This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Holborn. Holborn has no formally defined boundaries - those utilised here are: Theobald’s Road to the north, Gray's Inn Road and the City of London boundary to the east, Victoria Embankment/the Thames to the south, and Lancaster Place, the north-west curve of the Aldwych semi-circle, Kingsway/Southampton Row to the west.
Streets in the Hatton Garden sub-district are covered in Hatton Garden#Street name etymologies Aldwych – from Old English ‘Ealdwic’ or ‘Aldwic’, meaning ‘old settlement’, given by Anglo-Saxons referring to a Danish settlement here of the 9th century Andrews Crosse – after a former Tudor-era inn here of this name Arundel Street – after Arundel House which formerly stood on this site Bedford Row – from Peter Harpur of Bedford, a local landowner who laid this street out in the early 18th century Bell Yard – after the Bell Inn, which stood here in the 16th century Bishop’s Court – formerly led to the palace of the Bishop of Chichester, built in the 13th century Brownlow Street – after William Brownlow, who built this street in the 17th century; his family had held land in the area since the 16th century Carey Street – after Nicholas Carey, who lived in this area or Sir George Carey Catton Street – after the 18th century painter Charles Catton who lived nearby Chancery Lane – the former site of Edward III’s office of the Master of the Rolls of Chancery Chichester Rents – formerly a street of rented houses leading to the palace of Ralph Harris, Bishop of Chichester in the 13th century Clare Market – former site of a butcher’s market on land owned by the John Holles, Earl of Clare who lived nearby Clement’s Inn, Clement’s Inn Passage and Clement’s Lane – after the nearby St Clement Danes church Clerkenwell Road – from a local well ('the clerk's well'), which gave its name to the area and to this district Dane Street – from the St Clement Danes church on Aldwych, who own land in the area Devereux Court – from the Devereaux family, earls of Essex, who occupied Essex House on this site in Tudor times Dog and Duck Yard Drake Street – thought to be after an early 18th century builder of this name Eagle Street – named after a local inn here in the 18th century Essex Street and Little Essex Street – former site of a townhouse belonging to the earls of Essex Field Court Fisher Street – after Thomas Fisher, a local 16th century landowner Fleet Street – after the now covered river Fleet which flowed near here French Horn Yard – unknown; the entrance to this yard is now covered by development, and though it still exists between nos. 87 and 90 and High Holborn it is no longer generally accessible to the public Fulwood Place – after Sir George Fulwood, 16th century member of Gray's Inn Grange Court – thought to a descriptive name dating from the Middle Ages when this was farmland Gray’s Inn Place, Gray's Inn Road and Gray's Inn Square – from Lord Gray of Wilton, owner of a local inn or town house which was later leased to lawyers in the 16th century Great Turnstile, Little Turnstile Street and New Turnstile Gate – after turnstiles that stood here in the 17th century Greyhound Court – thought to be after a former inn of this name Hand Court – thought to be from a former shop sign advertising gloves or a tailors High Holborn, Holborn, Holborn Circus and Holborn Place – thought to be from ‘hollow bourne’ i.e. the river Fleet which formerly flowed in a valley near here. The ‘High’ stems from the fact that rode led away from the river to higher ground. Circus is a British term for a road junction. Houghton Street – after John Holles, Second Baron Houghton, who built the street in the 1650s India Place – after the adjacent Indian High Commission'' Jockey’s Fields – thought to date from the old custom of the Lord Mayor and retainers on horseback inspecting the nearby conduit on the river Tyburn Kingsway – named in honour of Edward VII, reigning king when this road was completed in 1906 Lamb’s Conduit Passage – after a conduit built by William Lambe in the 16th century to bring clean water from the countryside north of London Lancaster Place – former site of the Savoy Palace.