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Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. [1] It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and with the Royal Opera House, itself known as "Covent Garden". [2]
Covent Garden Housing Project Architects Bronze relief panel — Commemorates the fruit traders who worked at Covent Garden Market from 1670 to 1974. The deliberately crude style is intended to be in the spirit of the chapbooks popular in the 18th century. [6] [7] More images: The Conversion of Saint Paul: Churchyard of St Paul's, Covent Garden
The foundation of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden lies in the letters patent awarded by Charles II to Sir William Davenant in 1662, allowing Davenant to operate one of only two patent theatre companies (The Duke's Company) in London. The letters patent remained in the possession of the patentees' heirs until the 19th century.
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Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies, published from 1760 to 1794, [1] was an annual directory of prostitutes then working in Georgian London. A small pocketbook, it was printed and published in Covent Garden, and sold for two shillings and sixpence. A contemporary report of 1791 estimates its circulation at about 8,000 copies annually.
This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Covent Garden.Covent Garden has no formally defined boundaries – those utilised here are: Shaftesbury Avenue to the north-west, New Oxford Street and High Holborn to the north, Kingsway and the western half of the Aldwych semi-circle to the east, Strand to the south and Charing Cross Road to the west.
100 Nights at The Roxy, republished in 2016 a stunning photographic essay of the Roxy, London Covent Garden ISBN 978-0-9956129-1-4; Czezowski, Andrew; Carrington, Susan (2016). The Roxy, London, Covent Garden : 14 December 1976-23 April 1977. ISBN 978-0-9956129-0-7. Marko, Paul (2007). The Roxy London WC2 - A Punk History. Punk77 Books.
The former home of Blitz nightclub (1979), 4 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2. The Blitz Kids were a group of people who frequented the Tuesday club-night at Blitz in Covent Garden, London in 1979–1980, and are credited with launching the New Romantic subcultural movement.