Farringdon Collection

St Bartholomews Hospital, London - The Quadrangle Date: circa 1907

Blitz in London -- St Bride Street, Farringdon Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- St Bride Street and Farringdon Street, with firefighters at work in a smoky atmosphere and pedestrians walking by

First Postbox, London
LETTER BOX The first Post Office letter box in London is installed at the corner of Fleet Street and Farringdon Street, at the foot of Ludgate Hill

Watercress Girls / 1882
Watercress girls buying their stock at Farringdon Market in London

Interior of first postbox, London
Interior of the first Post Office letter box in London which was installed at the corner of Fleet Street and Farringdon Street, at the foot of Ludgate Hill. Date: 1855

LCC-LFB Serious office fire, Farringdon Street EC4
Two turntable ladders deployed at an office building fire in Farringdon Street, City of London, 16 November 1934. The top of the turntable ladder on the left is totally engulfed in the swirling black

First Underground Train
The first public train on Londons underground Metropolitan Railway takes passengers from Paddington to Farringdon Street

Advert, Gas Switch, The Pneumatic Gas Lighting Co Ltd
Advert for the Gas Switch, a pneumatic distance gas lighter, made by The Pneumatic Gas Lighting Co Ltd, Farringdon Street, London. 1909

St Bartholomews Hospital, London - Surgery Waiting Hall
St Bartholomews Hospital, Farringdon, City of London - Surgery Waiting Hall. Date: circa 1907

St Bartholomews Hospital, London - Mary Ward
St Bartholomews Hospital, Farringdon, City of London - Mary Ward. Date: circa 1907

St Bartholomews Hospital, London - Staircase
St Bartholomews Hospital, Farringdon, City of London - Staircase with wall painting by Hogarth - now extensively restored to its former glory. Date: circa 1907

St Bartholomews Hospital, London - An operating Theatre
St Bartholomews Hospital, Farringdon, City of London - An operating Theatre. Date: circa 1907

St Bartholomews Hospital, London - The Dispensary
St Bartholomews Hospital, Farringdon, City of London - The Dispensary Date: circa 1907

Daily Worker building, 75 Farringdon Road, London
The newly acquired Daily Worker building at 75 Farringdon Road, London, a former brushmakers warehouse. The newspaper's previous offices had been destroyed during the Blitz

Daily Worker staff examining building alteration plans following the acquisition of new premises at 75 Farringdon Road, London. Date: circa 1945

Man at work, Daily Worker newspaper, London
Man at work operating a Linotype or Intertype machine, Daily Worker newspaper, London. Date: circa 1960s

Staff at work, office of Daily Worker newspaper, London
Staff at work in the office of the Daily Worker newspaper, 75 Farringdon Road, London. Seated are Rose Smith, Sam Russell, Monty Meth and (by the window) Ben Francis

Corporation buildings, Farringdon Road 1866
Part of Corporation buildings, Farringdon Road, plans to erect eight large blocks of improved dwellings for the industrial classes. Date: 1866

Houses wait for demolition, Farringdon Road, London
Boarded-up houses in Londons Farringdon Road await demolition. Date: circa 1950s

Photograph of Hat & Tun PH, Farringdon, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Photograph of Castle PH, Farringdon, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934

Sketch of Castle PH, Farringdon, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Sketch of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the Castle, Farringdon

Double tunnel near Farringdon Street Station, London
Double tunnel near Farringdon Street Station, Metropolitan underground railway, London. Date: 1860s

Banquet at Metropolitan underground opening, London 1863
Banquet in Farringdon Street Station at the opening of the Metropolitan underground, London, on 9 January 1863. Date: 1863

Metropolitan Underground Railway 1862
Series of illustrations depicting the Metropolitan Underground Railway. 1862

Title page, Electrical Fixtures, FS & Co Limited
Title page, Supplementary Catalogue, Electrical Fixtures, Falk, Stadelmann & Co Limited, Veritas Works, Farringdon Road, London EC1, also with offices in Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham. 1922

Entrance to the Clerkenwell tunnel from Farringdon Street, London, on the Metropolitan line, Great Northern Railway. 1860s

Cowcross-street station 1866
The new station of the Metropolitan railway, Cowcross-street Farringdon Road. Date: 1866

Holborn, London 1869
Queen Victoria drives down Farringdon Street passing under the Holborn Valley Viaduct during her visit to the City. Date: 1869

St Michael ad Bladum or St Michael-le-Querne. A parish church in the Farringdon within ward. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666 and not rebuilt

St Bartholomews Hospital, London - Smithfield Ward
St Bartholomews Hospital, Farringdon, City of London - Smithfield Ward. Date: circa 1907

The Davon patent brass spotting telescope, WW1
The Davon patent brass spotting telescope (War Office Broad Arrow), boxed by Broadhurst & Clarkson & Co, 83 Farringdon Road, London

LCC-MFB Clerkenwell fire station EC1
The original Clerkenwell fire station built in 1870, located at 42-44 Rosebery Avenue, Farringdon. The station was substantially extended in 1896 and the fire engines pulled out into Farrington Road

LCC-LFB Major fire, Farringdon Street EC4
Fire seriously damages a Farringdon Street office building in Clerkenwell, City of London. Two turntable ladders are at work together with the 15 pumps

Italian Father / Daughter
A proud Italian father with his pretty daughter, immigrants to Britain, living in the Italian community area of Saffron Hill, near Farringdon, London EC1

Farringdon Rd Bookstall
The famous bookstalls in Farringdon Road, London, where quite a number of MEPL pictures were acquired ! Date: 1906

Farringdon Market London
Farringdon Market, London; watercress girls buying their stock Date: 1882

GPO Sorting Office, Mount Pleasant, London
GPO Sorting Office, Mount Pleasant, Farringdon, near Grays Inn, County of London, England. Date: 1903

Blitz in London -- St Bride Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- St Bride Street, with firefighters at work in a smoky atmosphere. Date: 1940s

Farringdon Street
On the right is the Fleet Prison for debtors. Date: circa 1828

LCC-LFB Daylight Rubber Co fire, Farringdon Road
A major fire at the Daylight Rubber Co warehouse in Farringdon Road required many pumps and a turntable ladder to quell the blaze, involving rubber goods

Congregational Memorial Hall, Farringdon, London, 1875
Engraving showing the exterior of the Congregational Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, London, 1875. Date: 30 January 1875

London / Farringdon Road
London/Farringdon Road

Process-Etching
PROCESS ENGRAVING The Etching Department at John Swain & Sons printing works, Farringdon Street, London Date: 1894

Clerkenwell Parish Workhouse, London
The Clerkenwell parish workhouse on Farringdon Road (formerly Coppice Row), Central London, erected in 1727

Toy Salesman at Farringdon Street Station, London, 1903
Illustration showing penny toysellers offering their wares outside Farringdon Street Station, London, 1903

Plan of the Metropolitan Railway
The initial plan for the Metropolitan Railway. The railway begins opposite the Great Western Railway Hotel at Paddington, passing through Kings Cross on to Farringdon

London Italian Community
Italian immigrants in Saffron Hill, near Farringdon, London EC1

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