Hart Row Street

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

Between Snow Hill and Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).


Former name : "Hart Street" (Hatton, 1708).

Afterwards called Snow Hill, now Holborn Viaduct.

So called because it represents the shape of a human heart! (W. Stow, 1722).

More probably named after an owner or builder, or after the sign of the Hart.

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