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Grafton Way is a street in the London Borough of Camden that runs from Gower Street in the east to Fitzroy Street in the west, crossing Tottenham Court Road half way along its length. Whitfield Street and Grafton Mews adjoin Grafton Way.

The street was originally known as Grafton Street. [1]

Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda lived in Grafton Street from 1803 to 1810. [2]

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References

  1. "Grafton Way", in Survey of London: Volume 21, the Parish of St Pancras Part 3: Tottenham Court Road and Neighbourhood. J.R. Howard Roberts and Walter H. Godfrey (Eds.) London, 1949, pp. 50-51. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. Historic England. "NUMBER 58 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS (1113071)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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