Holborn Hill
Names
- Holborn Hill
Street/Area/District
- Holborn Hill
Maps & Views
- 1666 London after the fire (Bowen, 1772): Holborn Hill
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Low Holborn
- 1741–5 London, Westminster, Southwark & 10 miles round (Rocque): Holbourn Hill
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Holbourn Hill
- 1761 London (Dodsley): Holborn Hill
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Holborn Hill
West from Holborn Bridge at Fleet Market to Holborn at Hatton Garden and Middle Row (O.S. 1848–51). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention: 1587 (L. and P. Eliz. XII. p. 204).
Roman remains found at a depth of 18 ft. (Arch. XXIX. 146, note).
See Holborn.
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Holbourn Hill, the E. part of Holbourn, betn the Bridge and end of Hatton str.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Holbourn, or Holbourn hill, so called from its ascent from Holbourn Bridge; a very spatious Street, well built and inhabited by Tradesmen; as being a Place of so great a Resort for Stage Coaches and Wagons; as also by Gentry, and others, that come to Town, induced thereunto, from the Accommodation of the several Inns, not only in this Part, but likewise in High Holbourn; besides the several Inns of Chancery here seated, are no small Advantage to the Place.
from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)
Holborn hill, the descent at the east end of Holborn.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
Holborn-Hill,—at the N. end of Fleet-market, extending to Middle-row and within three doors of Gray's-inn-lane, where the numbers begin and end, viz. 1 and 149, it is about ¼ of a mile in length.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
Holborn-Hill, begins at the north end of Farringdon-street, and extends to Middle-row.