Earlham Street

The Stephen Pusey mural in Earlham Street, 1977.

Earlham Street is a street in Covent Garden, in the London Borough of Camden that runs from Shaftesbury Avenue in the west to Neal Street in the east, crossing Seven Dials midway, where it intersects with Monmouth Street, Mercer Street, and . Tower Street and Tower Court join it on its south side.

Earlham Street Market operates from the street.^[1]

History[]

The street was originally two separate streets. The part east of Seven Dials was called Great Earl Street, and the part west of Seven Dials Little Earl Street. In the 1930s the whole street was renamed Earlham Street.^[2]

Buildings[]

Seven Dials Jazz Club is at number 46, opposite the Donmar Warehouse. The Cambridge Theatre, a West End theatre, is on a corner site.

Residents[]

Syd Barrett once lived at number 2.^[3]

References[]

^ Harriss, P. (2006). London Markets. Cadogan Guides. p. 31. ISBN 9781860113062. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
^ Weinreb, Ben, and Hibbert, Christopher (1992). The London Encyclopaedia (reprint ed.). Macmillan. p. 801.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
^ Chapman, Rob (7 June 2012). Syd Barrett and British Psychedelia: Faber Forty-Fives: 1966–1967. ISBN 9780571296767.

External links[]

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Coordinates: 51°30′49.24″N 0°7′39″W / 51.5136778°N 0.12750°W / 51.5136778; -0.12750

[google-1] Harriss, P. (2006). London Markets. Cadogan Guides. p. 31. ISBN 9781860113062. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

[2] Weinreb, Ben, and Hibbert, Christopher (1992). The London Encyclopaedia (reprint ed.). Macmillan. p. 801.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[3] Chapman, Rob (7 June 2012). Syd Barrett and British Psychedelia: Faber Forty-Fives: 1966–1967. ISBN 9780571296767.

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