Capper Street, WC1E

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Capper Street was named after the Capper farmer, tenant farmers on this land in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Pancras Street became Capper Street in 1953.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Adam and Eve Tearooms The Adam and Eve Tearooms were a fashionable Georgian watering hole.
Fairyland During the period leading up to and during the First World War, 92 Tottenham Court Road was the location of a shooting range called Fairyland.
Regent’s Place Regent’s Place is a mixed use business, retail and residential quarter on the north side of Euston Road.
Scala Theatre Scala Theatre was a theatre in London, sited on Charlotte Street, off Tottenham Court Road. The first theatre on the site opened in 1772, and was demolished in 1969, after being destroyed by fire.

NEARBY STREETS
Alfred Mews, WC1E Alfred Mews is situated off Tottenham Court Road, running behind the gardens of North Crescent (Bloomsbury)
Alfred Place, WC1E Alfred Place was built in 1806 by a Marylebone stonemason called John Waddilove who named it after his son Alfred (Bloomsbury)
Aradco House, W1T Aradco House is a block on Cleveland Street (Fitzrovia)
Arthur Stanley House, W1T Arthur Stanley House is located on Tottenham Street (Fitzrovia)
Arthur Tattersall House, WC1E Arthur Tattersall House is a block on Gower Street (Bloomsbury)
AWL House, W1W AWL House is a building on Great Portland Street (Fitzrovia)
Bedford Way, WC1H Bedford Way is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Belmont House, W1W Belmont House is a block on Candover Street (Fitzrovia)
Bentham House, WC1H Bentham House is sited on Endsleigh Gardens (Bloomsbury)
Bentinck House, W1W Bentinck House is a block on Bolsover Street (Fitzrovia)
Bentley House, NW1 Bentley House is a block on Euston Road (Euston Square)
Bird Street, W1T Bird Street is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Bloomsbury House, WC1B Bloomsbury House is a block on Bedford Square (Bloomsbury)
Bolsover House, W1W Bolsover House is a building on Clipstone Street (Fitzrovia)
Bolsover Street, W1W Bolsover Street - home to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital since 1907 (Fitzrovia)
Brock House, W1W Brock House is a building on Langham Street (Fitzrovia)
Brock Street, NW1 Brock Street was formerly called Henry Street (Euston)
Bromley Place, W1T Bromley Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Brook House, WC1E Brook House is a block on Torrington Place (Bloomsbury)
BT Tower, W1W The BT Tower is a communications tower, previously known as the GPO Tower, the Post Office Tower and the Telecom Tower (Fitzrovia)
Bucklebury House, NW1 Bucklebury House is a block on Stanhope Street (Euston)
Burton Street, WC1H Burton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Byng Place, WC1E Byng Place is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Candover Street, W1W Candover Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Fitzrovia)
Capper Street, WC1E Capper Street was named after the Capper farmer, tenant farmers on this land in the 17th and 18th centuries (Bloomsbury)
Carburton Street, W1W Carburton Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Fitzrovia)
Charlotte Mews, W1T Charlotte Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Charlotte Place, W1T Charlotte Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Charlotte Street, W1T Charlotte Street was laid out in the mid 18th century on open fields (Fitzrovia)
Chenies Mews, WC1E Chenies Mews is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Chenies Street, WC1E Chenies Street takes its name from the Buckinghamshire village where since 1556 members of the Russell family have been buried. (Bloomsbury)
Chitty Street, W1T Chitty Street runs between Charlotte Street and Whitfield Street (Fitzrovia)
Cleveland Street, W1W Cleveland Street maybe dates from before 1632 when its name was recorded as Wrastling Lane. (Fitzrovia)
Clipstone Mews, W1T Clipstone Mews is a road in the W1T postcode area (Fitzrovia)
Clipstone Street, W1W Clipstone Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Fitzrovia)
Coach Road, W1T Coach Road is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Collingwood House, W1W Residential block (Fitzrovia)
Colville Place, W1T Colville Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Tottenham Court Road)
Conway Mews, W1T Conway Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Conway Street, W1T Conway Street runs from the Euston Road in the north to Fitzroy Square in the south (Fitzrovia)
Darwin Walk, WC1E Darwin Walk is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Drayton House, WC1H Drayton House is sited on Gordon Street (Euston Square)
Drummond Street, NW1 Drummond Street is alternatively known as ’Banglatown’, (Euston Square)
Duchess House, W1T Duchess House is a block on Warren Street (Fitzrovia)
Elisa Court, W1T Elisa Court is a block on Chitty Street (Fitzrovia)
Endsleigh Gardens, WC1H Endsleigh Gardens is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Endsleigh Place, WC1H Endsleigh Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Endsleigh Street, WC1H Endsleigh Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Euston Road, NW1 Euston Road runs from Marylebone Road to King's Cross. The road is part of the London Inner Ring Road and forms part of the London congestion charge zone boundary (Euston Square)
Euston Tower, NW1 Euston Tower is a skyscraper located at 286 Euston Road, near the intersection with Tottenham Court Road. (Euston)
Evelyn House, W1W Evelyn House is a block on New Cavendish Street (Fitzrovia)
Faber Building, WC1H Faber Building is a block on Russell Square (Russell Square)
First Floor, W1T First Floor is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Fitzrovia Court, W1 Fitzrovia Court is a block on Great Titchfield Street (Fitzrovia)
Fitzrovia House, W1T Fitzrovia House is a block on Cleveland Street (Fitzrovia)
Fitzroy Court, W1T Fitzroy Court is a road in the W1T postcode area (Fitzrovia)
Fitzroy Mews, W1T Fitzroy Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Fitzroy Square, W1T Fitzroy Square is one of the Georgian squares of London (Fitzrovia)
Fitzroy Street, W1T Henry Fitzroy was an illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Barbara Villiers - hence the family name Fitzroy: ‘King’s son’. (Fitzrovia)
Foley Street, W1W Foley Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Fitzrovia)
Foundry Mews, NW1 Foundry Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Euston Square)
Gideon Schreier House, WC1H Gideon Schreier House is a block on Endsleigh Street (Bloomsbury)
Goodge Place, W1T Goodge Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Goodge Street, W1T Goodge Street was named after John Goodge a carpenter who along with his two nephews developed Crab Tree Fields to form Goodge Street in 1740 (Fitzrovia)
Gordon Mansions, WC1E Gordon Mansions is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Gordon Square, WC1H The completion of Thomas Cubitt’s Gordon Square in 1860 marked the final development of Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Gordon Street, WC1H Gordon Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Gosfield House, W1W Gosfield House is a building on Gosfield Street (Fitzrovia)
Gosfield Street, W1W Gosfield Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Fitzrovia)
Gower Court, WC1E Gower Court is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Gower Place, WC1E Gower Place runs from Gordon Street to Gower Street (Bloomsbury)
Gower Street, WC1E Gower Street is named after Gertrude Leveson-Gower, the wife of John Russell, the 4th Duke of Bedford (Bloomsbury)
Grafton Mews, W1T Grafton Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Grafton Way, W1T Grafton Way is named for the second Duke of Grafton (Fitzrovia)
Grafton Way, WC1E Grafton Way was formerly Grafton Street (Bloomsbury)
Great Titchfield Street, W1W Great Titchfield Street is one of the streets of London in the W1 postal area (Fitzrovia)
Greenwell Street, W1T Greenwell Street is a road in the W1T postcode area (Fitzrovia)
Greenwell Street, W1W Greenwell Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Fitzrovia)
Hanson Street, W1W Hanson Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Fitzrovia)
Harford House, W1W Harford House is a building on Great Portland Street (Fitzrovia)
Highwood House, W1W Highwood House can be found on New Cavendish Street (Fitzrovia)
Holcroft Court, W1W Holcroft Court is a block on Clipstone Street (Fitzrovia)
Howard House, W1T Howard House is a building on Cleveland Street (Fitzrovia)
Howland Street, W1T Howland Street is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Huntley Street, WC1E Huntley Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
James Boswell House, W1W James Boswell House is a block on Great Portland Street (Fitzrovia)
Keppel Street, WC1E Keppel Street links Store Street and Gower Street in the west to Malet Street in the east (Bloomsbury)
King Regent’s House, W1T King Regent’s House is a building on Fitzroy Street (Fitzrovia)
Kirkman House, W1T Kirkman House is a building on Whitfield Street (Tottenham Court Road)
Langham Street, W1W Langham Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Fitzrovia)
Laxton Place, NW1 Laxton Place is a street in Camden Town (Euston)
Leverton House, WC1B Leverton House is a block on Bedford Square (Bloomsbury)
Little Titchen Street, W1W Little Titchen Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Fitzrovia)
Longford Street, NW1 Longford Street is a street in Camden Town (Euston)
Lynton House, WC1H Lynton House is a block on Tavistock Square (Bloomsbury)
Malet Place, WC1E Malet Place is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Malet Street, WC1E Sir Edward Malet was married to Lady Ermyntrude Sackville Russell, daughter of Francis Russell who owned much of the surrounding area (Bloomsbury)
Maple Place, W1T Maple Place is a mews, previously called London Mews (Tottenham Court Road)
Maple Street, W1T Maple Street is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Mary Ward House, WC1H Mary Ward House is a block on Tavistock Place (Bloomsbury)
Maxclif House, W1T Maxclif House is a block on Tottenham Street (Tottenham Court Road)
Melton Street, NW1 Melton Street is a street in Camden Town (Euston Square)
Middlesex House, W1T Middlesex House is sited on Cleveland Street (Fitzrovia)
Middleton Buildings, W1W Middleton Buildings is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Fitzrovia)
Middleton Place, W1W Middleton Place is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Fitzrovia)
Midford Place, W1T Midford Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Tottenham Court Road)
Minehead House, W1W Minehead House is a building on Hanson Street (Fitzrovia)
Minerva House, WC1E Minerva House is a block on North Crescent (Bloomsbury)
Montague Place, WC1E Montague Place was developed in the decade after 1800 (Russell Square)
Mortimer Market, WC1E Mortimer Market is a road in the W1T postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Mottram House, W1T Mottram House is located on Whitfield Street (Tottenham Court Road)
Network Building, W1T Network Building is a block on Tottenham Court Road (Tottenham Court Road)
New Cavendish Street, W1W New Cavendish Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Fitzrovia)
Nicolas Cooper House, WC1E Nicolas Cooper House is a block on Chenies Street (Bloomsbury)
North Crescent, WC1E North Crescent is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
North Gower Street, NW1 North Gower Street is a street in Camden Town (Euston Square)
Ogle Street, W1W Ogle Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Fitzrovia)
Osnaburgh Street, NW1 Osnaburgh Street is a street in Camden Town (Euston)
Paul O’Gorman Building, WC1E Paul O’Gorman Building is a building on Huntley Street (Bloomsbury)
Phillips House, W1T Phillips House is a block on Goodge Street (Fitzrovia)
Prankerd House, NW1 Prankerd House is a block on North Gower Street (Euston Square)
Putney House, W1 Putney House is a block on Great Titchfield Street (Fitzrovia)
Putney House, W1W Putney House is a block on Great Titchfield Street (Fitzrovia)
Quantum House, NW1 Quantum House is a block on Euston Street (Euston Square)
Queen’s Yard, W1T Queen’s Yard is a road in the W1T postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Regent’s Place, W1T Regent’s Place is a walkway, series of blocks and a residential quarter (Regent’s Park)
Regnart Buildings, NW1 Regnart Buildings may date from the 1810s decade (Euston Square)
Rembrandt House, W1W Rembrandt House is located on Great Portland Street (Fitzrovia)
Richardson’s Mews, W1T Richardson’s Mews runs off Warren Street (Fitzrovia)
Ridgmount Gardens, WC1E Ridgmount Gardens is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Ridgmount Street, WC1E Ridgmount Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Roberts Engineering Building, WC1E Roberts Engineering Building is sited on Torrington Place (Bloomsbury)
Salt Yard, W1T A street within the W1T postcode (Fitzrovia)
Scala Street, W1T Scala Street is named after the Scala theatre which formerly stood here (Goodge Street)
Schafer House, NW1 Schafer House is a building on William Road (Euston)
Shropshire House, WC1E Shropshire House is a block on Capper Street (Bloomsbury)
South Cloisters, WC1H South Cloisters is a road in the WC1H postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Southampton Street, W1T Southampton Street absorbed Hampstead Street in 1885 before becoming Conway Street in 1938 (Fitzrovia)
St Luke’s House, W1T St Luke’s House is a block on Fitzroy Square (Fitzrovia)
St Mary Magdalene Church, NW1 St Mary Magdalene Church is a street in Camden Town (Euston)
St. Georges Road, WC1H A street within the WC1H postcode (Bloomsbury)
Stanhope House, W1T Stanhope House stood on the corner of Euston Road and Stanhope Street (Warren Street)
Stephenson Way, NW1 Stephenson Way is a street in Camden Town (Euston Square)
Stewart House, WC1B Stewart House can be found on Russell Square (Russell Square)
Store Street, WC1E Store Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock House North, WC1H Tavistock House North is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock House South, WC1H Tavistock House South is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock House, WC1H Residential block (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock Square, WC1H Tavistock Square was built by property developer James Burton and the master builder Thomas Cubitt for Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (Bloomsbury)
Taviton Street, WC1H Taviton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
The Cruciform Building, WC1E The Cruciform Building is a block on Gower Street (Bloomsbury)
The Wellcome Building, NW1 The Wellcome Building is a block on Euston Road (Bloomsbury)
Third Floor, WC1E Third Floor is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Thornhaugh Street, WC1B Thornhaugh Street is a street in London (Russell Square)
Threeways House, W1W Threeways House is a block on Clipstone Street (Fitzrovia)
Tolmers Square, NW1 Tolmers Square roughly covers the site of a reservoir of the New River Company (Euston Square)
Torrington Place, WC1E Torrington Place was developed by James Sim in partnership with his two sons (Bloomsbury)
Torrington Square, WC1H Torrington Square was originally laid out as part of the Bedford Estate development in 1821-25 (Bloomsbury)
Tottenham Court Road, W1T Tottenham Court Road is a major road running from the junction of Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road, north to Euston Road - a distance of about three-quarters of a mile (Tottenham Court Road)
Tottenham Mews, W1T Tottenham Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Tottenham Street, W1T Tottenham Street is so-named as it is a turning out of Tottenham Court Road (Fitzrovia)
Triton Square, NW1 Triton Square is a street in Camden Town (Euston)
Triton Street, NW1 Triton Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Regent’s Park)
Union Street, W1W The easternmost section of Riding House Street was previously known as Union Street (Fitzrovia)
University Street, WC1E University Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Upper Woburn Place, WC1H Woburn Abbey was the duke of Bedford’s primary estate - they were the most significant property owners in the vicinity (Bloomsbury)
Warren Court, NW1 Warren Court is a street in Camden Town (Tottenham Court Road)
Warren Court, W1T Warren Court is a block on Warren Street (Tottenham Court Road)
Warren Mews, W1T Warren Mews is a mews area situated off Warren Street (Fitzrovia)
Warren Street, W1T Warren Street was named after Anne Warren (1737–1807), the wife of Charles FitzRoy, landowner (Warren Street)
Whitfield Place, W1T Whitfield Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Whitfield Street, W1T Whitfield Street runs from Warren Street in the north to Windmill Street in the south. (Fitzrovia)
Whitson Court, W1T Whitson Court is a block on Greenwell Street (Fitzrovia)
Willan House, W1T Willan House is a block on Fitzroy Square (Fitzrovia)
Windmill Street, W1T Windmill Street appears on the John Roque map from the 1750s (Tottenham Court Road)
Woburn House, WC1H Woburn House is a block on Tavistock Square (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Mews, WC1H Woburn Mews ran parallel between Woburn Place and Upper Bedford Place to the west of Woburn Place (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Place, WC1H Woburn Place is situated on the Bedford estate, running north from the east of Russell Square to the east of Tavistock Square (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Square, WC1H Woburn Square is just north of the centre of Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Walk, WC1H Woburn Walk was also known as Woburn Buildings (Bloomsbury)
Wogan House, W1A Wogan House is a block on Great Portland Street (Fitzrovia)
Woodford House, W1 Woodford House is a block on Great Titchfield Street (Fitzrovia)
Woolf Mews, WC1H Woolf Mews is a road in the WC1H postcode area (Bloomsbury)


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