St John Street is a historic street located in Clerkenwell , Islington , north London , England.
4-540: Cowcross Street is a street in London. It runs east–west, from St John Street in the east, to Farringdon Road in the west. Eliza, the wife of John Soane , was born in an earlier building of The Castle pub in 1760. In 1925 the street designation was altered at the western end as part of the renaming of London streets. The part of Charles Street east of Farringdon Road and in front of Farringdon station became part of Cowcross Street. In exchange, Cowcross Street lost what
8-469: Is a late 19th-century Grade II listed public house at 94 Cowcross Street. The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA) is based at 70 Cowcross Street. 51°31′11″N 0°06′20″W / 51.5198°N 0.10550°W / 51.5198; -0.10550 St John Street, London 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
12-418: Is now the southern part of Turnmill Street. London Lesbian and Gay Centre , London's first non-commercial lesbian and gay community centre, was located at 67-69 Cowcross Street from 1985 to 1991. These offices were used until 2019 by Addaction , the charity founded in 1967 that works with people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. Farringdon station faces onto both sides of Cowcross Street. The Hope
16-858: 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 . The Red Bull Theatre was located on the street between 1604 and 1666, when it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London . James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714–1799) lived at 13 St John Street. 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
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