Finsbury Pavement

Finsbury Pavement is a short length of street in England connecting Moorgate with City Road in the London Borough of Islington.

The name was formerly Moor Fields Pavement, being on the west side of the Moorfields, behind the Bethlem Hospital.

The area was first drained in 1527, and the existing postern made into a gate in the city wall at Moorgate.

[2] In 1891, Finsbury Pavement became the City terminus for the Great Northern & City underground railway serving Finsbury Park, via the Copenhagen Fields tunnel, under Islington.

This branch was never integrated with the underground system, and is now operated as the Northern City Line, a suburban service.