St John's Street is a street beginning at the boundary of the City of London at Smithfield Market and running north. It historically served as the route used by traders with livestock traveling to Smithfield Market. From the 16th to the 18th centuries, it was the site of Hicks' Hall, a magistrates' court.

The street was consistently redeveloped through the 19th and 20th centuries. A thorough history of the street is available on British History Online, from Survey of London: Volume 46, South and East Clerkenwell: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol46/pp203-221#h3-0003

In London Labour and the London Poor edition:

Phase 1

Of Groundsel and Chickweed Sellers. (1) [as “John-street”]: "The turfs I sell mostly in London-street, in Marrabun and John-street, and Carburton-street, and Portland-street, and Berners, and all about there."

Phase 2 

OF THE WOMEN STREET-SELLERS. (1)