Russell Court, SW1A

Russell Court is named after the Russell family, who lived here in the 1600s.

Carlton House Terrace

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Warwick House Street, SW1A

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Simon De Charmes, clockmaker
De Charmes (or Des Charmes), Simon, of French Huguenot extraction. Recorded 1688 and Free of the Clockmakers’ Company 1691-1730. In London until 1704 at least at ’his House, the Sign of the Clock, the Corner of Warwick St, Charing Cross’. See Brian Loomes The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain, NAG Press, 1981, p.188

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Buckingham Palace

Royal Society The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship of many of the world’s most distinguished scientists drawn from all areas of science, engineering and medicine.

Royal Society

Shepherd Market Shepherd Market was described by Arthur Bingham Walkley in 1925 as one of the oddest incongruities in London.

Shepherd Market

St James’s St James’s is an exclusive area in the West End of London.

St James’s

NEARBY STREETS

Albany Courtyard, SW1Y The courtyard is named after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, who in 1791 purchased Melbourne House which stood on this site (St James’s)

Albany Courtyard, SW1Y

Albemarle Street, W1S Albemarle Street takes its name from the second Duke of Albermarle, son of General Monk (Green Park)

Albemarle Street, W1S

Ambassador’s Court, SW1A Ambassador’s Court is a block on Ambassador’s Court (St James’s)

Ambassador’s Court, SW1A

Ambassador’s Court, SW1A Ambassador’s Court is part of the St James’s Palace complex (St James’s)

Ambassador’s Court, SW1A

Angel Court, SW1Y Angel Court is named after a long demolished inn of this name (St James’s)

Angel Court, SW1Y

Apple Tree Yard, SW1Y Apple Tree Yard is thought named after the apple trees formerly to be found here (St James’s)

Apple Tree Yard, SW1Y

Arlington House, SW1A Arlington House is now part of an exclusive residential development (St James’s)

Arlington House, SW1A

Arlington Street, SW1A Arlington Street is named after Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, 17th century statesman and local landowner (St James’s)

Arlington Street, SW1A

Ashburton Place, W1J Ashburton Place connects Clarges Street and Bolton Street

Ashburton Place, W1J

Babmaes Street, SW1Y Babmaes Street was originally called Wells Street (St James’s)

Babmaes Street, SW1Y

Bennet Street, SW1A Bennet Street lies off St James’s Street (St James’s)

Bennet Street, SW1A

Bennett House, SW1A Bennett House is located on Bennet Street (St James’s)

Bennett House, SW1A

Berkeley Street, W1J Berkeley Street runs from Piccadilly to Berkeley Square (Green Park)

Berkeley Street, W1J

Blue Ball Yard, SW1A Blue Ball Yard is first mentioned in 1672 when its site was sold by King Charles II (St James’s)

Blue Ball Yard, SW1A

Blue Bridge, SW1A Blue Bridge crosses St James’s Park lake (St James’s Park)

Blue Bridge, SW1A

Bolton Street, W1J Bolton Street runs from Curzon Street in the north to Piccadilly in the south (Mayfair)

Bolton Street, W1J

Bridgewater House, SW1A Bridgewater House is a block on Cleveland Row (St James’s)

Bridgewater House, SW1A

Burlington Arcade, SW1Y Burlington Arcade is a covered shopping arcade, 179 metres in length, that runs from Piccadilly to Burlington Gardens. (St James’s)

Burlington Arcade, SW1Y

Bury Street, SW1A Bury Street runs north-to-south from Jermyn Street to King Street, crossing Ryder Street (St James’s)

Bury Street, SW1A

Carlton Gardens, SW1Y Carlton Gardens was developed before 1832 (St James’s)

Carlton Gardens, SW1Y

Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y Carlton House Terrace consists of a pair of terraces - white stucco-faced houses on the south side of the street overlooking St James’s Park (St James’s)

Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y

Catherine Wheel Yard, SW1A Catherine Wheel Yard is named after an inn that stood on this site until it burnt down in 1895 (St James’s)

Catherine Wheel Yard, SW1A

Charles II Street, SW1Y Charles II Street is named for the ’Merry Monarch’ (St James’s)

Charles II Street, SW1Y

Chatham House, SW1Y Chatham House is a building on St James’s Square (St James’s)

Chatham House, SW1Y

Church Place, SW1Y Church Place was named after the adjacent St James’s Church, Piccadilly (St James’s)

Church Place, SW1Y

Clarges Mews, W1J Clarges Mews is a mews at the top of Clarges Street (Mayfair)

Clarges Mews, W1J

Clarges Street, W1J Clarges Street runs north from Piccadilly

Clarges Street, W1J

Cleveland Row, SW1A Cleveland Row – after Cleveland House (now Bridgwater House), named for Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland who lived there in the late 17th century (St James’s)

Cleveland Row, SW1A

Cleveland Yard, SW1Y Cleveland Yard is now the site of Cleveland Place (St James’s)

Cleveland Yard, SW1Y

Colette House, W1J Colette House is a block on Piccadilly (St James’s)

Colette House, W1J

Constitution Hill, SW1A Constitution Hill connects Buckingham Palace with Hyde Park Corner (Green Park)

Constitution Hill, SW1A

Crown Passage, SW1A Crown Passage is thought to be after a former tavern of the name (St James’s)

Crown Passage, SW1A

Dalmeny Court, SW1Y Dalmeny Court is a block on Duke Street (St James’s)

Dalmeny Court, SW1Y

Dartmouth House, W1J Dartmouth House is a block on Charles Street (Mayfair)

Dartmouth House, W1J

Devonshire House, W1J Devonshire House is a block on Piccadilly (St James’s)

Devonshire House, W1J

Dover Street, W1J Dover Street is notable for its Georgian architecture as well as the location of historic London clubs and hotels (Green Park)

Dover Street, W1J

Dudley House, SW1A Dudley House is situated at 169 Piccadilly (St James’s)

Dudley House, SW1A

Duke Of York Street, SW1Y Duke Of York Street runs between Jermyn Street and St James’s Square (St James’s)

Duke Of York Street, SW1Y

Duke Street St James’s, SW1Y Duke Street St James’s is named after James II, Duke of York when the street was built and brother to Charles II, king at the time (St James’s)

Duke Street St James’s, SW1Y

Egyptian House, W1J Egyptian House is a block on Piccadilly (St James’s)

Egyptian House, W1J

Empire House, W1J Empire House is a block on Piccadilly (St James’s)

Empire House, W1J

Fitzmaurice Place, W1J Fitzmaurice Place is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area (Mayfair)

Fitzmaurice Place, W1J

French Railway House, SW1Y French Railway House occupies 178-180 Piccadilly (St James’s)

French Railway House, SW1Y

Glendore House, W1J Glendore House is a block on Clarges Street (Mayfair)

Glendore House, W1J

Half Moon Street, W1J Half Moon Street runs between Piccadilly and Curzon Street

Half Moon Street, W1J

Jermyn Street, SW1Y Jermyn Street is the main east-west road of St James’s (St James’s)

Jermyn Street, SW1Y

King Street, SW1Y King Street leads from St James’s Street to St James’s Square (St James’s)

King Street, SW1Y

Landsdowne Row, W1J Landsdowne Row is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area (Mayfair)

Landsdowne Row, W1J

Lansdowne House, W1J Lansdowne House is a block on Berkeley Square (Mayfair)

Lansdowne House, W1J

Lansdowne Row, W1J Lansdowne Row is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area (Mayfair)

Lansdowne Row, W1J

Little St James’s Street, SW1A Little St James’s Street is a turning off of St James’s Street proper (St James’s)

Little St James’s Street, SW1A

Lower Regent Street, SW1Y Lower Regent Street is the name for the part of Regent Street which lies south of Piccadilly Circus (St James’s)

Lower Regent Street, SW1Y

Marlborough Road, SW1Y Marlborough Road was named after the adjacent Marlborough House, built for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough in 1711 (St James’s)

Marlborough Road, SW1Y

Masons Yard, SW1Y Mason’s Yard was named for the local 18th century victualler Henry Mason (St James’s)

Masons Yard, SW1Y

Mayfair Place, W1J Mayfair Place runs behind Devonshire House (Green Park)

Mayfair Place, W1J

New Zealand House, SW1Y New Zealand House is a block on Haymarket (St James’s)

New Zealand House, SW1Y

Nightingale House, W1J Nightingale House is a block on Curzon Street (Mayfair)

Nightingale House, W1J

Nuffield House, W1J Nuffield House is located on Piccadilly (St James’s)

Nuffield House, W1J

Old Bond Street, W1J Old Bond Street was named for Sir Thomas Bond, a property developer from Peckham who laid out a number of streets in this part of the West End (Green Park)

Old Bond Street, W1J

Ormond Yard, SW1Y Ormond Yard was named after James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, who owned a house next to this yard in the 17th century (St James’s)

Ormond Yard, SW1Y

OverSeas House, SW1A OverSeas House is a block on Park Place (St James’s)

OverSeas House, SW1A

Pall Mall, SW1Y Pall Mall was laid out as grounds for playing pall mall in the 17th century (St James’s)

Pall Mall, SW1Y

Park Place, SW1A Park Place is named after nearby Green Park (St James’s)

Park Place, SW1A

Piccadilly Arcade, SW1Y Piccadilly Arcade runs between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street (St James’s)

Piccadilly Arcade, SW1Y

Piccadilly, SW1Y Piccadilly is one of the main London streets (St James’s)

Piccadilly, SW1Y

Piccadilly, W1J Piccadilly is a major road in the West End (Green Park)

Piccadilly, W1J

Pickering Place, SW1A Thought to be the smallest public open space in London, Pickering Place is perhaps most famous for being the location of the last public duel in England (St James’s)

Pickering Place, SW1A

Pickering Place, SW1Y Pickering Place is London’s smallest square (St James’s)

Pickering Place, SW1Y

Princes Arcade, SW1Y Princes Arcade, built 1929–33, was named after the former Prince’s Hotel, which stood here (St James’s)

Princes Arcade, SW1Y

Red Wolf House, W1J Red Wolf House is a block on Bolton Street (Green Park)

Red Wolf House, W1J

Rex House, SW1Y Rex House is a building on Regent Street (St James’s)

Rex House, SW1Y

Rose and Crown Yard, SW1Y Rose and Crown Yard was probably named after a former inn of this name (St James’s)

Rose and Crown Yard, SW1Y

Royal Opera Arcade, SW1Y Royal Opera Arcade was originally part of an opera house theatre, built by John Nash (St James’s)

Royal Opera Arcade, SW1Y

Russell Court, SW1A Russell Court is named after the Russell family, who lived here in the 1600s (St James’s)

Russell Court, SW1A

Ryder Street, SW1A Ryder Street was named after Richard Rider, Master Carpenter to Charles II (St James’s)

Ryder Street, SW1A

Ryder Yard, SW1Y Ryder Yard was named for Richard Rider, Master Carpenter to Charles II (St James’s)

Ryder Yard, SW1Y

Ryger House, SW1A Ryger House is located on Arlington Street (St James’s)

Ryger House, SW1A

Sabadell House, SW1Y Sabadell House is a block on Pall Mall (St James’s)

Sabadell House, SW1Y

Samuel House, SW1Y Samuel House is located on St Alban’s Street (St James’s)

Samuel House, SW1Y

Savile House, W1J Savile House is a block on Berkeley Street (Green Park)

Savile House, W1J

Scandia House, W1S Scandia House is a building on Albemarle Street (Green Park)

Scandia House, W1S

Shepherd Market, W1J Shepherd Market was developed between 1735 and 1746 by Edward Shepherd from an open area called Brook Field

Shepherd Market, W1J

Spencer House, SW1A Spencer House is a block on St James’s Place (St James’s)

Spencer House, SW1A

St Alban’s House, SW1Y St Alban’s House can be found on Haymarket (St James’s)

St Alban’s House, SW1Y

St James’s Chambers, SW1Y St James’s Chambers is a block located at 9 Ryder Street (St James’s)

St James’s Chambers, SW1Y

St James’s Place, SW1A St James’s Place runs west from St James’s Street (St James’s)

St James’s Place, SW1A

St James’s Square, SW1Y St James’s Square is the only square in the district of St James’s (St James’s)

St James’s Square, SW1Y

St James’s Street, SW1A St James’s Street is a main road of the West End running from Pall Mall to Piccadilly (St James’s)

St James’s Street, SW1A

Stable Yard Road, SW1A Stable Yard Road leads from The Mall to Clarence House (St James’s)

Stable Yard Road, SW1A

Stafford House, W1S Stafford House is sited on Stafford Street (Green Park)

Stafford House, W1S

Stafford Street, W1S Stafford Street is named after Margaret Stafford, partner of developer Sir Thomas Bond who built on this site in the seventeenth century. (Green Park)

Stafford Street, W1S

Standbrook House, W1S Standbrook House is a block on Old Bond Street (Green Park)

Standbrook House, W1S

Stratton House, W1J Stratton House is a block on Stratton Street (Green Park)

Stratton House, W1J

Stratton Street, W1J Stratton Street forms an L shape between Piccadilly and Berkeley Street (Mayfair)

Stratton Street, W1J

Swan House, W1S Swan House can be found on Old Bond Street (Green Park)

Swan House, W1S

The Bank Building, SW1A The Bank Building is located on St James’s Street (St James’s)

The Bank Building, SW1A

The Economist Building, SW1A The Economist Building can be found on St James’s Street (St James’s)

The Economist Building, SW1A

The Mall, SW1Y The Mall is the processional route between Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace (St James’s)

The Mall, SW1Y

The Ritz Arcade, SW1A The Ritz Arcade lies outside The Ritz Hotel (St James’s)

The Ritz Arcade, SW1A

Waterloo Place, SW1Y Waterloo Place, an extension of Regent Street, is awash with statues and monuments that honour heroes of the British Empire (St James’s)

Waterloo Place, SW1Y

White Horse Street, W1J White Horse Street runs from Piccadilly to Shepherd Street (Green Park)

White Horse Street, W1J

Yarmouth Place, W1J Yarmouth Place lies off Brick Street

Yarmouth Place, W1J

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Get Back Credit: Stable Diffusion TUM image id: 1675076090 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Transmission TUM image id: 1509553463 Licence:	Wood engraving showing mothers, with their children, exercising at Tothill Fields Prison Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1504357431 Licence:	Piccadilly Theatre (2007) Credit: Turquoisefish TUM image id: 1556885906 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The 52 bus TUM image id: 1556876554 Licence:
Truefitt & Hill products Truefitt & Hill is the oldest barbershop in the world, as certified by Guinness Book of World Records in April 2000. Truefitt was established in 1805 by William Francis Truefitt. Truefitt styled himself as hairdresser to the British Royal Court and the firm received their first Royal Warrant from King George III. In 1911, Edwin Hill set up a barber shop on Old Bond Street, also near the royal neighbourhoods in London and it was to this address H.P. Truefitt (William’s nephew) moved in 1935 to create Truefitt & Hill. The present location of Truefitt & Hill at 71 St James’s Street, was taken up in 1994. Credit: Wiki Commons/psd TUM image id: 1677764605 Licence:	Sectional view of Wyld’s Great Globe, which stood in Leicester Square, London 1851–62 Credit: Illustrated London News TUM image id: 1490829375 Licence:	De Hems, 11 Macclesfield Street and the entrance to Horse & Dolphin Yard. This pub is a centre for Dutch expats living in London. It was also the location where the Rolling Stones first met Andrew Loog Oldham, their future manager Credit: Colonel Warden TUM image id: 1526658322 Licence:	A Friday Evening Discourse at the Royal Institution; Sir James Dewar on Liquid Hydrogen (1904) Credit: Henry Jamyn Brooks TUM image id: 1661785947 Licence:	Swears & Wells Ltd at 192 Regent Street, ’Ladies Modes’ (1925) Originally in Regent Street, the store moved to Oxford Street in the 1930s and became a national chain of furriers. This original Regent Street location became Hamleys. Swear and Wells is a department store in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels - a rival to Crumley’s and Horrids. It is renowned for its upmarket food hall which boasts an unparalleled selection of imported Überwaldean food and drink. Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1665666004 Licence:
London Library, 14 St James’s Square. The London Library is a self-supporting, independent institution. It is a registered charity whose sole aim is the advancement of education, learning and knowledge. The adjacent building (13 St James’s Square) is the High Commission of Cyprus. Credit: Wiki Commons/GrindtXX TUM image id: 1660307621 Licence: CC BY 2.0	’The Café Royal’ (1911) The huge variety of public leisure interiors – cafés, music halls and clubs among them – depicted by artists linked to the Camden Town Group reveal their enthusiasm for and direct engagement with the new entertainment and refreshment spaces of modern urban life. The leisure districts of early twentieth-century central London were safer, better lit and more easily accessible than they had been in the 1890s, and the expansion of the Underground network and the rise in motorised travel allowed many more people the opportunity to enjoy a daytrip to the city. Writing in 1902, the journalist George Sims imagined the ideal metropolitan excursion in an article entitled ‘A Country Cousin’s Day in Town’. Beginning with a trip to Madame Tussaud’s, a ride to Tower Hill on the Metropolitan Railway, and a refreshment stop at Pimm’s luncheon counter, the morning would end with a stroll around the Royal Aquarium, a visit to St James’s Hall in Piccadilly and to the nearby Egyptian Hall. The evening would commence with dinner in the artists’ room at Pagani’s, a visit to the ‘poetic and beautifully draped’ ballet at the Alhambra Theatre, a ‘long glass of lager’ in the continental style at the cosmopolitan Hotel de L’Europe with its Parisian inspired décor, and a visit to the latest moving picture show at the Palace Theatre. After catching the end of the ballet at the Empire, the evening would draw to a close with a peep into the ‘luxurious Criterion bar and American café’, a glance at the seafood display in the window of Scott’s, and a leisurely nightcap at the Café Royal ‘seated comfortably on a luxurious lounge’. Credit: Charles Ginner (1878–1952) TUM image id: 9532667 Licence:	The Marie Antoinette Suite at the Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly (1914) Credit: Architectural Record Company, New York TUM image id: 1657550221 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly Credit: Simon Gunzinger TUM image id: 1653912771 Licence:	Engraving of the Hanover Square Rooms in Hanover Square. For a century this was the principal concert venue in London. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1674215047 Licence: