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London Streets and Squares: Mornington

Mornington Crescent and Mornington Place were named in honour of the Earl of Mornington, Governor-General of India, the brother of the Duke of Wellington; and Granby Street after John Manners, the popular Marquis of Granby. Eden Street covers the site of the old "Adam and Eve" Tea Gardens. Skinner Street, Somers Town, was built, and is still owned by, the Skinners' Company. 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 London Streets and Squares. 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.