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Tag: St James’s

India Place, WC2B

9 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Formerly a part of Montreal Place which, along with the corresponding passage Melbourne Place at the other end…

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Filed under: Empire, India, name change, St James's, streets named after an Indian connection, streets named after Empire, Westminster

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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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

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

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

Duncannon Street, WC2N

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Place Name Laid out as part of the slum clearance scheme made law under the Strand Improvement Act of 1829,…

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Filed under: Charing Cross, St James's, streets named after Whigs, Westminster

Tufton Street, SW1P

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Place Name Originally Bowling Alley or Bowling Street. Sir Richard Tufton (1585 – October 4, 1631), who lived in Tothill…

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Filed under: James I, St James's, streets named after MPs, Westminster

Arlington Street, SW1A

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Place Name Sir Henry Bennet (January 30, 1618 – July 28, 1685), a loyal supporter and member of Charles II’s…

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Filed under: Charles II, St James's, Westminster

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