Leicester Street
Names
- Leicester Street
Street/Area/District
- Leicester Street
Maps & Views
- 1720 London (Strype): Leicester Street
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Leicester Street
- 1761 London (Dodsley): Leicester Street
Descriptions
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
Leicester-St., Leicester-square, is at the north-west corner of the square.
from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)
Leicester-Street, Leicester-Square,—at the N.W. corner of the square, extending to Lisle-st.
from London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and Peter Cunningham (1891)
Leicester Street, north-west corner of Leicester Square, to Lisle Street. No. 11, now a portion of Bonham's Auction Rooms, was, 1736, etc., the residence of Speaker Onslow. It was also for many years the residence of Sir Charles Bell, the eminent surgeon and anatomist.