Petty France, London
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Petty France is a road in the City of Westminster in central London.
Among the buildings that currently line the street is 102 Petty France, which houses the Ministry of Justice.
History
In the 18th century was described by John Stow as "a considerable street between Tathill Street, E., and James Street, W".[1] The name is generally thought to refer to the settlement of Huguenot refugees in the area.[2]
The name is also used to refer to the area in the vicinity of the street, the 7th Ward of Westminster.[2] It is also similar to the name of a street in Billingsgate in the City of London called Petty Wales.[2]
In the second half of the 18th century "the name was changed to York Street from Frederick, Duke of York, son of George II., who had made a temporary residence amongst them".[3][lower-alpha 1] A name it retained up until around 1925, when its previous name was restored.[lower-alpha 2]
The street was the original location in 1720 of the Westminster Public Infirmary. It was the first street in London to paved for pedestrians,[4] and it was the location of the first custom built artificial ice-ring in in London, icalled Niagara, it opened in the late 1800s.[5] The street was also the home for 50 years until 2002 of the London passport office at Clive House; it is now located at Globe House in Eccleston Square, Victoria.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Between 1746 and 1792 (Schürer 2012, p. 205).
- ↑ In 1923 it was still called York Street, (Russan & Russan 1923, p. 230) and by 1927 it had been renamed Petty France (SFP staff 1927, p. 6).
- ↑ Maskell 1849, p. 254 cites Stow (1708). New View of London 1. p. 63.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Maskell 1849, p. 254.
- ↑ Maskell 1849, p. 254 cites Walcott. Memorials of Westminster. p. 289., but points out the Walcott meant Edward Augustus, Duke of York (1739–1767) — as Gorge II's son Frederick was Prince of Wales.
- ↑ Russan & Russan 1923, p. 230.
- ↑ SFP staff 1927, p. 6.
- ↑ Taylor 2002.
References
- Maskell, J. (1849). White, William, ed. "Note". Notes and queries (London): 254.
- Russan, Lilian; Russan, Ashmore (1923). Historic streets of London : an alphabetical handbook. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent. p. 230.
- Schürer, Norbert, ed. (2012). Charlotte Lennox: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Documents (annotated ed.). Bucknell University Press. p. 205. ISBN 9781611483918.
- SFP staff (16 March 1927). "Ice carnivals of long ago". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942). p. 6.
Stephen, Leslie (1894). "Milton, John (1608-1674)". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 32. - Taylor, David (9 January 2002). "New passport office opens". London Evening Standard.
Further reading
- Grayling, A.C.. "19 York Street". The Quarrel Of The Age: The Life And Times Of William Hazlitt. — dates of Hazlitt occupancy and other details on 19 York Street.
- Hills, John (19 October 2014). "Adam & Eve, 82 York Street, St Margaret, Westminster". UK pub history and historical Street directory.
- Walford, Edward (1878). "Westminster: Tothill Fields and neighbourhood". Old and New London 4. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin. pp. 14–26.
- Wheatley, Henry Benjamin; Cunningham, Peter (2011) [1891]. London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions. Cambridge University Press. p. 79. ISBN 9781108028080.