes of Bedford
St Chad's Street – after the nearby St Chad's well, reputed to be a medieval holy well; St Chad was a 7th-century bishop
St Giles Circus , St Giles High Street and St Giles Passage – after St Giles Hospital, a leper hospital founded by Matilda of Scotland , wife of Henry I in 1117. It later became St Giles in the Fields . St Giles was an 8th-century hermit in Provence who was crippled in a hunting accident and later became patron saint of cripples and lepers. Circus is a British term for a road junction.
St Peter's Court
Sandwich Street – after Sandwich in Kent, home county of local 16th-century landowner Andrew Judd
Seaford Street – thought to be named for Seaford in Sussex
Shropshire Place
Sicilian Avenue – this Italianate arch is built from Sicilian marble
Sidmouth Mews and Sidmouth Street – either for Sidmouth in Devon, then a fashionable resort town or Prime Minister Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
Southampton Place and Southampton Row – Southampton House, home of the earls of Southampton, formerly stood here in the 16th century
South Crescent Mews
Speedy Place – after the Speedy family, landlords of the former nearby pub the Golden Boot
Stedham Place
Store Street – unknown
Streatham Street – after Streatham , where local landowners the dukes of Bedford also owned property
Tankerton Street – possibly for directors of the East End Dwellings Company who developed these streets in the 1890s
Tavistock Place and Tavistock Square – after Tavistock , Devon, where the dukes of Bedford owned property
Taviton Street – after Taviton, Devon, where the dukes of Bedford owned property
Thanet Street – after Thanet in Kent, home county of local 16th-century landowner Andrew Judd
Theobald's Road – this road formerly formed part of a route used by Stuart monarchs to their hunting grounds at Theobalds House , Hertfordshire
Thornhaugh Mews and Thornhaugh Street – after local landowners the dukes of Bedford, also titled Barons Russell of Thornhaugh
Tonbridge Street and Tonbridge Walk – after Tonbridge in Kent, home town of Andrew Judd , local landowner of the 16th century
Torrington Place and Torrington Square – after George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington , father-in-law to local landowner John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
Tottenham Court Road , Tottenham Mews and Tottenham Street – after the former manor of Tottenham (Tottenhall) which stood here from the 13th century, possibly from one local William de Tottenall, or else meaning ‘Tota’s Hall’. The name later became confused with the unconnected Tottenham , Middlesex
United Alley
University Street – due to its location near London University
Vernon Place – after Elizabeth Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton , (née Vernon), ancestor to Rachel Russell, Lady Russell , wife of William Russell, Lord Russell of the local landowning Russell family
Wakefield Mews and Wakefield Street – after a former local pub, the Pindar of Wakefield
Westking Place
Whidborne Street – possibly for directors of the East End Dwellings Company who developed these streets in the 1890s
Willoughby Street – after George P. Willoughby, mayor of Holborn Borough in the 1910s
Woburn Place , Woburn Square , Woburn Walk and Upper Woburn Place – after Woburn Abbey , principal seat of local landowners the dukes of Bedford
Woolf Mews – presumably after the author and local resident Virginia Woolf
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