King Street
Names
- King Street
Street/Area/District
- King Street
Maps & Views
- 1720 London (Strype): King Street
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): King Street
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): King Street
- 1761 London (Dodsley): King Street
- 1799 London (Horwood): King Street
Descriptions
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
King street (Blomesbury) a spacious, pleasant str. (especially the Nly [northerly] end) betn the Fields Nly, and High Holbourn Sly [southerly] L. 350 Yds, and from Cha+ [Charing Cross] NEly, 340 Yds.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
King Street very long running Northwards to the Fields; that side towards the East is best inhabited, as having Gardens on the back sides; this Street hath a small Passage about the middle into Red Lyon Square, also one into Southampton Square, and another into great Russel Street; and here are several small Inns for Stablings and Coach Houses, for the Accommodation of the Gentry residing in these Parts.
from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)
King-Street, High-Holborn,—at 120, about ⅝ of a mile on the R. from Fleet-market, it extends to Hart-st. Bloomsbury-square.
King-Street (Upper), Bloomsbury,—the continuation of the last described, extending from Hart-st. to Southampton-row.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
King-St.—is in High Holborn, about three fourths of a mile on the right hand from Farringdon-street; it leads into Hart-street, Bloomsbury.
King-St.—Upper, is the continuation of the preceding.