Hillier Street

Hillier Street, Sheung Wan in October 2007.

A snake soup shop on the street in October 2007.

Hillier Street (Chinese: 禧利街), is a street in Sheung Wan of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, located between Connaught Road Central and Queen's Road Central.

Name[]

It was named after . Hillier was chief magistrate of Hong Kong from 1847 to 1856, and then took up the consulship to Siam but survived there for only a few months before dying of dysentery.^[1]^: 182–3

Roads and streets nearby[]

Sheung Wan station of the MTR
Wing Lok Street
Des Voeux Road Central
Bonham Strand
Mercer Street
Burd Street
Jervois Street
Kwai Wa Lane

References[]

^ Munn, Christopher (2012). May Holdsworth; Christopher Munn (eds.). Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789888083664.

Sources[]

Bloomfield, Frena (1984). Hong Kong's Street Names and Their Origins. Vol.1. Urban Council, Hong Kong. ASIN B000HZIVAE. OCLC 320407030. Archived from the original on 2014-11-07. |volume= has extra text (help)
UK in Thailand Embassy history: Charles Batten Hillier
Endacott, G. B. (2005) [1962]. "Chapter: Charles Batten Hillier". A biographical sketch-book of early Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 84–88. ISBN 978-962-209-742-1.

Coordinates: 22°17′07″N 114°09′05″E / 22.28517°N 114.15137°E / 22.28517; 114.15137

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[Munn-1] Munn, Christopher (2012). May Holdsworth; Christopher Munn (eds.). Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789888083664.

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