Park Street is a street in Mayfair, London, England. It is the longest street on the Grosvenor Estate.[1]
It is a one-way street running south to north from a t-junction with South Street to a crossroads with Oxford Street, where it continues north as Portman Street.
It was formerly known as Hyde Park Street.[2] House building on the street began in the late 1720s, and was completed in the late 1770s, and the only surviving original properties are nos 70 to 78.[1]
Notable residents
edit- 58 Sir Rufane Donkin, from 1827[3]
- 64 Richard Teage, from 1729[3]
- Stanley Cousins, 1926-28[3]
- John Dewar, 2nd Baron Forteviot, 1928-36[3]
- 91 Kenneth Mackay, 2nd Earl of Inchcape, 1936–39[4]
- 93 Sir Louis Baron, 1st Baronet, 1931–34[4]
- 101 Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry, 1934–41[4]
- 103 Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart, diplomat, 1925–31[4]
- 103A Alan Burns, 4th Baron Inverclyde, 1930–33[4]
- 108 Albertha Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, ex-wife of George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, 1903–32[3]
- 110 Thomas Cundy III and his son, Thomas Elger Cundy, 1889–92[3]
- 114 Dowager Lady Vernon, widow of 6th Baron Vernon, 1892–98[3]
- 115: James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1894–1922); Mary, Dowager Duchess of Abercorn (died 1929);[5] Sir Patrick Hastings (until 1952)[6]
- unknown: James Lind[7]
- unknown: Jean-André Deluc[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Park Street and Culross Street: Introduction - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ Geraldine Edith Mitton (1903). Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater. Library of Alexandria. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4655-3203-9. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Park Street and Culross Street: Park Street, East Side - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Park Street and Culross Street: Park Street, West Side - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Obituary: Mary, Duchess of Abercorn". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 10 May 1929. p. 8.
- ^ Spranklen, Annabelle (24 March 2021). "The 3rd Duke of Abercorn's Mayfair townhouse has been transformed into sweeping apartments". Tatler. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ a b BEBBINGTON, W. G. (1 March 1960). "A Friend of Shelley: Dr. James Lind". Notes and Queries. 7 (3): 83–93. doi:10.1093/nq/7-3-83. ISSN 1471-6941.
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