Shelton Street

Names

  • Castle Street
  • Shelton Street

Street/Area/District

  • Shelton Street

Maps & Views

Descriptions

from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)

Castle str. (being spacious) is betn a Passage into Drury lane NE, and the S. end of St. Andrews str. near Cock and Pye Fields, or Seven streets, L. 360 Yds. and from Cha+ N. 650 Yds.

from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)

Castle-street, situate on the Backside of Long Acre; the South Side being in this Parish, the other in St. Giles's in the Fields; a Street very ordinary both for Buidlings or Inhabitants. Besides the several Alleys that come out of Long Acre, already named, there two very ordinary Places scarce worth the mentioning, viz. Pluncket's Court, and Bacchus Court.

from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)

Castle street, Near Long Acre.✽

from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)

Castle-Street, Long-Acre,—is the first N. parallel to it, extending from Charles-st. to Little St. Martin's lane, and is the continuation of Brokers-alley, from 25, Drury-lane.

from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)

Castle-St.—is in Long Acre, the first street parallel to it northward; it extends from Charles-street to Little St. Martin's-lane, and is the continuation of Broker's-alley from Drury-lane.