Holborn Collection

A Map of Bloomsbury and Holborn, London, 1746 (engraving)
XJF438445 A Map of Bloomsbury and Holborn, London, 1746 (engraving) by Rocque, John (c.1704-d.1762); Private Collection; (add.info.: the map shows the Foundling Hospital)

London Fire Engine Establishment, list of fire stations
Formed in 1833, the LFEE took over firefighting in London from the various Insurance Company fire brigades. It had 19 fire stations and its headquarters was located at Watling Street, City of London

London arms and seals
The Arms and Common Seals of the Metropolitan Boroughs of London and of the City of London, with a block map showing their boundaries

Boys outside a sweet shop, Balham, SW London
Four boys on the doorstep of a sweet shop in Balham, SW London, with bottled drinks. Date: circa 1961

Shakespeare Exhibition at Earls Court, London
Londons great attraction: what to see in Shakespeares England. How to find and identify the chief reconstructions of old Tudor buildings at Earls Court. Date: 1912

Monument to the Royal Fusiliers, High Holborn, London
Monument to the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) who fell in the Great War, High Holborn, London

Airmail postcards at Gamages, London
People at Gamages in Holborn, Central London, addressing postcards and posting them in the special London Aerial Postbox, in time for the first aerial mail service from Hendon to Windsor

Entrance to the Dining Hall, Grays Inn, London
Chief Entrance to the Dining Hall, Grays Inn, High Holborn, London Date: circa 1910s

The Royal Courts of Justice, Central Civil Court, and red London bus on Fleet Street, Holborn, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Holborn Circus and Viaduct, City of London Date: circa 1900

Advertisement, Buchanans Black & White Whisky
Advertisement for Buchanans Black & White Whisky, Christmas 1927. 1927

Slow Velocipede
A man pushing his boneshaker velocipede bicycle in Holborn, central London, through a heavy traffic jam! Date: early 1930s

LCC-LFB Major fire at Prudential Insurance Building
Massive crowds gather to watch the London Fire Brigade fight the fire in the Prudential Assurance Company building located in High Holborn WC1, 16 June 1932

Holborn, London, c. 1880
Photograph showing some of the older houses and bars of Holborn, with several horse-drawn vehicles outside, London, c.1880

Endell Street Open Air Swimming Pool
A view of the open air swimming pool in Endell Street, Holborn, London, on the site of Holborn Borough Councils Public Swimming bath which was pulled down in 1938 in preparation for the building of a

Holborn Military Hospital, Mitcham
The Holborn Military Hospital operated during the latter part of the First World War in the premises of the Holborn Union workhouse at Mitcham

Holborn Union Infirmary, Highgate, London
The Holborn Union Infirmary, Archway Road, Highate, North London. A tram passes by. The infirmary, which was opened in 1879, was designed by Henry Saxon Snell

Holborn showing Staple Inn and Roneo an office appliance shop. Date: 1937

Old Curiosity Shop
A view of The Old Curiosity Shop in Holborn, London, in the 1930s. Artist: Alker Tripp

Old Furnivals Inn, Holborn, from Wilkinsons London (engraving)
6026471 Old Furnivals Inn, Holborn, from Wilkinsons London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Furnivals Inn, Holborn, from Wilkinsons London)

First Automatic Telephone Exchange Opened At Holborn, London, England In 1927. From The Story Of 25 Eventful Years In Pictures Published 1935

Newcastle House, Holborn, London, 1880. Artist: John Crowther
Newcastle House, Holborn, London, 1880. View of Newcastle House at the junction of Lincolns Inn Fields, Great Queen Street and Gate Street, Holborn. The house was built in the 17th century

Lincolns Inn, London, 1884. Artist: John Crowther
Interior view of Lincolns Inn, New Hall, London, 1884; looking towards the upper table

Staple Inn, Holborn, London, 1924-1926. Artist: Humphrey Joel
Staple Inn, Holborn, 1924-1926. Staple Inn, the last surviving Inn of Chancery, dates from 1585. A print from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume III

The Improved Ladys Own Sewing Machine by Leigh & Crawford, Brooke Street, Holborn, London EC. 19th century

Victor G Ginn & Co, catalogue (front cover)
Victor G Ginn & Co, High Holborn, London, catalogue (front cover), Price List of Carnival Novelties. 1939

The First London County Council (engraving)
1055803 The First London County Council (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The First London County Council)

Warehouse in Red Lion Square, Holborn (b / w photo)
3637705 Warehouse in Red Lion Square, Holborn (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Warehouse in Red Lion Square, Holborn)

Royal Music Hall - waiting to go on 1900
Standing in the entrance to go on stage at the Music Hall, Holborn, London. Date: 1900

Red Lion Square, London, in 1800, 1878. Red Lion Square is situated on the boundary between Bloomsbury and Holborn. It was laid out in 1684 by the economist and financial speculator Nicholas Barbon

Converting a London telephone exchange
Front cover photograph of the stupendous task of converting a London telephone exchange to the new Automatic Principle. Date: October 1926

Hall type-writer
Advertisement for the Hall type-writer, the only portable writing machine of the time. Available from Witherby and Co. High Holborn, London

Old Street Map of Oxford Street, Holborn and Euston Road 1908
Detailed colour Street Plan of London from 1908 covering the area around Oxford Street, Holborn and Euston Road.The image has been remastered from Bartholomews Handy Atlas of London and Suburbs 1908

GWR Offices and Gamages Department Store, London, c. 1900
The GWR had offices based in Holborn. It was next door to the large Gamages department store, a popular shop than ran from 1878 to 1972. The Old Bell Restaurant can be seen to the right

Regency gentlemen drinking gin at the Daffy Club, held in Tom Belcher's Castle Tavern, Holborn
FLO4618971 Regency gentlemen drinking gin at the Daffy Club, held in Tom Belcher's Castle Tavern, Holborn. Paintings of famous boxers including John Jackson, Daniel Mendoza

The courtyard of Gresham College
5307401 The courtyard of Gresham College.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the courtyard of Gresham College. Gresham College is an institution of higher learning located at Barnard's Inn Hall off)

BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012
L-R: John Surtees (GBR) with Murray Walker (GBR). BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012

Interior of invitation for one-woman exhibition
The (folded-open) interior of the invitation card to Nancy Sandys Walker's one-woman exhibition Feminine Eye View at the Ilford Gallery, 106/7 High Holborn, London - December 1955

BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012
Adrian Newey (GBR) Red Bull Racing Chief Technical Officer is awarded the Sir Jackie Stewart award by Sir Jackie Stewart (GBR) and Jake Humphrey (GBR)

BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012
Ross Brawn (GBR). BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012

Map of London, 1952
Map of London in 1952. 1952

Holborn Viaduct, City of London, with horse-drawn transport. Date: circa 1900s

The Old Curiosity Shop, London, England, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
The Old Curiosity Shop, London, England, c1930s. The Old Curiosity Shop built in 1567 on Portsmouth Street, Holborn was inspiration for Charles Dickenss novel of the same name

Interior of St. Albans Church, Holborn, late 19th century. Creator: William Hatherell
Interior of St. Albans Church, Holborn, late 19th century. Congregation during a service in the church of St Alban s, Wood Street, City of London

England, London, Holborn, Lincolns Inn Fields

The Law Society, Holborn, London, England, UK

Royal Courts of Justice, Holborn, London, England, UK

LSE building, Lincoln Inns Fields, London, England, UK

BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012
Christian Horner (GBR) receives The Colin Chapman Trophy. BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012

BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012
Adrian Newey (GBR) Red Bull Racing Chief Technical Officer is awarded the Sir Jackie Stewart award by Sir Jackie Stewart (GBR)

BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012
Gordon Shedden (GBR) BRDC Silver Star winner. BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012

BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012
Jack Harvey (GBR) winner of The Spencer Charrington Trophy. BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012

BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012
Luciano Bacheta (GBR) winner of The John Cobb Trophy. BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012

BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012
David Coulthard (GBR). BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012

Holborn, old houses on High Holborn, central London, early 20th century (photo)
3793939 Holborn, old houses on High Holborn, central London, early 20th century (photo); (add.info.: Holborn, old houses on High Holborn, central London - busy street with bus)

BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012
L-R: Jake Humphrey (GBR), Mitch Evans (GBR) winner of The Bruce McLaren Trophy, Sir Jackie Stewart (GBR). BRDC Annual Awards 2012, Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England, 3 December 2012

Walter Shead shop, Holborn, London Date: early 1900s

Walter Shead's shop, Holborn, London, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Holborn Circus, London

London Holborn Circus Victorian period

Daily Mirror HQ Holborn Circus London - probably 1960s

Daily Mirror Sunday Mirror office, Holborn Circus, London in the 1960s

Royal Fusiliers Memorial High Holborn London

Staple Inn, High Holborn, London, on a wet winter's day. Artist: Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) Date: 1905

Staple Inn, Holborn, London - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Ridge Studios Advertisement
An advertisement page for the Ridge Studios, London based specialists in mail order illustrations in line and colour for commercial art, covering topics including interior furnishing and fashion

Mechanical Advertisement Illustrations
A pair of mechanical advertisement illustrations, the top image promotes the Asiatic Petroleum Co. Ltd, while the bottom car interior image promotes Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd. Date: circa 1939

Chelsea Studios Advertisement, Private View
An advertisement page which promotes the services of the Chelsea Studios Ltd. specialists in figure, lettering, still life and retouching

Advert, Chas Baker & Co Stores Limited, London
Advert, Chas Baker & Co Stores Limited, High Holborn, Oxford Street, Tottenham Court Road and Ludgate Hill, London, School Outfits, Gentlemen's & Boys Superior Clothing

The Aerograph Advertisement
This advertisement for The Aerograph Co. Ltd, promotes the product of the same name, a useful instrument for watercolour artists whether it be landscape, seascape or portrait. Date: circa 1919

Royal Doulton Potteries Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for the Royal Doulton Potteries of Burslem, showcasing some examples of Old Sung Glaze card bowls and figurines. Date: circa 1917

Oliver Cromwell discovering the letter of King Charles I at the Blue Boar, Holborn, London Date: 1647

Poster Page, Oranges and Sugar Cubes
Poster page showing a lot of striking oranges, one of which has been neatly part pealed into quarters. There is also a blue bag of sugar cubes, satisfyingly spilling out across the picture

Advert, A W Gamage Ltd, Holborn, London, Steam Engines and Model Railway Trains Date: 1908

Daily Mirror Building
The Daily Mirror Building at Holborn, London, home to the Mirror Group of newspapers, including the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Sunday People and Sporting Life

Exterior of the Black Bull Inn, Holborn, London in 1904. This ancient inn was mentioned by Charles Dickens in connection with the immortal character Mrs. Gamp'. Date: 1904

Interior of Queen Anne's Bath, a natural springs between Holborn and Long Acre, London, 1845. Being a source of fresh water it was known for its medicinal properties from at least the time of

Staple's Inn, Holborn, by night Date: 1905

View in Kingsway during the progress of the Improvement, 1905 (photo)
3038392 View in Kingsway during the progress of the Improvement, 1905 (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

British Museum, Holborn, c. 1750 (engraving)
5890790 British Museum, Holborn, c.1750 (engraving) by Simon, James (fl.1714-50); length: 61 cm; London Metropolitan Archives, City of London; (add.info.: North prospect of Montague House)

Plays of the Day (engraving)
1053205 Plays of the Day (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plays of the Day. Illustration for The Graphic)

Sketch of Leather Lane, Holborn, London (engraving)
583637 Sketch of Leather Lane, Holborn, London (engraving) by Emanuel, Frank Lewis (1865-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketch of Leather Lane, Holborn)

The Queens Visit to London (engraving)
1599395 The Queens Visit to London (engraving) by Begg, Samuel (fl.1886-1916) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Queens Visit to London, the Queen passing along Holborn)

Holborn Bars, bought and restored by Prudential Assurance Co, c. 1884 (colour litho)
3245493 Holborn Bars, bought and restored by Prudential Assurance Co, c.1884 (colour litho) by British School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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Holborn, a historic district in London, is a treasure trove of captivating sights and intriguing stories. Step back in time as you explore the enchanting streets of this vibrant area. Immerse yourself in the rich history with a glimpse at an exquisite engraving from 1746. This map showcases the charming neighborhood of Bloomsbury and its connection to Holborn, providing a fascinating insight into London's past. Discover the heroic efforts of the London Fire Engine Establishment through their list of fire stations. These brave firefighters tirelessly protected Holborn's residents from devastating blazes, ensuring their safety amidst unpredictable flames. London's arms and seals proudly adorn buildings throughout Holborn, symbolizing its significant role within the city. These emblems serve as reminders that this district holds an esteemed place in London's heart. Indulge your love for literature by visiting Shakespeare Exhibition at Earls Court. Immerse yourself in his timeless works and gain deeper insights into one of history's greatest playwrights – right here in Holborn. Pay homage to the valiant soldiers who served our nation by visiting Monument to the Royal Fusiliers on High Holborn. This striking memorial stands tall, honoring those who made ultimate sacrifices for our freedom. Travel back to simpler times with nostalgic Airmail postcards at Gamages store. These vintage treasures capture moments frozen in time, allowing us to glimpse into people's lives during bygone eras - all found right here in bustling Holborn. Step inside Grays Inn Dining Hall and experience grandeur like no other. The entrance exudes elegance and sophistication—a testament to centuries-old traditions upheld within these hallowed halls. Feel the excitement building outside Royal Music Hall as eager performers await their turn on stage—transporting audiences back to 1900 when live entertainment reigned supreme. Experience firsthand how music brought joy and unity even during challenging times. Witness youthful delight outside a sweet shop in Balham, SW London.