=Pancras Road= received its name from the parish church of St. Pancras. =Battle Bridge Road= marks the spot where the Romans defeated the Iceni, under Queen Boadicea, in the year 61. =York Road= owes its designation to the fact that the Great Northern Railway was originally styled “The London and York Railway.” =Caledonian Road=, which extends northwards to =Caledonian Market=, was so called after the Royal Caledonian Asylum, founded for Scottish orphans in 1831. =Liverpool Street= and =Sidmouth Street= recall the names of two popular Lords of the Ministry, at the accession of George IV. =Burton Crescent= memorializes its builder. =Judd Street= comprises the property bequeathed by Sir Andrew Judd, Lord Mayor in 1551, to the endowment of a school at Tunbridge, Kent, his native place. =Great Coram Street= affords us a pleasant reminder that the Foundling Hospital owes its existence to the benevolence of Captain Thomas Coram in the year 1739. =Lamb’s Conduit Street= preserves the name of William Lamb, a clothworker to whose enterprise “a faire conduit and standard,” constructed in 1577, was due. =Harpur Street= received its title in honour of Sir William Harpur, Lord Mayor in 1562, whose property hereabouts, together with that now known as =Bedford Row=, High Holborn, was devoted at his death to the foundation of a school and other charitable purposes at Bedford, his native place.
=Southampton Row= and =Southampton Street=, =Great Russell Street=, =Russell Square=, =Bedford Square=, =Tavistock Square=, and =Tavistock Place=, were named after Thomas Wriothlesley, Earl of Southampton, Marquis of Tavistock, and Duke of Bedford, father of Rachel, who became the wife of Lord William Russell, the patriot, already alluded to in connection with Southampton Street, Strand. =Gordon Square= perpetuates the memory of Lady Georgina Gordon, daughter of Alexander, fourth Duke of Gordon, and wife of John, sixth Duke of Bedford, who had had for his first wife a daughter of the noble house of Torrington, memorialized by =Torrington Square=. =Montague Street= and =Montague Place= occupy two sides of the site of Old Montague House, the nucleus of the British Museum. =Brunswick Square= and =Mecklenburgh Square= were built and designated at the time when it was considered the correct thing to honour the Hanoverian succession in every possible way. =Thurlow Place= was named in compliment to Lord Chancellor Thurlow, whose house was situated in =Great Ormond Street=, so called after the British general and duke of that title. =Powis Place= covers the ground formerly occupied by Powis House, the town mansion of William Herbert, Marquis of Powis, whose father was outlawed by James I. =Bloomsbury Square= is properly “Lomesbury Square,” marking the site of the manor-house described in olden times as “Lomesbury Village.” =Hart Street= received its name from “The White Hart” Inn; and =Red Lion Square= and =Red Lion Street=, from “The Red Lion,” both hostelries of some importance in the coaching days. =Queen’s Square= was designated in honour of Queen Anne, in whose reign it was laid out. =Kingsgate Street= was so styled because the King used it on his way to Newmarket; while =Theobalds Road= led to Theobalds, in Herefordshire, the favourite hunting seat of James I.
