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China Town London

The area in which this new Chinatown would stand had an interesting history: one that stretched back to the terrible Great Fire of 1666 in which London was destroyed by flame. In the aftermath, attention turned west of the old city to the area of present-day Soho which was then mostly farmland with a prime location near the three royal palaces of Westminster, Whitehall and St. James. The area of modern-day Chinatown was a military training ground where soldiers drilled with pikes and primitive muskets.

In 1677, Lord Gerrard, the owner of the area, gave permission to a developer named Nicholas Barbon to build houses on the military ground. Barbon completed Gerrard Street in 1685 and then acquired the adjoining land on the east side from Lord Newport. Here, he built more houses and a livestock market, complete with a market hall and slaughterhouse which stood on the site of the present-day Newport Court. more... ChinaTown covers Shaftesbury Avenue, Gerrard Street, Wardour Street, and Rupert Street as well as Little Newport Street.

 

 

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Hotels and Inns Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 6EX , Soho , Hotels
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Hotels and Inns Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1F 7HL , Soho , Hotels
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Hotels and Inns Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 3JA , Soho , Hotels
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Hotels and Inns Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1F 7BR , Soho , Hotels
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Hotels and Inns Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 6BZ , Soho , Hotels
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Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to EC1V 0BN , Clerkenwell , Indian Restaurants , Soho
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Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1 4TJ , Soho , American Restaurants , Online Takeaways
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Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 6HW , Soho , American Restaurants , Online Takeaways
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Training Services Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1F 0HS , Soho , Television , Colleges
Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1F 0QQ , Vegetarian Restaurants , Vegan Restaurants , Soho
Markets and Market Equipment Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1F 8ST , Markets , Berwick Street , Soho
Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 6PZ , Italian Restaurants , French Restaurants , Wardour Street
Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 6DY , Malaysian Restaurants , ChinaTown
Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 6BL , Wifi , French Restaurants , ChinaTown
Health Centres Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 3QS , Health Centres , Soho , Chinese
Art Galleries Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1F 9DB , Art Galleries , Art Dealers , Soho
Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 4AH , Indian Restaurants , Soho
Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 3DL , Vegetarian Restaurants , Soho , Indian Restaurants
Cafe Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1F 0TJ , Wifi , Falafels , Soho
Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1F 8ZD , West Indian Restaurants , Afro Caribbean Restaurants , Wardour Street , Jerk Chicken , Goat Curry , Soho
Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1F 8WG , Falafels , Soho
Grocers and Convenience Stores Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 5QG , Chinese , Grocers , Gerrard Street
Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1F 8ZB , Afro Caribbean Restaurants , Halal Restaurants , Soho , West Indian Restaurants , Jerk Chicken , Goat Curry
Cinemas Listed on the London Subject Guides to WC2H 8AH , Cinemas , Shaftesbury Avenue
Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 7ER , American Restaurants , Soho
Temple Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 3DL , Hindu Temples , Hinduism , Soho
Restaurant Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 7EJ , Cafes , Shaftesbury Avenue , Conservation
Cinemas Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 6DG , Cinemas , Shaftesbury Avenue
Jazz Listed on the London Subject Guides to W1D 4HT , Jazz , Soho

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