Theobalds Road

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| other_name = Tibbalds Road

| former_names = King's Way

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| namesake = Theobalds Palace

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| area = Holborn

| location = London Borough of Camden

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Theobalds Road is a road in the Holborn district of London. It is named after Theobalds Palace because King James I used this route when going between there and London, travelling with his court and baggage of some 200 carts. For this reason, it was also known as the King's Way which is now the name of the nearby road, Kingsway.

A tram tunnel was built under Kingsway in 1902–1906 which had its north-eastern entrance at Theobalds Road. When the tram network was closed in the 1950s, the Theobalds Road end was used as a flood control centre and movie location. In 1925 the South Place Ethical Society purchased land on Theobalds Road where the rear entrance to Conway Hall was subsequently constructed.{{cite web |title=Conway Hall |url=https://heritage.humanists.uk/conway-hall/ |website=Humanist Heritage |access-date=7 August 2024}}

The road's name is usually pronounced intuitively ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|θ|iː|ə|b|əl|d|z}}), but traditionally it was pronounced "Tibbalds" ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɪ|b|əl|d|z}}).

The road was home to the Theobald's Road Institute (or Institution) at number 8, founded by William Benbow, in 1820.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-project/institutions/institute_working_class.htm|title=UCL Bloomsbury Project|website=www.ucl.ac.uk|date=13 April 2011| access-date=23 January 2025}}

Notable residents

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born at number 15.
Benjamin Disraeli was born at number 22.

References

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{{citation | title=London & The Famous | author=Katy Carter |year=1982 | page=53}}

{{citation | title=The Heritage of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor |author=Avril Coleridge-Taylor | year=1979 | page=16 |quote=According to the Entry of Birth signed by JB Goodhugh, Registrar for the District of Holborn on 27 September 1875, Samuel Coleridge Taylor (the hyphenated form was adopted later in life) was born on 15 August 1875, at 15 Theobalds Road ...}}

{{citation |title=Blooming English |author=Kate Burridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2004 |isbn=9780521548328 |page=27 |quote=one nice taxi driver put me right by politely pointing out that it was in fact pronounced 'Tibbalds' Road!}}

{{cite web |url=http://hidden-london.com/miscellany/pronunciation/ |title=Hidden London - Pronunciation |work=Hidden London |accessdate=3 January 2015}}

{{citation | page=55 | title=Secret London | author=Andrew Duncan | year=2006 | isbn=978-1-845-37305-4}}

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Category:Streets in the London Borough of Camden

Category:Odonyms referring to a building