Parker Street, SW1H

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Westminster Westminster - heart of government.

Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is one of the world’s greatest churches.

Westminster Abbey

Westminster to Green Park walk The heart of government

Westminster to Green Park walk

NEARBY STREETS

Abbey Orchard Street, SW1P Abbey Orchard Street was the heart of a former slum area (Westminster)

Abbey Orchard Street, SW1P

Abingdon Street, SW1P Abingdon Street has linked Old Palace Yard and Millbank since at least 1593 (Westminster)

Abingdon Street, SW1P

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

Angela Hooper Place, SW1E Angela Hooper Place is a location in London (Victoria)

Angela Hooper Place, SW1E

Artillery House, SW1P Artillery House is a block on Artillery Row (Westminster)

Artillery House, SW1P

Artillery Place, SW1P Artillery Place was named after a former nearby artillery practice ground which stood here in the 19th century (Westminster)

Artillery Place, SW1P

Artillery Row, SW1P Artillery Row skirts a former artillery ground (Westminster)

Artillery Row, SW1P

Barton Street, SW1P Barton Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Barton Street, SW1P

Birdcage Walk, SW1E Birdcage Walk runs east-west from the Parliament Square area (as Great George Street) to Buckingham Palace. (St James’s Park)

Birdcage Walk, SW1E

Birdcage Walk, SW1H Birdcage Walk runs east from Great George Street, along the south side of St James’s Park (St James’s Park)

Birdcage Walk, SW1H

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

Blue Bridge, SW1A

Brewer’s Green, SW1H Brewers Green is one of the streets of London in the SW1H postal area (St James’s Park)

Brewer’s Green, SW1H

Bridge Street, SW1A Bridge Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1A postal area (Westminster)

Bridge Street, SW1A

Broad Sanctuary, SW1P Broad Sanctuary is a road in the SW1H postcode area (Westminster)

Broad Sanctuary, SW1P

Broadway, SW1H Broadway - formerly the location of the headquarters of both London Transport and the Metropolitan Police (Westminster)

Broadway, SW1H

Butler Place, SW1H Butler Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1H postal area (Westminster)

Butler Place, SW1H

Canon Row, SW1A Canon Row is at least one thousand year’s old (Westminster)

Canon Row, SW1A

Carteret Street, SW1H Carteret Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1H postal area (Westminster)

Carteret Street, SW1H

Caxton House, SW1H Caxton House is a block on Tothill Street (Westminster)

Caxton House, SW1H

Caxton Street, SW1H William Caxton was responsible for the introduction of the printing press to England (St James’s Park)

Caxton Street, SW1H

Central Buildings, SW1P Central Buildings is a block on Matthew Parker Street (Westminster)

Central Buildings, SW1P

Chubb Court, SW1P Chubb Court is a road in the SW20 postcode area (Westminster)

Chubb Court, SW1P

Church House, SW1P Church House is a block on Great Smith Street (Westminster)

Church House, SW1P

Clutha House, SW1P Clutha House is a block on Storey’s Gate (Westminster)

Clutha House, SW1P

Cockpit Steps, SW1H Cockpit Steps leads from Birdcage Walk to Old Queen Street (Westminster)

Cockpit Steps, SW1H

Commissioner’s Yard, SW1A Commissioner’s Yard is a small street behind New Scotland Yard (Westminster)

Commissioner’s Yard, SW1A

Cowley Street, SW1P Cowley Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Cowley Street, SW1P

Curtis Green Building, SW1A Curtis Green Building can be found on Victoria Embankment (Westminster)

Curtis Green Building, SW1A

Dacre House, SW1H Dacre House is a block on Dacre Street (Westminster)

Dacre House, SW1H

Dacre Street, SW1H Dacre Street is named after Lady Anne Dacre (Westminster)

Dacre Street, SW1H

Dartmouth Street, SW1H Dartmouth Street leads north from Tothill Street and dates from the seventeenth century (Westminster)

Dartmouth Street, SW1H

Dean Farrar Street, SW1H Frederic William Farrar was a canon of Westminster Abbey (Westminster)

Dean Farrar Street, SW1H

Deans Yard, SW1P Dean’s Yard comprises most of the precincts of the former monastery of Westminster, not occupied by the Abbey buildings. (Westminster)

Deans Yard, SW1P

Derby Gate, SW1A Derby Gate is one of the streets of London in the SW1A postal area (Westminster)

Derby Gate, SW1A

Dover House, SW1A Dover House is a block on Whitehall (Westminster)

Dover House, SW1A

Downing Street, SW1A Downing Street has been the home of British Prime Minsters since the eighteenth century (Westminster)

Downing Street, SW1A

Eglise House, SW1 Eglise House is a block on Little Smith Street (Westminster)

Eglise House, SW1

Elizabeth Court, SW1P Elizabeth Court is a block on Elizabeth Court (Westminster)

Elizabeth Court, SW1P

Fielden House, SW1P Fielden House is a block on Little College Street (Westminster)

Fielden House, SW1P

Fludyer Street, SW1A Fludyer Street used to be a street which lay parallel to, and south of, Downing Street (Westminster)

Fludyer Street, SW1A

Gayfere Street, SW1P Gayfere Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Gayfere Street, SW1P

Great College Street, SW1P Great College Street borders the south side of Westminster School (Westminster)

Great College Street, SW1P

Great George Street, SW1P Great George Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Great George Street, SW1P

Great Peter Street, SW1P Great Peter Street bears the name of the patron saint of Westminster Abbey (Westminster)

Great Peter Street, SW1P

Great Smith Street, SW1P Great Smith Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Great Smith Street, SW1P

Greycoat Place, SW1P Greycoat Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Greycoat Place, SW1P

Gwydyr House, SW1A Gwydyr House is a building on Whitehall (Westminster)

Gwydyr House, SW1A

Horse Guards Road, SW1A Horse Guards Road runs along the eastern edge of St James’s Park (Westminster)

Horse Guards Road, SW1A

Howick Place, SW1P Howick Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)

Howick Place, SW1P

King Charles Street, SW1A King Charles Street is a street of government buildings, one block south of Downing Street (Westminster)

King Charles Street, SW1A

King Street, SW1A King Street was an ancient thoroughfare between the regions of the Court and the Abbey in Westminster (Westminster)

King Street, SW1A

Kingsgate Parade, SW1E Kingsgate Parade is one of the streets of London in the SW1E postal area (Victoria)

Kingsgate Parade, SW1E

Lesley Court, SW1P Lesley Court is a building on Strutton Ground (Westminster)

Lesley Court, SW1P

Lewisham Street, SW1H Lewisham Street is a Westminster alleyway (Westminster)

Lewisham Street, SW1H

Little College Street, SW1P Little College Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Little College Street, SW1P

Little Deans Yard, SW1P Little Deans Yard is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Little Deans Yard, SW1P

Little George Street, SW1P Little George Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Little George Street, SW1P

Lord North Street, SW1P Lord North Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Lord North Street, SW1P

Main Building, SW1A Main Building is a block on Horse Guards Avenue (Westminster)

Main Building, SW1A

Matthew Parker Street, SW1H The Most Reverend Matthew Parker was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 until 1575 (Westminster)

Matthew Parker Street, SW1H

Mill’s Buildings, SW1P Mill’s Buildings ran off Greycoat Place (Westminster)

Mill’s Buildings, SW1P

Millbank House, SW1P Millbank House is a block on Millbank (Westminster)

Millbank House, SW1P

Municipal Insurance House, SW1H Municipal Insurance House can be found on Old Queen Street (Westminster)

Municipal Insurance House, SW1H

New Palace Yard, SW1A New Palace Yard was built by William II (William Rufus) (Westminster)

New Palace Yard, SW1A

NIOC House, SW1H NIOC House is a block on Victoria Street (Westminster)

NIOC House, SW1H

North Court, SW1 North Court is a block on Great Peter Street (Westminster)

North Court, SW1

North Court, SW1P North Court is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

North Court, SW1P

Old Pye House, SW1P Old Pye House is a block on St Ann’s Street (Westminster)

Old Pye House, SW1P

Old Pye Street, SW1P Old Pye Street gets its name from Sir Robert Pye, member of parliament for Westminster in the time of Charles I. (Westminster)

Old Pye Street, SW1P

Old Queen Street, SW1H Old Queen Street is parallel to Birdcage Walk (Westminster)

Old Queen Street, SW1H

Palmer Street, SW1H Palmer Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1H postal area (St James’s Park)

Palmer Street, SW1H

Parker Street, SW1H Before being renamed to Matthew Parker Street, old Parker Street was a Westminster slum (Westminster)

Parker Street, SW1H

Parliament Square, SW1A Parliament Square is one of the most important squares in Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey (Westminster)

Parliament Square, SW1A

Parliament Street, SW1A Parliament Street is the name of the southernmost stretch of Whitehall as it meets Parliament Square (Westminster)

Parliament Street, SW1A

Pelham House, SW1P Pelham House is sited on Monck Street (Westminster)

Pelham House, SW1P

Petty France, SW1H Petty France is one of the streets of London in the SW1H postal area (St James’s Park)

Petty France, SW1H

Portcullis House, SW1A Portcullis House is a building on Bridge Street (Westminster)

Portcullis House, SW1A

Post Office Way, SW1H Post Office Way is a road in the SW1P postcode area (Westminster)

Post Office Way, SW1H

Price’s Court, SW1P A street within the SW1P postcode (Westminster)

Price’s Court, SW1P

Queen Anne’s House, SW1H Queen Anne’s House is a block on Queen Anne’s Gate (St James’s Park)

Queen Anne’s House, SW1H

Queen Annes Gate Buildings, SW1H Queen Annes Gate Buildings is one of the streets of London in the SW1H postal area (Westminster)

Queen Annes Gate Buildings, SW1H

Queen Anne’s Gate, SW1H Queen Anne’s Gate runs parallel to Birdcage Walk (Westminster)

Queen Anne’s Gate, SW1H

Richmond House Whitehall, SW1A Richmond House Whitehall is one of the streets of London in the SW1A postal area (Westminster)

Richmond House Whitehall, SW1A

Richmond House, SW1A Richmond House is a block on Whitehall (Westminster)

Richmond House, SW1A

Richmond Terrace Mews, SW1A Richmond Terrace Mews originally led to New Scotland Yard (Westminster)

Richmond Terrace Mews, SW1A

Richmond Terrace, SW1A Richmond Terrace is on the site of Richmond House, destroyed by a fire on 21 December 1791 (Westminster)

Richmond Terrace, SW1A

Ridley House, SW1P Ridley House is a block on Monck Street (Westminster)

Ridley House, SW1P

Seaforth Place, SW1E Seaforth Place is a road in the SW1E postcode area (Victoria)

Seaforth Place, SW1E

Spenser Street, SW1P Spenser Street is a road in the SW1E postcode area (Victoria)

Spenser Street, SW1P

St Anns Street, SW1P St Anns Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

St Anns Street, SW1P

St Ermin’s Hill, SW1H St Ermin’s Hill is a small side street off Broadway (St James’s Park)

St Ermin’s Hill, SW1H

St Matthew Street, SW1P St Matthew Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

St Matthew Street, SW1P

St. Margaret Street, SW1P St Margaret Street is the road immediately outside Westminster Hall (Westminster)

St. Margaret Street, SW1P

St. Matthew Street, SW1P St. Matthew Street is a road in the SW1P postcode area (Westminster)

St. Matthew Street, SW1P

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

Stable Yard Road, SW1A

Storey’s Gate, SW1H Abraham Storey, one of Wren’s master-masons, built Storey’s Gate that now commemorates his name. (Westminster)

Storey’s Gate, SW1H

Strutton Court, SW1P Strutton Court is a block on Strutton Ground (Westminster)

Strutton Court, SW1P

Strutton Ground, SW1P Strutton Ground is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Strutton Ground, SW1P

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

The Mall, SW1Y

The Sanctuary, SW1P The Sanctuary is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

The Sanctuary, SW1P

The Terrace, SW1P The Terrace is a road in the SW1P postcode area (Westminster)

The Terrace, SW1P

The Zig Zag Building, SW1E The Zig Zag Building is located on Victoria Street (Victoria)

The Zig Zag Building, SW1E

Tothill Street, SW1H Tothill Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1H postal area (Westminster)

Tothill Street, SW1H

Tufton Court, SW1 Tufton Court can be found on Tufton Street (Westminster)

Tufton Court, SW1

Tufton Street, SW1P Tufton Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Tufton Street, SW1P

Vandon Court, SW1H Vandon Court is a block on Petty France (St James’s Park)

Vandon Court, SW1H

Vandon Passage, SW1H Vandon Passage probably dates from the fifteenth century (St James’s Park)

Vandon Passage, SW1H

Vandon Street, SW1H Vandon Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1H postal area (St James’s Park)

Vandon Street, SW1H

Victoria Embankment, SW1A Victoria Embankment leads north out of the Westminster area (River Thames)

Victoria Embankment, SW1A

Victoria Street, SW1E Victoria Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)

Victoria Street, SW1E

Victoria Street, SW1P Victoria Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1H postal area (Westminster)

Victoria Street, SW1P

Wellington House, SW1E Wellington House is located on Buckingham Gate (St James’s Park)

Wellington House, SW1E

Westminster Central Hall, SW1H Westminster Central Hall is one of the streets of London in the SW1H postal area (Westminster)

Westminster Central Hall, SW1H

Westminster Mansions, SW1P Westminster Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Westminster Mansions, SW1P

Westminster Palace Gardens, SW1P Westminster Palace Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)

Westminster Palace Gardens, SW1P

Wilcox Place, SW1P Wilcox Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1E postal area (Victoria)

Wilcox Place, SW1P

Windsor House, SW1H Windsor House is a block on Victoria Street (Westminster)

Windsor House, SW1H

Wood Street , SW1P Little Peter Street became Wood Street in 1868 (Westminster)

Wood Street , SW1P

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Parkers Row, SE1 Added: 9 Jan 2025 18:51 GMT	Parkers Row, SE1 My great great grandmother, and her soon to be husband, lived in Parker’s Row before their marriage in St James in June 1839. Thier names were - Jane Elizabeth Turner and Charles Frederick Dean. She was a hat trimmer and he was a tailor. Reply
Lindsay Trott Lockside, E14 Added: 1 Jan 2025 17:55 GMT	Lockside not on 1939 Register I have the Denby family living in Lockside in 1938 but it does not appear on the 1939 Register. Reply
Janelle Robbins Blossom Place, E1 Added: 27 Dec 2024 18:47 GMT	Harriet Robbins Please get in touch re Harriet Robbins Reply
Dave Hinves Bacon Street, E1 Added: 27 Nov 2024 03:55 GMT	he was a School Teacher Henry sailed from Graves End 1849 on ’The Woodbridge’ arrived South Australia 1850. In 1858 he married Julia Ann Walsh at Burra, South Australia, they had 3 children, and 36 grand children. Died 24 June 1896 at Wilmington, South Australia. He is my 1st cousin 3x removed. Reply
Kevin Pont St George’s Square, SW1V Added: 23 Nov 2024 17:03 GMT	St Georges Square This is rather lovely and well worth a visit! Reply
Simon Chapman Blossom Place, E1 Added: 22 Nov 2024 17:47 GMT	Blossom Place My Great Great Grandmother, Harriett Robbins lived in 2 Blossom Place in 1865 before marrying my Great Great Grandfather. They moved to 23 Spitall Square. Reply
Mark G Skidmore Street, E1 Added: 26 Oct 2024 21:54 GMT	Skidmore Street, E1 Skidmore Street was located where present day Ernest Street and Solebay Street now stand. They are both located above Shandy Street and Commodore Street. Reply
Alan Russell Cheshire Street, E1 Added: 26 Oct 2024 14:36 GMT	Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Reply

William Shakespeare TUM image id: 1509551019 Licence:	Overflow of the Thames at Lambeth Stairs on Tuesday 29 January 1850. Lambeth Stairs was near to Lambeth Palace. Poor river wall maintenance meant that the area was flooded whenever there was an unusually high tide. Credit: Illustrated London News TUM image id: 1623706174 Licence:	Trafalgar Square was a former station on the Bakerloo Line before it combined with Strand station on the Northern Line to become the new Charing Cross underground station. Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1624972963 Licence:	Strand stretches along the River Thames between Trafalgar Square and Aldwych Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1625131830 Licence:	Wood engraving showing mothers, with their children, exercising at Tothill Fields Prison Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1504357431 Licence:
Hungerford Stairs circa 1828 Hungerford Stairs led down to the water, where landings could be made. The formation of floating piers at the quay facilitated the arrival and departure of numerous steam boats that left during the summer months every quarter of an hour, for the City, Westminster, and Vauxhall, and at other times for Greenwich and Woolwich. When Hungerford Market was sold to the South Eastern Railway, the railway company demolished the stairs, building Charing Cross railway station over the top of the site. TUM image id: 1557403389 Licence:	Westminster Abbey with a procession of Knights of the Bath (1749) Credit: Canaletto TUM image id: 1557315488 Licence:	The Lillington Gardens estate Credit: Ewan Munro TUM image id: 1516208904 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Adam Brothers’ Adelphi (1768-72) was London’s first neoclassical building. Eleven large houses fronted a vaulted terrace, with wharves beneath. TUM image id: 1678878997 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:
New Hungerford Market, River Thames front, view before the building of Hungerford Bridge Credit: The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge TUM image id: 1730291144 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	Trafalgar Square (1905) The steeplejack firm of W. Larkins Co Ltd. are at work cleaning Nelson’s Column for the first time since it was erected in 1843. The firm had been founded by Willliam Larkins in 1897 and he is pictured at the top next to Lord Nelson. TUM image id: 1663086959 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:	Water Tower at York Stairs (1780) Not far from the former York Stairs, now buried under the Embankment near Charing Cross, stood a wooden tower, erected in 1695 for supplying the Strand and its neighbourhood with water from the Thames. In a print published in 1780, the wooden tower is shown. It was an octangular structure about seventy feet high, with small round loopholes as windows to light the interior. Credit: British History Online TUM image id: 1718533866 Licence:

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