Historic Holborn

I am a qualified Camden and Islington Guide, focussing on the areas around the northern fringe of the old City, mostly in the London boroughs of Camden, Islington and Hackney.These include: Holborn, Bloomsbury, Kings Cross, Pentonville, Clerkenwell, Finsbury, Shoreditch, Hoxton, Haggerston, De Beauvoir, Newington Green, Highbury, Canonbury, Barnsbury and the Angel.

Lesley Thompson

Explore the hidden histories either side of busy High Holborn - Hatton Garden, Leather Lane, inns of law and chancery and ancient churches.

Farringdon Underground

'Beating the Bounds' - London parish borders

‘Beating the Bounds’ to mark and confirm the borders between parishes is an ancient tradition, where the border was literally paced out, agreed and marked with stones each year. These walks explore different boundaries around Islington, Hackney and Camden

High Holborn was originally a westward path up from a crossing over the River Fleet, leading through green fields and connecting the mediaeval City to Westminster. The areas to either side featured bishop’s palaces, the first church of the Knights Templar, legal inns and ancient markets. Later, smart residential enclaves developed, then coaching inns, industry, jewellery and diamond trades thrived, followed by extreme poverty and slums, contrasted with Victorian temples of commerce. More recent rejuvenation now sits by side by side with much of the old fabric of the area, including several Grade I listed buildings. We explore them all on this wander through the alleyways and green spaces at the south-east boundary of today's Camden borough. Starts at Farringdon station, ends near Chancery Lane station.

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