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The following utilises the generally accepted boundaries of Fitzrovia viz. Euston Road to the north, Tottenham Court Road to the east, Oxford Street to the south and Great Portland Street to the west. Adam and Eve Court – from the former Adam and Eve tavern near here [1] [2] Bedford Passage – after the Bedford family, local landowners [3]
The Ancient Parishes of – west to east – Paddington and St Marylebone (in the modern City of Westminster), and St Pancras (in the modern London Borough of Camden).The core area of Fitzrovia (Tottenham Court), is the south-western part of St Pancras; the remainder of Fitzrovia is in south-eastern St Marylebone.
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It is the only one in the central London area known as Fitzrovia. The square is one of the area's main features, this once led to the surrounding district to be known as Fitzroy Square or Fitzroy Town [ 1 ] and latterly as Fitzrovia, though the nearby Fitzroy Tavern is thought to have had as much influence on the name as Fitzroy Square.
Fitzroy Place. Fitzroy Place is an office, residential and retail estate in Fitzrovia, London.With 289 homes, interiors designed by Johnson Naylor, and 220,000 square feet (20,000 m 2) of office space, Fitzroy Place houses a series of shops, restaurants, offices and community spaces set around a publicly accessible central square. [1]
A mews is a row or courtyard of stables and carriage houses with living quarters above them, built behind large city houses before motor vehicles replaced horses in the early twentieth century. Mews are usually located in desirable residential areas, having been built to cater for the horses, coachmen and stable-servants of prosperous residents.
The first is Bailey, Nick. (1981) Fitzrovia. Historical Publications, Camden History Society. Bailey's book gives the boundaries as Great Portland Street in the west and Gower Street in the east and excludes the Bedford Square area (page 10). The second source of note is Pentelow, Mike and Rowe, Marsha (2001) Characters of Fitzrovia. Pimlico.
Local London Underground stations for Bolsover Street are in order of proximity Great Portland Street, Regent's Park, Warren Street, and Oxford Circus.Buses numbered 88, 18, 27, 30, 205, 189, 3, 12 and 55 stop within a close distance (<5 minutes walk) from Bolsover Street. [20]