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Baker Street
Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster. It is named after builder William Baker. The area was originally high class residential, but now is mainly occupied by commercial premises.
The street is referenced in multiple popular works. Fictional detective Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street, a fictional address on the north of the street. A 1978 hit song by Gerry Rafferty was titled "Baker Street".
Baker Street is a busy thoroughfare, lying in postcode areas NW1/W1 and forming part of the A41. It runs south from Regent's Park, at the junction with Park Road and Outer Circle, and crosses Marylebone Road, Dorset Street, Blandford Street and George Street. At Fitzhardinge Street, it becomes Portman Square for a short stretch and then continues as Orchard Street until it meets with Oxford Street. In 2019, the until-then one-way street was changed to accommodate lanes running in both directions.
The crossroads of Baker Street and Marylebone Road was historically known as Marylebone Circus, which is still its unofficial name.
Baker Street lies on the Portman Estate, approximately 300 acres of lands acquired in 1553 by Sir William Portman. However, development did not start until 200 years later. In the 1750s, William Baker, "a Gentleman of Marylebone," leased land from the Portman Estate, and laid out Baker Street in 1755. He also developed Orchard Street, Portman Street and other neighbouring roads lying north of Oxford Street.
In 1835, the first wax museum of Madame Tussauds was opened on Baker Street. The museum moved, just around the corner, to Marylebone Road in 1884. Also in 1835 the sculptor James Fillans came to live and work from 82 Baker Street.[citation needed]
Thomas Charles Druce ran the Baker Street Bazaar (which would become Druce & Co. furniture manufacturers) until his death in 1864, and was later subject of the Druce Portland Case.[citation needed]
Residents of the prestigious mansion block, Chiltern Court on the Regent's Park end of Baker Street include the novelists Arnold Bennett and H. G. Wells who are commemorated with a blue plaque.
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Baker Street
Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster. It is named after builder William Baker. The area was originally high class residential, but now is mainly occupied by commercial premises.
The street is referenced in multiple popular works. Fictional detective Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street, a fictional address on the north of the street. A 1978 hit song by Gerry Rafferty was titled "Baker Street".
Baker Street is a busy thoroughfare, lying in postcode areas NW1/W1 and forming part of the A41. It runs south from Regent's Park, at the junction with Park Road and Outer Circle, and crosses Marylebone Road, Dorset Street, Blandford Street and George Street. At Fitzhardinge Street, it becomes Portman Square for a short stretch and then continues as Orchard Street until it meets with Oxford Street. In 2019, the until-then one-way street was changed to accommodate lanes running in both directions.
The crossroads of Baker Street and Marylebone Road was historically known as Marylebone Circus, which is still its unofficial name.
Baker Street lies on the Portman Estate, approximately 300 acres of lands acquired in 1553 by Sir William Portman. However, development did not start until 200 years later. In the 1750s, William Baker, "a Gentleman of Marylebone," leased land from the Portman Estate, and laid out Baker Street in 1755. He also developed Orchard Street, Portman Street and other neighbouring roads lying north of Oxford Street.
In 1835, the first wax museum of Madame Tussauds was opened on Baker Street. The museum moved, just around the corner, to Marylebone Road in 1884. Also in 1835 the sculptor James Fillans came to live and work from 82 Baker Street.[citation needed]
Thomas Charles Druce ran the Baker Street Bazaar (which would become Druce & Co. furniture manufacturers) until his death in 1864, and was later subject of the Druce Portland Case.[citation needed]
Residents of the prestigious mansion block, Chiltern Court on the Regent's Park end of Baker Street include the novelists Arnold Bennett and H. G. Wells who are commemorated with a blue plaque.