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Arne Street, WC2E

8 February 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Dirty Lane and later Charles Street. Dr Thomas Augustine Arne (March 12, 1710 – March 5, 1778), was…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Covent Garden, Eton, St James's, streets named after composers, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after musicians, Westminster

Conduit Court, WC2E

7 February 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The name suggests it was connected with a water channel but in fact it comes from an innkeeper…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Covent Garden, St James's, streets named after landlords, Westminster

Bow Street, WC2E

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Place name Descriptive. Laid out with a slight curve between 1633 and 1677. As John Strype explained in 1740: “So called…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Covent Garden, St James's, Westminster

Long Acre, WC2E

5 February 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. This was originally a field owned by Westminster Abbey but had, at the time of development,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Covent Garden, St James's, Westminster

Slingsby Place, WC2E

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Place Name Previously Chapel Alley. Sir William Slingsby (29 January 1563 – August 1634), was an adventurer and property speculator.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Mercer's Company, St James's, streets named after MPs, Westminster

Maiden Lane, WC2E

3 February 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This ancient path was once a trackway leading from the City, where it ran through Cripplegate, Aldersgate and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Holborn and Covent Garden, name change, streets named after dung heaps, Westminster

Floral Street, WC2E

2 February 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Previously called Little Hart Street (from Conduit Court to James Street) and Great Hart Street (from James Street…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Holborn and Covent Garden, name change, streets named after buildings, Westminster

Prideaux Place, WC1X

30 January 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Previously Vernon Street and later Upper Vernon Street. Arthur Robert Prideaux (1857 – May 9, 1932) was a director…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Clerkenwell, Islington, name change, New River Company

Harpur Mews, WC1N

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Place Name Formerly East Street, by association with New North Street. As a young man of humble origins from Bedford, William…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Camden, Dissolution of the monasteries, Holborn & Covent Garden, Lord Mayor, name change, Nicholas Barbon, streets named after Lord Mayors

Wakefield Street, WC1H

29 January 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name It was named after the Pindar of Wakefield, an inn that first opened sometime around 1517, on Gray’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Camden, King's Cross, Robin Hood, streets named after pubs

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