Editing Holborn (section)

===Urban growth===
The westward growth of London beyond the [[London Wall|City Wall]], and towards the seat of government in [[Westminster]], took place along the banks of the [[River Thames]] and along the roads leading from [[Ludgate]] ([[Fleet Street]] and [[Strand, London|The Strand]]) and [[Newgate]] (''Holborn'' and ''[[High Holborn]]''). This growth, initially limited to [[Farringdon Without]] (which includes a part of Holborn) was well underway in the 12th century, leading to the Ward being retrospectively described as the capital's original [[West End of London|West End]].<ref name="auto"/>

In the 12th century St Andrew's was noted in local title deeds as lying on "Holburnestrate"—Holborn Street,<ref>{{cite book|last=Harben|first=Henry|title=A Dictionary of London|publisher=Herbert Jenkins|location=London|year=1918}}</ref> but as the street leads from Roman [[Newgate]], and the church was sited on it by the 10th century, it is probably considerably older. In 1394 the population had grown so large that the Ward of Farringdon had grown too large for effective governance and was formally divided into the separate Wards, (rather than separate named areas within the same Ward) in 1394.

The westward growth towards Westminster accelerated in the Tudor period. The westerly ribbon development through the parish was complete before the [[Great Fire of London|Great Fire]] of 1666, with the displacement of people accelerating the development of the rest of the area. The northern fringe the last area to be developed, with this process finalised in the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web|title= Strype map of 1720|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/crace/a/007zzz000000015u000260a0.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Horwood map of 1799 |url=http://www.romanticlondon.org/horwoods-plan/#15/51.5216/-0.1203}}</ref>