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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 ...
John Rocque's 24-sheet map. In 1746, the French-born British surveyor and cartographer John Rocque produced two maps of London and the surrounding area. The better known of these has the full name A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark: it is a map of Georgian London to a scale of 26 inches to a mile (i.e. 1:2437), surveyed by John Rocque, engraved by John ...
St Clement Danes is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London.It is now situated near the 19th-century Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand.Although the first church on the site was reputedly founded in the 9th century by the Danes, the current building replaced the medieval church building and was completed in 1682 by celebrated architect Sir Christopher Wren.
"What if, in 20 years' time, Strand East is known for crack houses?" 5. Of the 1,200 houses to be built, 40 percent will be large enough for families, and 15 percent of them will be earmarked as ...
The new St Mary le Strand was the first of the twelve [4] new churches built in London under the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches, at a cost of some £16,000. Construction began in February 1714 under the architect James Gibbs , being his first major project following his return from Italy .
It shows the Strand front of Northumberland House. Note the Percy Lion atop the central facade. The Statue of Charles I at right survives in situ. An extract from John Rocque's Map of London, 1746. The two projecting garden wings had not yet been added. Position of Northumberland House and garden on a modern map, based on John Rocque's 1746 map.
Strand-on-the-Green is one of Chiswick's four medieval villages, and a "particularly picturesque" [1] riverside area in West London.It is a conservation area, with many "imposing" [1] listed buildings beside the River Thames; a local landmark, the Kew Railway Bridge that crosses the River Thames and the Strand, is itself Grade II listed.
Villiers Street is a street in London connecting the Strand with the Embankment. It is partly pedestrianised; traffic runs northbound only up to John Adam Street, where vehicles must turn right. It was built by Nicholas Barbon in the 1670s on the site of York House, the property of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, whom the street commemorates.