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Moor Street – unknown [86] Newburgh Street; Noel Street – after Lady Elizabeth Noel, who developed the estate on behalf of her son William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland [87] [88] Old Compton Street – as with New Compton Street which extends to the east, it is believed to be named after Henry Compton, Bishop of London in the 1670s [89 ...
Cambridge Circus is the partly pedestrianised intersection where Shaftesbury Avenue crosses Charing Cross Road on the eastern edge of Soho, central London. [1] Side-streets Earlham, West, Romilly and Moor streets also converge at this point.
Soho railway station was a railway station in England, built by the London and North Western Railway on their Stour Valley Line in 1853. It served Soho in the eastern part of Smethwick, and included goods sheds and sidings. The station was rebuilt on a new site to the west of Soho Street during the 1880s.
What to Eat, See, Drink, and Do in Soho, London. Jack Holmes. August 1, 2022 at 6:00 AM. What to Eat, See, Drink, ... Head north from here and you’ll pass through Jermyn Street, ...
Soho & Winson Green was an intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line, serving the Soho and Winson Green areas. Opened in 1854 as " Soho " station, its name was changed to " Soho and Winson Green " in May 1893, and finally to " Winson Green " on 14 June 1965, following the ...
From 1967 until the mid-1970s, Moor Street was at its lowest ebb; the infrequent local trains used Moor Street during peak hours only, at other times they ran to and from New Street. In the 1970s, local services from the station came under the control of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE) under whose auspices service ...
Colourful shop windows in a typical Soho backstreet in London. Soho is near the heart of London's theatre area. It is home to the Soho Theatre, built in 2000 to present new plays and comedy. [33] The Windmill Theatre was based on Great Windmill Street, and was named after a windmill at this location that was demolished in the 18th century. It ...
The street was constructed around 1846 as one of the new approaches to London Bridge. While the street was formally known as "Moorgate Street", the street part of the name eventually fell out of use. The Chartered Accountants' Hall, on Moorgate Place, is the home of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.