Howard Street, London

Howard Street in the City of Westminster, London, ran from Surrey Street in the west to Arundel Street in the east, and was crossed only by Norfolk Street. It was demolished in the 1970s.

View of the Junction of Howard Street and Norfolk Street, London. John Crowther, watercolour, 1880.
The vicinity of Howard Street (centre) on a 1950s Ordnance Survey map.

History

Howard Street was built on land once occupied by Arundel House and its gardens, the property of the Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk.[1] Howard Street and its neighbouring streets, Arundel, Norfolk, and Surrey, were all built after Arundel House was demolished by the earl of Arundel in 1678.[2]

Howard Street and Norfolk Street were demolished in the 1970s in order to build Arundel Great Court[3] which was itself sold for redevelopment in 2012.[4][5]

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References
  1. Bebbington, Gillian. (1972) London street names. London: B.T. Batsford. p. 27. ISBN 0713401400
  2. Richardson, John. (2000). The annals of London: A year-by-year record of a thousand years of history. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-520-22795-8.
  3. Amberley House, 11-12 Norfolk Street, Westminster. Historic England. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. Land Securities sells Arundel Great Court. Land Securities, 29 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  5. The Strand deserves to be treated with much more respect by King’s College. Simon Jenkins, Evening Standard, 5 May 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

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