Park Lane, W1K

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Emma Seif Hill Street, London Added: 25 Jan 2022 19:06 GMT	Birth of the Bluestocking Society In about 1750, Elizabeth Montagu began hosting literary breakfasts in her home at 23 (now 31) Hill Street. These are considered the first meetings of the Bluestocking society. Reply
Fumblina Whitfield Street, W1T Added: 21 Feb 2023 11:39 GMT	Error on 1800 map numbering for John Street The 1800 map of Whitfield Street (17 zoom) has an error in the numbering shown on the map. The houses are numbered up the right hand side of John Street and Upper John Street to #47 and then are numbered down the left hand side until #81 BUT then continue from 52-61 instead of 82-91. Reply
TUM The Underground Map Added: 27 Aug 2022 10:22 GMT	The Underground Map Michael Faraday successfully demonstrated the first electrical transformer at the Royal Institute, London. Reply
Admin Baker Street Added: 26 Aug 2022 12:41 GMT	Baker Street Baker Street station opened on the Metropolitan Railway - the world’s first underground line. Reply
www.violettrefusis.com Wilton Crescent, SW1X Added: 17 Feb 2021 15:05 GMT	Birth place Violet Trefusis, writer, cosmopolitan intellectual and patron of the Arts was born at 2 Wilton Crescent SW1X. Source: www.violettrefusis.com Reply
Ray Ashby Enford Street, W1H Added: 14 Aug 2023 17:22 GMT	Greengrocers in Enford street Greengrocer under new ownership by Mr Stanley Ashby, married to Mrs Lily Ashby Reply
Scott Hatton Savile Row, W1S Added: 30 Jan 2023 11:28 GMT	The Beatles on a London rooftop The Beatles’ rooftop concert took place on the rooftop of the Apple Corps building in London. It was their final public performance as a band and was unannounced, attracting a crowd of onlookers. The concert lasted for 42 minutes and included nine songs. The concert is remembered as a seminal moment in the history of rock music and remains one of the most famous rock performances of all time. Reply
Julian Collingwood House, W1W Added: 23 Mar 2021 10:11 GMT	Dennis Potter Author Dennis Potter lived in Collingwood House in the 1970’s Reply
Justin Russ Binney Street, W1K Added: 15 Feb 2021 20:25 GMT	Binney Street, W1K Binney St was previously named Thomas Street before the 1950’s. Before the 1840’s (approx.) it was named Bird St both above and below Oxford St. Reply
Lynette beardwood Ebury Street, SW1W Added: 29 Nov 2022 20:53 GMT	Spy’s Club Topham’s Hotel at 24-28 Ebury Street was called the Ebury Court Hotel. Its first proprietor was a Mrs Topham. In WW2 it was a favourite watering hole for the various intelligence organisations based in the Pimlico area. The first woman infiltrated into France in 1942, FANY Yvonne Rudellat, was recruited by the Special Operations Executive while working there. She died in Bergen Belsen in April 1945. Reply

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Michael Tyrrell Avenue, DA16 Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT	Momentous Birth! I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Lady Townshend Bridge House Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT	Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811) I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received Reply
Alex Britton Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT	Late opening The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop). But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER). Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia Reply
Kevin Pont Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT	Shhh.... Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day. Reply
Kevin Pont Dollis Hill Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT	The connection with Bletchley Park The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill. Reply
Kevin Pont Hampstead Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:25 GMT	The deepest station At 58m below ground, Hampstead is as deep as Nelson’s Column is tall. Source: Hampstead tube station - Wikipedia Reply
Kevin Pont Hendon Central Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:15 GMT	Not as Central as advertised... Hendon Central was by no means the centre of Hendon when built, being a green field site. It was built at the same time as both the North Circular Road and the A41 were built as major truck roads �’ an early example of joined up London transport planning. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

25 Park Lane 25 Park Lane was the London residence of Sir Philip Sassoon.

25 Park Lane

Londonderry House Londonderry House was an aristocratic townhouse situated on Park Lane.

Londonderry House

Metropolitan Borough of Westminster The Metropolitan Borough of Westminster was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965.

Metropolitan Borough of Westminster

Speakers’ Corner Speakers’ Corner is in the northeast corner of Hyde Park.

Speakers’ Corner

NEARBY STREETS

Adams Row, W1K On the Grosvenor estate, Adams Row extends from South Audley Street to Carlos Place.

Adams Row, W1K

Aldford House, W1K Aldford House is sited on South Audley Street.

Aldford House, W1K

Aldford Street, W1K Aldford Street is named after Aldford, a property on the Grosvenor family’s Cheshire estates.

Aldford Street, W1K

Ancaster House, W1J Ancaster House is a block on Chesterfield Gardens.

Ancaster House, W1J

Archibald Mews, W1J Archibald Mews was formerly John Court, after local landowner John, Lord Berkeley.

Archibald Mews, W1J

Audley Court, W1J Audley Court is a block on Hill Street.

Audley Court, W1J

Audley House, W1K Audley House can be found on North Audley Street.

Audley House, W1K

Audley Square, W1K Audley Square is named after Hugh Audley.

Audley Square, W1K

Avenfield House, W1K Avenfield House is a block on Park Lane.

Avenfield House, W1K

Balfour Mews, W1K Balfour Mews is the southern extention of Balfour Place.

Balfour Mews, W1K

Balfour Place, W1K Balfour Place honours Eustace Balfour, surveyor for the Grosvenor estate from 1890 to 1910.

Balfour Place, W1K

Belgravia House, W1K Belgravia House is located on South Audley Street.

Belgravia House, W1K

Berger House, W1J Berger House is a block on Berkeley Square.

Berger House, W1J

Brick Street, W1J Brick Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Brick Street, W1J

Brook House, W1K Brook House is a block on Park Lane.

Brook House, W1K

Brook Street, W1K Brook Street was named after the Tyburn Brook that formerly ran nearby,

Brook Street, W1K

Brooks Mews, W1K Brooks Mews is a small road on the Grosvenor Estate, laid out in the 1720s.

Brooks Mews, W1K

Carlos Place, W1 Carlos Place is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Carlos Place, W1

Carrington Street, W1J Carrington Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Carrington Street, W1J

Charles Street, W1J Charles Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Charles Street, W1J

Chesterfield Gardens, W1J Chesterfield Gardens is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Chesterfield Gardens, W1J

Chesterfield House, W1J Chesterfield House is a block on Chesterfield Gardens.

Chesterfield House, W1J

Chesterfield Street, W1J Chesterfield Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Chesterfield Street, W1J

Connaught House, W1K Connaught House is sited on Davies Street.

Connaught House, W1K

Copus House, W1K Copus House is a block on Mount Street.

Copus House, W1K

Culross Street, W1K Culross Street is a road in the W1K postcode area

Culross Street, W1K

Curzon Square, W1K Curzon Square is a road in the W1K postcode area

Curzon Square, W1K

Curzon Street, W1J Curzon Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Curzon Street, W1J

Curzonfield House, W1J Curzonfield House is a building on Curzon Street.

Curzonfield House, W1J

Davies Street, W1K Davies Street is a north-south street in Mayfair.

Davies Street, W1K

Davis Street, W1K Davis Street is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Davis Street, W1K

Deanery House, W1K Deanery House is a block on Deanery Street.

Deanery House, W1K

Deanery Street, W1K Deanery Street is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Deanery Street, W1K

Derby Street, W1J Derby Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Derby Street, W1J

Dorchester Ride, W1K Dorchester Ride is a road in the W1K postcode area

Dorchester Ride, W1K

Down Street, W1J Down Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Down Street, W1J

Dudley House, W1K Dudley House is a block on Park Lane.

Dudley House, W1K

Dunraven Street, W1K Dunraven Street is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Dunraven Street, W1K

Eaton House, W1K Eaton House is a block on Upper Grosvenor Street.

Eaton House, W1K

Farm House, W1J Farm House is located on Farm Street.

Farm House, W1J

Farm Street, W1J Farm Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Farm Street, W1J

Fountain House, W1K Fountain House is a block on Aldford Street.

Fountain House, W1K

Green Street, W1K Green Street is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Green Street, W1K

Grosvenor Square, W1K Grosvenor Square is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Grosvenor Square, W1K

Grosvenor Square, W1K Grosvenor Square was developed by Sir Richard Grosvenor from 1721 onwards.

Grosvenor Square, W1K

Grosvenor Street, W1K Grosvenor Street is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Grosvenor Street, W1K

Hampden House, W1K Hampden House is a building on Green Street.

Hampden House, W1K

Hay’s Mews, W1J This is a street in the W1J postcode area

Hay’s Mews, W1J

Hertford Street, W1J Hertford Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Hertford Street, W1J

Hill Street, W1J Hill Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Hill Street, W1J

Jones Street, W1K Jones Street is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Jones Street, W1K

Lees Court, W1K Lees Court is a block on Lees Place.

Lees Court, W1K

Lees Place, W1K Lees Place is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Lees Place, W1K

Lovers’ Walk, W1K Lovers’ Walk is a road in the W1K postcode area

Lovers’ Walk, W1K

Market Mews, W1J Market Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Market Mews, W1J

Mayfair Building, W1J Mayfair Building is sited on Farm Street.

Mayfair Building, W1J

Mayfair House, W1K Mayfair House can be found on Carlos Place.

Mayfair House, W1K

Mayfayre House, W1J Mayfayre House is a block on Shepherd Street.

Mayfayre House, W1J

Meadows House, W1J Meadows House is a block on Queen Street.

Meadows House, W1J

Mount Row, W1K Mount Row was formed from two stable yards.

Mount Row, W1K

Mount Street Mews, W1 Mount Street Mews is a road in the W1K postcode area

Mount Street Mews, W1

Mount Street, W1K Mount Street is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Mount Street, W1K

Mount Street, W1K Mount Street is a road in the W1 postcode area

Mount Street, W1K

North Audley House, W1K North Audley House is a building on North Audley Street.

North Audley House, W1K

North Audley Street, W1K North Audley Street is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

North Audley Street, W1K

Park Lane, W1K Park Lane is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Park Lane, W1K

Park Street, W1K Park Street is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Park Street, W1K

Park Towers, W1J Park Towers is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Park Towers, W1J

Pitt’s Head Mews, W1K Pitt’s Head Mews is a road in the W1J postcode area

Pitt’s Head Mews, W1K

Providence Court, W1K Providence Court is north of Grosvenor Square.

Providence Court, W1K

Queen Street, W1J Queen Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Queen Street, W1J

Red Lion Yard, W1J Red Lion Yard is a road in the W1K postcode area

Red Lion Yard, W1J

Reeves Mews, W1K Reeves Mews is a road in the W1K postcode area

Reeves Mews, W1K

Rex Place, W1K Rex Place is a road in the W1K postcode area

Rex Place, W1K

Shepherd Street, W1J Shepherd Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Shepherd Street, W1J

Shepherds Place, W1K Shepherds Place is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Shepherds Place, W1K

South Audley Street, W1K South Audley Street is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

South Audley Street, W1K

South Street, W1K South Street is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

South Street, W1K

Stanhope Gate, W1K Stanhope Gate is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Stanhope Gate, W1K

Stanhope House, W1K Stanhope House is sited on Park Lane.

Stanhope House, W1K

Stanhope Row, W1J Stanhope Row is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Stanhope Row, W1J

The Garden House, W1K The Garden House is a block on Mount Row.

The Garden House, W1K

Three Kings’ Yard, W1K This is a street in the W1K postcode area

Three Kings’ Yard, W1K

Tilney Street, W1K Tilney Street is a road in the W1K postcode area

Tilney Street, W1K

Trebeck Street, W1J Trebeck Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Trebeck Street, W1J

Upper Brook Street, W1K Upper Brook Street is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Upper Brook Street, W1K

Upper Grosvenor Street, W1K Upper Grosvenor Street is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Upper Grosvenor Street, W1K

Waverton Street, W1J Waverton Street is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

Waverton Street, W1J

Woods Mews, W1K Woods Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1K postal area.

Woods Mews, W1K

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Mayfair

Mayfair (originally called The May Fair) is an area of central London, by the east edge of Hyde Park. Mayfair boasts some of the capital’s most exclusive property of all types.

Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took place on the site that is Shepherd Market today. In 1764, the May Fair was banned at Shepherd Market because the well-to-do residents of the area disliked the fair’s disorderliness, and it moved to Fair Field in Bow in the East End of London.

The district is now mainly commercial, with many former homes converted into offices for major corporations headquarters, embassies and also hedge funds and real estate businesses. There remains a substantial quantity of residential property as well as some exclusive shopping and London’s largest concentration of luxury hotels and many restaurants. Rents are among the highest in London and the world.

The freehold of a large section of Mayfair also belongs to the Crown Estate.

The renown and prestige of Mayfair could have grown in the popular mind because it is the most expensive property on the British Monopoly set. Victor Watson, the head of Waddingtons at the time, and his secretary Marjory Phillips, chose the London place names for the British version — Ms Phillips apparently went for a walk around London to choose suitable sites.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Marble Arch, 2016 Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=352348 TUM image id: 1510054281 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Somerset House, Park Lane: house (right) and stables (centre) in 1912, from junction of Park Lane and Oxford Street. Credit: British History Online TUM image id: 1510057932 Licence:	Speaker’s Corner, April 1987 Speakers here at this corner of Hyde Park nearest of Marble Arch may talk on any subject, as long as the police consider their speeches lawful. Contrary to popular belief, there is no immunity from the law, nor are any subjects proscribed, but in practice the police intervene only when they receive a complaint. Credit: Wiki Commons/Michael E. Cumpston TUM image id: 1607876169 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Montagu House, Portman Square TUM image id: 1510140427 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A view of Tyburn (1750) Credit: Old and New London: Volume 5. Edward Walford (1878) TUM image id: 1510156812 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Wellington Statue on the Arch in the 1850s Credit: Unknown TUM image id: 1515432472 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Exterior of the memorial in 2013. Credit: Tim Rademacher TUM image id: 1515433432 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Harrods Department Store frontage as viewed along Brompton Rd at night (2012) Credit: David Liff TUM image id: 1557150671 Licence:	Wellington Arch photographed on 10 January 2017. Wellington Arch was built as an original entrance to Buckingham Palace, later becoming a victory arch proclaiming Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon. Crowned by the largest bronze sculpture in Europe, it depicts the Angel of Peace descending on the ’Quadriga’ - or four-horsed chariot - of War. The pathway that runs underneath the arch has a formal name - Apsley Way. Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1621590589 Licence:	Belgrave Square Credit: Thomas Shepherd TUM image id: 1586353394 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Letter to Chuck Berry from Carl Sagan TUM image id: 1621596953 Licence:	Connaught Square, 2004 Credit: Andrew Dunn, TUM image id: 1510185099 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Hedonism Wines, Davies Street (2022) Credit: Simon Gunzinger TUM image id: 1653911632 Licence:	Hyde Park Corner in 1842, looking east towards Piccadilly. The entrance to Hyde Park through Decimus Burton’s Ionic Screen is on the left, and behind it, in darker stone, is Apsley House. TUM image id: 1515431312 Licence:	Jason Court W1 Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1526076132 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Marble Arch, 2016
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Somerset House, Park Lane: house (right) and stables (centre) in 1912, from junction of Park Lane and Oxford Street.
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Speaker’s Corner, April 1987 Speakers here at this corner of Hyde Park nearest of Marble Arch may talk on any subject, as long as the police consider their speeches lawful. Contrary to popular belief, there is no immunity from the law, nor are any subjects proscribed, but in practice the police intervene only when they receive a complaint.
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A view of Tyburn (1750)
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The Wellington Statue on the Arch in the 1850s
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Exterior of the memorial in 2013.
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Wellington Arch photographed on 10 January 2017. Wellington Arch was built as an original entrance to Buckingham Palace, later becoming a victory arch proclaiming Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon. Crowned by the largest bronze sculpture in Europe, it depicts the Angel of Peace descending on the ’Quadriga’ - or four-horsed chariot - of War. The pathway that runs underneath the arch has a formal name - Apsley Way.
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Hedonism Wines, Davies Street (2022)
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Hyde Park Corner in 1842, looking east towards Piccadilly. The entrance to Hyde Park through Decimus Burton’s Ionic Screen is on the left, and behind it, in darker stone, is Apsley House.
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Oxford Street, 1935
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