Duke Of York Street runs between Jermyn Street and St James’s Square.
Both sides of York Street (now Duke of York Street) formed part of land granted freehold to the Earl of Saint Albans’s trustees in 1665.
South of the line of Apple Tree Yard (formerly Angier Street) and Ormond Yard (Angier Street/Blackamoor Street/Blackmoor Head Yard) the Duke of York Street was flanked by the frontages of the corner sites in St James’s Square.
York Street was probably named in honour of James, Duke of York, who succeeded to the throne as James II in 1685, first mentioned by name in the ratebooks in 1686.
