Warren Street

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The corner of Conway Street and Warren Street in 2015. Conway Street - Warren Street corner London.JPG
The corner of Conway Street and Warren Street in 2015.

Warren Street is a street in the London Borough of Camden that runs from Cleveland Street in the west to Tottenham Court Road in the east. Warren Street tube station is located at the eastern end of the street. [1]

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History

The street is crossed by Conway Street in the east and Fitzroy Street at its midpoint. On the south side of Warren Street lie Warren Mews, Richardson's Mews, Grafton Mews, and Whitfield Street. It was mostly constructed in the late 18th century. [2]

It is named after Admiral Sir Peter Warren whose daughter and heiress Anne was wife of Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton and thus the first Lady Southampton. [3] Originally a residential street, it now contains mostly shops and businesses.

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References

  1. Warren Street Underground Station. Transport for London. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. J R Howard Roberts; Walter H Godfrey (1949). "Warren Street". www.british-history.ac.uk. Survey of London: Volume 21, the Parish of St Pancras Part 3: Tottenham Court Road and Neighbourhood. London County Council. pp. 64–65. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. Gwyn, Julian (1974). The Enterprising Admiral: The Personal Fortune of Admiral Sir Peter Warren. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 5. ISBN   978-0-7735-8225-5. OCLC   767670938.

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