Place Name Originally Dirty Lane and later Charles Street. Dr Thomas Augustine Arne (March 12, 1710 – March 5, 1778), was…
Place Name The name suggests it was connected with a water channel but in fact it comes from an innkeeper…
Place name Descriptive. Laid out with a slight curve between 1633 and 1677. As John Strype explained in 1740: “So called…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. This was originally a field owned by Westminster Abbey but had, at the time of development,…
Place Name Previously Chapel Alley. Sir William Slingsby (29 January 1563 – August 1634), was an adventurer and property speculator.…
Place Name Laid out as part of the slum clearance scheme made law under the Strand Improvement Act of 1829,…
Place Name Originally Bowling Alley or Bowling Street. Sir Richard Tufton (1585 – October 4, 1631), who lived in Tothill…
Place Name Sir Henry Bennet (January 30, 1618 – July 28, 1685), a loyal supporter and member of Charles II’s…