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The site of the Grand Theatre, Islington, was on the east side of Islington High Street, at No. 40. It was the location for four successive places of entertainment, under different names, from 1860 to 1962.
The Angel, Islington, is a historic landmark and a series of buildings that have stood on the corner of Islington High Street and Pentonville Road in Islington, London, England. The land originally belonged to the Clerkenwell Priory and has had various properties built on it since the 16th century. An inn on the site was called the "Angel Inn ...
Islington (/ ˈ ɪ z l ɪ ŋ t ən / IZ-ling-tən) is an inner-city area of north London, England, within the wider London Borough of Islington.It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy High Street, Upper Street, Essex Road (formerly "Lower Street"), and Southgate Road to the east.
Angel is located 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northeast of Charing Cross on the Inner Ring Road at the northern edge of Central London.The area defined by Islington London Borough Council as the Angel town centre stretches from Islington Green in the north and includes the southern parts of Liverpool Road and Upper Street.
The passage was built, as an alley, along the backs of houses on Upper Street, then Islington High Street, in 1767. [1]However it was not initially named Camden Passage, instead being composed of several other alleys, including Milton Place, Pierrepoint Row, Pierrepoint Terrace and Cumberland Row.
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The street itself served as part of the drovers' road, channelling livestock from the Midlands and North of England towards Smithfield Market in the City of London. From the end of the 16th century, there was a significant inn at the bottom of what is now Islington High Street. It was known as the Angel by 1614 [4] and lends its name to that area.
Angel is a London Underground station in the Angel area of the London Borough of Islington. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern line, between King's Cross St. Pancras and Old Street stations, in Travelcard Zone 1. [6] The station was originally built by the City & South London Railway (C&SLR) and opened on 17 November 1901. The station ...