[4] During the Second World War, the Institution Street (now Holborn Approach) area was accidentally bombed by the German Luftwaffe during night-time blackout air-raid unsuccessful attempts to destroy a nearby industrial target.
Several buildings were hit and as a result three people at the bottom end of the street were killed.
There are also concrete council houses (the Holborn Estate) and a mixture of more modern buildings, particularly student accommodation.
Other older buildings include Quarry Mount Primary School, and several public houses.
Alice Mann, the radical printer and bookseller had moved to a house on St Mark's Terrace by 1851.