Essex Road

[1] The northern section of the road was once called Seveney Street, possibility indicating a Roman connection.

[4] The New River crossed Essex Road where it met Colebrooke Row in a 45 metres (148 ft) tunnel.

[3] Fisher House stood at the junction of Essex Road and Cross Street.

[3] The Old Queen's Head, a pub, contains a plaster ceiling and chimneypiece constructed in the 16th century.

[3] Samuel Ridley's floorcloth factory was built in 1812 on what was open fields around the north end of Essex Road.

It opened on 14 February 1904 as part of the Great Northern & City Railway from Moorgate to Finsbury Park.