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18-691: The Clerkenwell Workhouse stood on Coppice Row, Farringdon Road , in London, from 1727 to 1883. The original workhouse was built in 1727 by the Clerkenwell Vestry . An infirmary was added in 1729. In 1775, following the Clerkenwell (Poor Relief) Act 1775 , responsibility for the workhouse passed to the Clerkenwell Guardians, who were appointed for life by the vestry. The building was replaced by one twice as large in 1790. The workhouse infirmary

36-455: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Farringdon Road Farringdon Road is a road in Clerkenwell , London . Farringdon Road is part of the A201 route connecting King's Cross to Elephant and Castle . It goes southeast from King's Cross, crossing Rosebery Avenue, then turns south, crossing Clerkenwell Road before going past Farringdon station. It finishes on the border between

54-406: A large and specialized collection. Bibliophiles usually possess books they love or that hold special value, as well as old editions with unusual bindings, autographed , or illustrated copies. "Bibliophile" is an appropriate term for a minority of those who are book collectors . Bibliophilia is not to be confused with bibliomania , a potential symptom of obsessive–compulsive disorder involving

72-437: A mournful voice, 'Pray, remember the poor debtors; pray remember the poor debtors'. The receipts of this box, when there were any, were divided among the poor prisoners; and the men on the poor side relieved each other in this degrading office. Although this custom has been abolished, and the cage is now boarded up, the miserable and destitute condition of these unhappy persons remains the same. We no longer suffer them to appeal at

90-400: Is distinct from bibliomania , a compulsive obsession to collect books which can affect interpersonal relationships or health. The term "bibliophile" has been in use since 1820 and has been associated with historical figures like Lord Spencer and J.P. Morgan , who were known for their extensive book collections. The classic bibliophile loves to read, admire and collect books, often amassing

108-529: Is memorable due to the competition between "Lord Spencer and the marquis of Blandford [which] drove [the price of a probable first edition of Boccaccio's Decameron up to the astonishing and unprecedented sum of £2,260". J. P. Morgan was also a noted bibliophile. In 1884, he paid $ 24,750 ($ 772,130.92, adjusted for inflation for 2021) for a 1459 edition of the Mainz Psalter . Many bibliophiles such as Jay I. Kislak , donate their collections to libraries. In

126-499: Is to be distinguished from the much older notion of a bookman (which dates back to 1583), who is one who loves books, and especially reading ; more generally, a bookman is one who participates in writing, publishing, or selling books. Lord Spencer and the Marquess of Blandford were noted bibliophiles. "The Roxburghe sale quickly became a foundational myth for the burgeoning secondhand book trade, and remains so to this day"; this sale

144-526: The City of London , the London Borough of Camden and the London Borough of Islington , at a junction with Charterhouse Street . Its line continues into the city as Farringdon Street . The road's construction, taking almost 20 years between the 1840s and the 1860s, is considered one of the greatest urban engineering achievements of the 19th century. It was one of the first engineered multi-lane roads, and buried

162-653: The River Fleet in a system of tunnels, solving one of London's most significant sanitary problems. Its construction also included the building of the world's first stretch of underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway that later became part of the London Underground running beneath Farringdon Road from King's Cross St. Pancras into the City at Farringdon station. The construction of Farringdon Road necessitated

180-428: The 19th and 20th centuries books were sold by itinerant street traders from two-wheeled flat-bed barrows on which were books were laid out for sale. Although book barrows could be found elsewhere in London the 30 or 40 barrows on Farringdon Road tended to offer the better quality volumes. As a result, bibliophiles would visit in search of rare books at a modest price. Amongst the notable buildings on Farringdon Road are

198-518: The Farringdon Street prison wall, so that prisoners might beg alms from passers-by. Charles Dickens describes this in his book The Pickwick Papers: "Most of our readers will remember, that, until within a very few years past, there was a kind of iron cage in the wall of the Fleet Prison, within which was posted some man of hungry looks, who, from time to time, rattled a money-box, and exclaimed in

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216-489: The collecting of books to the extent that interpersonal relations or health may be negatively affected, and in which the mere fact that a physical object is a book is sufficient for it to be collected or beloved. According to Arthur H. Minters, the "private collecting of books was a fashion indulged in by many Romans , including Cicero and Atticus ". The term bibliophile entered the English language in 1820. A bibliophile

234-631: The former headquarters of The Guardian newspaper at Nos. 119–141, the so-called Zeppelin Building at No. 61 built in 1917 after a Zeppelin raid during World War I , and the western side of Smithfield Market . A notorious building on Farringdon Road was the Farringdon Road Buildings, a five-tenement block of dwellings built for the working classes during the Victorian era. Lacking bathrooms and with poor sanitary conditions this building, one of

252-493: The last slum dwellings to exist in central London, was still occupied until the early 1970s. Common features were poor lighting, overcrowding, with rat- and cockroach-infested living conditions, and people trapped by their own poverty. The residents were re-housed by Islington Borough Council and the buildings, close to Exmouth Market and the Royal Mail Mount Pleasant Sorting Office , were pulled down in

270-876: The mid-1970s to be replaced by a multi-storey car park . A contemporary description of the buildings is given in George Gissing 's novel The Nether World . The dwellings in Faringdon Road had an annex at the bottom of Safron Hill have been restored and now belong to the De Beers Diamond Group . The original set of dwellings were occupied predominantly by Italians and formed part of "Little Italy" 51°31′13″N 0°06′21″W  /  51.52028°N 0.10583°W  / 51.52028; -0.10583 Bibliophilia Bibliophiles may have large, specialized book collections. They may highly value old editions, autographed copies, or illustrated versions. Bibliophilia

288-443: The prison gates to the charity and compassion of the passersby; but we still leave unblotted the leaves of our statute book, for the reverence and admiration of succeeding ages, the just and wholesome law which declares that the sturdy felon shall be fed and clothed, and that the penniless debtor shall be left to die of starvation and nakedness. This is no fiction." Farringdon Road was the best known site in London for book barrows. In

306-465: The removal of the Fleet Market that had been built in 1736 above the course of the River Fleet , which is now London's largest subterranean river . North of the market was Hockley-in-the-Hole (around Ray Street Bridge), an area notorious for bear-baiting and similar activities. Farringdon Road was also home to the notorious Fleet Prison. It was on this side of the prison that a grille was built into

324-521: Was described by The Lancet in 1865 as one of the two worst in London, and "fit for nothing but to be destroyed". Following the Metropolitan Poor Act 1867 , responsibility passed to the Holborn Guardians . The building was demolished in 1883. [REDACTED] Media related to Clerkenwell workhouse at Wikimedia Commons This article about a United Kingdom building or structure is

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