Historic Holborn
May 28 @ 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
Explore the hidden histories either side of busy High Holborn – Hatton Garden, Leather Lane, inns of law and chancery and ancient churches.
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.
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