Finsbury Square
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Finsbury Square is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) square in central London.[1] It was developed in 1777 on the site of a previous area of green space to the east of London known as Finsbury Fields, in the parish of St Luke's and near Moorfields. It is sited on the east side of City Road, opposite the east side of Bunhill Fields. It is approximately 200m north of Moorgate and 400m south of Old Street. Nearby locations are Finsbury Circus and Finsbury Pavement.
It is served by bus routes 21, 43, 141, 271, 214 and 274.
History
Past residents of the square include Pascoe Grenfell Hill, Thomas Southwood Smith and Philip Henry Pye-Smith. It has also been the site of the bookshop of James Lackington and the first home of the rabbinical seminary that became the London School of Jewish Studies (1855–81), of the Greek Orthodox church of Saint Sophia and of the Roman Catholic Church of St Mary Moorfields (1820–1900). Finsbury Square's Guildhall is the traditional home of the City of London Yeomanry (now part of the Inns of Court & City and Essex Yeomanry, and housed a stone's throw outside the old City boundaries, in Chancery Lane).
The south side of the square was known as Sodomites Walk in the 18th century and was notorious as a gay cruising area.[2]
More recently, on 22 October 2011, Occupy London protesters began to camp on the Square.[3]
In January 2013, the University of Liverpool announced that its London Campus would be based at 33 Finsbury Square. [4]
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- ↑ http://www.islington.gov.uk/Environment/outdoor/parks/locations.asp
- ↑ Homosexualitiy in Eighteenth-Century England: The Sodomites' Walk in Moorfields. Rictornorton.co.uk (2009-08-11). Retrieved on 2013-08-12.
- ↑ "'Occupy London' start camp in Finsbury Square". BBC News. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ↑ Liverpool University in London Prospectus 2013
Coordinates: 51°31′15″N 0°05′11″W / 51.52089°N 0.08649°W