Northumberland Street, London

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The Sherlock Holmes pub in Northumberland Street

Northumberland Street is a street in the City of Westminster.

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Location

The street runs from Strand in the north to Northumberland Avenue in the south. On its east side it is joined by Corner House Street and Craven Passage. It is part pedestrianised in the section leading off the Strand.

History

Northumberland Street was originally known as Hartshorn Lane. The buildings in that lane were demolished to make way for Northumberland Street in the 1760s. [1]

Dramatist Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637) spent his youth in Hartshorn Lane and may have been born there. [2]

Buildings

The Sherlock Holmes public house is located in the south of the street on the corner with Craven Passage.

The Royal Institution Of Naval Architects is located at Nos. 8–9. [3]

The offices of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers are at No. 7. [4]

See also

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References

  1. Wheatley, Henry B. (1891). London past and present: Its history, associations, and traditions. Vol. I. London: John Murray. Cambridge University Press reprint, 2011. p. 605. ISBN   9781108028066.
  2. Williams, George G. Assisted by Marian and Geoffrey Williams. (1973) Guide to Literary London. London: Batsford, p. 76. ISBN   0713401419
  3. "The Royal Institution of Naval Architects -RINA".
  4. "Home | NEU".

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