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St. James's Square, c. 1722 Fitzroy Square. Squares have long been a feature of London and come in numerous identifiable forms. The landscaping spectrum of squares stretches from those with more hardscape, constituting town squares (also known as city squares)—to those with communal gardens, for which London is a major international exponent, known as garden squares.
Trafalgar Square in Sunderland: a group of merchant seamen's almshouses dating from 1840. A Trafalgar Square in Stepney is recorded in Lockie's Topography of London, published in 1810. [124] Trafalgar Square in Scarborough, North Yorkshire gives its name to the Trafalgar Square End at the town's North Marine Road cricket ground. [125]
Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England.The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.It is the main thoroughfare running south from Trafalgar Square towards Parliament Square.
The Strand (commonly referred to with a leading "The", but formally without [a]) is a major street in the City of Westminster, Central London.The street, which is part of London's West End theatreland, runs just over 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) from Trafalgar Square eastwards to Temple Bar, where it becomes Fleet Street in the City of London, and is part of the A4, a main road running west from ...
It is the second-largest square in London (after Lincoln's Inn Fields) and housed numerous members of the aristocracy until the mid-20th century. [27] By the end of the 19th century, the Grosvenor family were described as "the wealthiest family in Europe" and annual rents for their Mayfair properties reached around £135,000 (equivalent to £ ...
Cable Street started as a straight path along which hemp ropes were twisted into ships' cables (i.e. ropes). These supplied the many ships that would anchor in the nearby Pool of London, between London Bridge and Wapping and Rotherhithe. Many other ropewalks can be seen on later maps, showing how demand for ropes grew as shipping increased.
Pimlico (/ ˈ p ɪ m l ɪ k oʊ /) is an area of Central London in the City of Westminster, built as a southern extension to neighbouring Belgravia. [1] It is known for its garden squares and distinctive Regency architecture.
Great Marlborough Street is a thoroughfare in Soho, Central London. It runs east of Regent Street past Carnaby Street towards Noel Street. Originally part of the Millfield estate south of Tyburn Road (now Oxford Street), the street was named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and was laid out around 1704. It was a fashionable ...