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Street names of Covent Garden

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2477: 2931: 2941: 27:. 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. 531:– after the earls of Southampton, who owned Southampton House in Bloomsbury in the 16th century; Edward Russell, 3rd Earl of Bedford and local landowner married a daughter and heiress of the Southamptons, and this street was named in her/their honour 247:), who owned a house on what is now Chinatown's Little Newport Street (then just Newport Street) in the 17th century. Following the construction of Charing Cross Road Newport Street was split in two and the two sections renamed as they are today 554:– from the Russell family, Earls of Bedford, Dukes of Bedford, Marquesses of Tavistock, etc., owners of Covent Garden from the 16th century, whose Devonshire estate comprised the former lands of 2977: 3166: 253:– laid out in the 16th century and named in honour of the contemporary royal family; the β€˜Great’ prefix was added to contrast with Little Queen Street which formerly adjoined 2688: 3161: 227:– renamed after the Floral Hall in 1895, both in reference to Covent Garden's flower markets. The street was formerly Hart Street, from the 16th century White Hart Inn 2970: 385:– not known, but thought to be from a shop of inn containing the word β€˜maiden’ that formerly stood here; the names dates to 1636, or perhaps after midden heaps 205:– formerly two streets – Great and Little Earl Street, later renamed to avoid confusion with various other Earl Streets; which earl it commemorated is unknown 509:
Shelton Street – after William Shelton, who provided money for a local charitable school for the poor on nearby Parker Street in his will in the 17th century
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and Strand Lane – from Old English β€˜stond’, meaning the edge of a river; the river Thames formerly reached here prior to the building of the
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Grape Street – formerly 'Vine Street', both in reference to a former vineyard on this site probably belonging to the former St Giles hospital
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Cranbourn Street – built in the 1670s and named after local landowner the Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranbourn (or Cranbourne) after the
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which formerly flowed in a valley near here. The β€˜High’ stems from the fact that the road led away from the river to higher ground.
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Wild Court and Wild Street – corruption of β€˜Weld’, after Henry Weld who lived in Weld House on this site in the 17th century
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West Central Street – named in 1894, after the recent innovation of postcodes (this being the boundary between WC1 and WC1)
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Kemble Street – after the Kemble family, who were active in the local theatre community in the 18th and 19th centuries
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and Seven Dials Court – after the seven dials on the sundial column, and the seven adjoining streets; laid out by
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Bedford Court and Bedford Street – after the 4th Earl of Bedford, who built much of the area in the 17th century
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Newton Street – after William Newton, who built the street and the nearby Lincoln's inn Fields in the 1630s
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Mays Court – after Henry May, local property owner in the 18th century, built by his family after his death
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Agar Street – after George Agar, who built the street in the 1830s with John Ponsonby, Earl of Bessborough
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Langley Court and Langley Street – after Sir Roger Langley, who owned land here in the early 18th century
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Conduit Court – thought to be named after Leonard Cunditt/Conduit, an innholder in Long Acre in the 1600s
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Banbury Court – after Nicholas Knollys, 3rd Earl of Banbury, who owned a house here called banbury House
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Smart's Place – probably from William Smart, a carpenter who lived near here in the early 18th century
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Bedfordbury – presumably after the 4th Earl of Bedford, who built much of the area in the 17th century
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Russell Street – after Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, local landowners in the 17th century
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Hop Gardens – the abbey of St Peter used gardens near here to grow hops in the early Middle Ages
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Exchange Court – opened in the mid-17th century opposite the New Exchange (covered row of shops)
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and later Baron Duncannon of Bessborough, who built the street with George Agar in the 1830s
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New Row – formerly New Street, built in 1635-37 as a new replacement for an existing alley
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Parker Mews and Parker Street – from Philip Parker, a local resident in the 17th century
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Crown Court – from the former Crown Inn, which stood on the corner with Russell Street
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Ching Court – after the Comyn Ching Co., a former ironmongers near here
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Bull Inn Court – formerly led to the Bull Inn which stood on Strand
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Martlett Court – thought to be a corruption of St Martin's, from
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Heathcock Court – thought to be after a former inn of this name
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Great Newport Street – after Mountjoy Blount, Earl of Newport (
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who was reigning king when this street was built in the 1630s
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Old Brewer's Yard – presumably after an old brewery here
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referring to a Danish settlement here of the 9th century
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Dragon Yard – unknown; nb: street is no longer signed
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List of London Covent Garden street names etymologies
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2635: 2629: 2627: 2621: 2620: 2618: 2617: 2612: 2607: 2602: 2597: 2592: 2587: 2582: 2577: 2572: 2567: 2562: 2557: 2552: 2547: 2545:Earlham Street 2542: 2537: 2531: 2529: 2523: 2522: 2520: 2519: 2514: 2509: 2507:Betty Careless 2504: 2499: 2494: 2488: 2486: 2482: 2481: 2474: 2472: 2470: 2469: 2464: 2459: 2454: 2452:Lyceum Theatre 2449: 2444: 2439: 2434: 2429: 2423: 2421: 2417: 2416: 2411: 2409: 2408: 2401: 2394: 2386: 2379: 2378: 2372: 2355: 2345: 2337: 2336: 2334:, p. 347. 2324: 2318:Fairfield, S. 2308: 2296: 2294:, p. 342. 2284: 2263: 2261:, p. 340. 2251: 2245:Fairfield, S. 2238: 2236:, p. 325. 2226: 2220:Fairfield, S. 2213: 2211:, p. 318. 2201: 2195:Fairfield, S. 2188: 2186:, p. 314. 2176: 2170:Fairfield, S. 2163: 2151: 2145:Fairfield, S. 2138: 2126: 2120:Fairfield, S. 2113: 2111:, p. 303. 2101: 2095:Fairfield, S. 2088: 2082:Fairfield, S. 2075: 2073:, p. 301. 2063: 2057:Fairfield, S. 2050: 2048:, p. 299. 2038: 2032:Fairfield, S. 2025: 2023:, p. 298. 2013: 2001: 1999:, p. 281. 1989: 1983:Fairfield, S. 1976: 1974:, p. 249. 1964: 1958:Fairfield, S. 1951: 1949:, p. 237. 1939: 1933:Fairfield, S. 1926: 1920:Fairfield, S. 1913: 1911:, p. 231. 1898: 1892:Fairfield, S. 1882: 1880:, p. 230. 1870: 1864:Fairfield, S. 1854: 1852:, p. 228. 1842: 1836:Fairfield, S. 1829: 1827:, p. 223. 1817: 1811:Fairfield, S. 1804: 1802:, p. 218. 1789: 1783:Fairfield, S. 1776: 1774:, p. 217. 1764: 1762:, p. 215. 1752: 1750:, p. 210. 1740: 1719: 1713:Fairfield, S. 1706: 1704:, p. 204. 1694: 1688:Fairfield, S. 1681: 1679:, p. 201. 1669: 1663:Fairfield, S. 1656: 1654:, p. 195. 1644: 1638:Fairfield, S. 1631: 1629:, p. 189. 1619: 1613:Fairfield, S. 1606: 1604:, p. 186. 1589: 1583:Fairfield, S. 1569: 1567:, p. 184. 1557: 1551:Fairfield, S. 1544: 1542:, p. 181. 1532: 1526:Fairfield, S. 1519: 1517:, p. 177. 1507: 1501:Fairfield, S. 1494: 1492:, p. 174. 1482: 1460:Besant, Walter 1451: 1445:Fairfield, S. 1438: 1436:, p. 171. 1426: 1420:Fairfield, S. 1413: 1411:, p. 170. 1401: 1399:, p. 162. 1389: 1387:, p. 151. 1377: 1371:Fairfield, S. 1364: 1362:, p. 233. 1349: 1343:Fairfield, S. 1336: 1334:, p. 149. 1324: 1322:, p. 140. 1312: 1306:Fairfield, S. 1299: 1297:, p. 134. 1287: 1281:Fairfield, S. 1274: 1272:, p. 126. 1262: 1256:Fairfield, S. 1246: 1244:, p. 124. 1234: 1228:Fairfield, S. 1221: 1219:, p. 119. 1209: 1203:Fairfield, S. 1196: 1194:, p. 115. 1181: 1175:Fairfield, S. 1165: 1163:, p. 105. 1153: 1147:Fairfield, S. 1140: 1134:Fairfield, S. 1127: 1125:, p. 100. 1115: 1109:Fairfield, S. 1102: 1090: 1066: 1045: 1033: 1020: 998: 992:Fairfield, S. 985: 979:Fairfield, S. 972: 970:, p. 101. 957: 951:Fairfield, S. 944: 932: 926:Fairfield, S. 919: 907: 901:Fairfield, S. 894: 879: 873:Fairfield, S. 866: 854: 848:Fairfield, S. 841: 826: 814: 802: 796:Fairfield, S. 789: 777: 771:Fairfield, S. 764: 758:Fairfield, S. 748: 736: 724: 718:Fairfield, S. 708: 696: 680: 674:Fairfield, S. 667: 665:, p. 117. 652: 646:Fairfield, S. 639: 624: 618:Fairfield, S. 610: 609: 607: 604: 603: 602: 591: 588: 585: 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Index

London
Covent Garden
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
William IV
Aldwych
Anglo-Saxons
Thomas Arne
Thomas Betterton
Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Elizabeth I
Cambridge Circus
Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge
Catherine of Braganza
Charles II
Cecil Court
Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos
Charing Cross Road
River Thames
Covent Garden
town
William Cubitt
Drury Lane
John Dryden
John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough
Earlham Street
Endell Street
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Floral Street
David Garrick

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