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The
History of Belgravia
Belgravia is a neighbourhood in the London borough of Westminster.
It lies east of Chelsea, south of Hyde Park, and southwest
of the gardens of Buckingham Palace. Part of London's fashionable
West End, it has many residential squares featuring large
19th-century houses.
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The
History of Bloomsbury
The name Bloomsbury is derived from
the surname of William Blemond, whose manor house was dubbed
Blemondsisberi. In the 1390s, the house was passed along to
Edward III, who eventually donated it to the Carthusian monks.
In the 16th Century, during the dissolution of the monasteries,
Blemondsisberi was seized by Henry VIII and given to the Lord
Chancellor and Earl of Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley.
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The
History of Covent Garden
The modern story of Covent Garden
began in the 1630s when land formerly belonging to Westminster
Abbey, 'the Convent Garden', was redeveloped by the 4th Earl
of Bedford. But there is a much earlier story that has been
discovered only in recent years.
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The
History of Fitzrovia
Property development in the area north of Soho began in the
1700s and the desire for quick returns meant that the buildings
were rapidly sold off to a variety of service industries. Most
residential accommodation had insecure tenancy agreements and
so attracted struggling artists and self-employed tradesmen,
as well as rapidly growing immigrant groups. They took advantage
of the cheap rooms available and thus gave Fitzrovia its distinctive
diverse and bohemian character.
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The
History of Marylebone
Marylebone was formerly (until 1965) part of the metropolitan
borough of St.Marylebone. It is located to (what is now) the
south and west of Regent's Park, north of Mayfair, west of Fitzrovia
and east of Bayswater. The natural boundaries are roughly Edgware
Road (west), Oxford Street (south), Great Portland Street (east)
and Marylebone Road (north).
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The
History of Mayfair
Mayfair extends east of Hyde Park,
south of St. Marylebone, and north of Green Park. It is a fashionable
district that includes the most important retail shopping activity
in the United Kingdom.
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The
History of Soho
Soho is in the City of Westminster
and bounded by Oxford Street (north), Charing Cross Road (east),
Coventry Street and Piccadilly Circus (south), and Regent Street
(west). Chinatown (centred around Gerrard Street) is a mixture
of several Asian cultures and forms a genuine community with
restaurants, cultural centres, herbal medicinists and community
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The
History of St James
Lying south of the Soho district,
west of Whitehall, and north and east of Buckingham Palace,
St. James is known for its royal palace and its large park,
and it has remained one of the more fashionable (and expensive)
residential districts of London's West End.
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