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Berkeley Square / ˈ b ɑːr k l i / is a garden square in the West End of London. It is one of the best known of the many squares in London , located in Mayfair in the City of Westminster . It was laid out in the mid 18th century by the architect William Kent , and originally extended further south.
Berkeley High Street. Berkeley was first recorded in 824 as Berclea, from the Old English for "birch lea". [3]Berkeley was a significant place in medieval times. It was a port and market-town, and the meeting place of the hundred of Berkeley.
By 1848, it had become too crowded for the congregation. A new location was found, in Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, at a cost of £5,000. It was dedicated on 25 January 1849. In 1867, a new location was required again. Eventually, the current synagogue building in Upper Berkeley Street was opened on 22 September 1870.
Berkeley Square is an area close to Park Street in the Clifton area of Bristol that includes buildings and a central area of greenery. It was laid out around 1790 in Georgian style with a central grass area behind railings, by Thomas and William Paty .
Berkeley Castle (/ ˈ b ɑːr k l i / BARK-lee; historically sometimes spelled as Berkley Castle or Barkley Castle) is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.The castle's origins date back to the 11th century, being designated by English Heritage as a Grade I-listed building.
Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square and Devonshire House on a map of 1895 A plan of the main floor of the house published in 1765. Lansdowne House now 9 Fitzmaurice Place is the remaining part of an aristocratic English town house building to the south of Berkeley Square in central London, England.
Berkeley House and its extensive grounds (later purchased by the Duke of Devonshire who rebuilt it as Devonshire House) is memorialised by Berkeley Square, Berkeley Street, Stratton Street and Bruton Street. On some early maps it appears as "Stretton Street". The street was originally a cul-de-sac, running north from Piccadilly with Devonshire ...
Number 40, Connaught Street. Connaught Street is a street in Central London. [1] Located in the City of Westminster, it is part of the Tyburnia area of Paddington north of Hyde Park. It runs west to east from Hyde Park Square to the Edgware Road. It continues eastwards becoming Upper Berkeley Street in Marylebone.