William Berners completed building in 1763 what is today Berners Street.
In 1738, William Berners let for ninety-nine years to Thomas Huddle the whole frontage of 655 feet to Oxford Street with the exception of the width required for two proposed new streets – which would be the present Berners Street and Newman Street. Also proposed was a widening of Wells Lane.
Between 1750 and 1763 the new streets were laid out. The first lease granted in Newman Street is dated 1750. Charles Street, now called Mortimer Street, dated from 1759. Castle Street and Wells Street date from 1760, in Berners Street from 1763. Suffolk Street - now Nassau Street - dates from 1764.
