"the broad avenue through Hyde Park, lit with 300 oil lamps in 1690– the first artificially lit highway in Britain. The lighting was a precaution against highwaymen, who lurked in Hyde Park at the time. The track was called ""Route du Roi"", French for King's Road, which was eventually corrupted into ""Rotten Row"". In the 18th century, Rotten Row became a popular meeting place for upper-class Londoners. Particularly on weekend evenings and at midday, people dressed in their finest clothes to ride along the row and be seen. The adjacent South Carriage Drive was used by society people in carriages"
"its close proximity to Glasgow Cathedral. However ""Rotten Row"" is a common street name in towns and villages throughout England and Scotland. It describes a place where there was once a row of tumbledown cottages infested with rats (""raton"") and goes back to the 14th century or earlier. The street became dissected and realigned by the exponential growth of Glasgow's city centre during the Industrial Revolution, and originally was home to a large amount of tenement housing, much of which had deteriorated into a slum by the middle of the 20th century. Following the Bruce Report in 1945, Townhead was"
"Russia Row Russia Row is a street in the City of London that runs between Milk Street and Trump Street on the northern side of the former Honey Lane Market. Russia Court, formerly Robin Hood Court, the home of the Russia Company, was once located on the northern side of the street and the City of London School on the south side. The street is thought to have received its name around 1804, shortly before Russia decided to enter the Napoleonic Wars on the same side as Britain. It was damaged by German bombing during the Second World War and"
"Southampton Row Southampton Row is a major thoroughfare running northwest-southeast in Bloomsbury, Camden, central London, England. The road is designated as part of the A4200. To the north, Southampton Row adjoins the southeast corner of Russell Square. To the south at Holborn tube station, it becomes Kingsway at the junction with High Holborn. On the corner with Theobald's Road (part of the A401) is the complex that formerly housed Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, and the Cochrane Theatre. There are several major hotels on Southampton Row, including the Bedford, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel London - West End,"
"Rottenrow Rottenrow () is a famous street in the city of Glasgow in Scotland. It is located at Townhead, in the northern periphery of the city centre, and is located entirely within the John Anderson Campus of the University of Strathclyde. Rottenrow dates back to the city's medieval beginnings, and once connected the historic High Street to the northern reaches of what is now the Cowcaddens area. The origin of the street's name is subject to debate. Some believe that it is derived from the Gaelic phrase ""Rat-an-righ"", which translates as ""Road Of The Kings"" - presumably in relation to"
"Rose Street Club The Rose Street Club (sometimes the International Rose Street Club and earlier the Local Rights Association for Rental and Sanitary Reform) was a radical far-left / anarchist organisation based in what is now Manette Street, London. Originally centred around London's German community, and acting as a meeting point for new immigrants, it became one of the leading radical clubs of Victorian London in the late-nineteenth century. Although its roots went back to the 1840s, it was properly formed in 1877 by members of a German emigré workers' education group, which soon became frequented by London radicals, and"
"has since been completely rebuilt. Russia Row is located in the City of London and runs between Milk Street in the west and Trump Street in the east. Russia Row was built on land that was formerly on the north side of Honey Lane Market, itself partially on the former site of the parish church, All Hallows Honey Lane, which was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt. It fell within Cheap Ward and Cripplegate Ward Within. Archaeological investigations of a site on the corner of the modern Milk Street and Russia Row by the"
"Canon Row Canon Row is a historic street in the City of Westminster in London. It is best known as the location of Canon Row Police Station. In 1878 Canon Row extended from the back of Richmond Terrace to Bridge Street, Westminster, and about midway between the Thames and Parliament Street. It is a narrow thoroughfare. According to John Stow and John Selden, Canon Row — or, as it was often called, Channel Row — derived its name from being the residence allotted to the Canons of St Stephen's Chapel in the Palace of Westminster. It was anciently the site"
"Museum of London in 1976-7 confirmed documentary sources in suggesting that Russia Row had no medieval predecessor, the site being entirely taken up with buildings before the fire. Roman remains were found including the location of a Roman street that ran roughly north-south under what is now Russia Row. Russia Row is joined to Milk Street at its eastern end and also once by Robin Hood Alley which has also been called Robinson's Court, Robin Hood Court and Robin Court. The southern end of the alley was known as Russia Court when the offices of the Russia Company (chartered 1555)"
"eastern side. Robin Hood Alley, which has also been called Robinson's Court, Robin Hood Court and Robin Court, once joined it to Russia Row but that alley also no longer exists. Milk Street, London Milk Street in the City of London, England, was the site of London's medieval milk market. It was the location of the parish church of St Mary Magdalen which was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and then of Honey Lane Market and the City of London School. The street was seriously damaged by German bombing during the Second World War and has"
"Roman Road, London Roman Road is a road in East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and lies on the old Roman road in the Roman Empire called the Pye Road running from the capital of the Iceni at Venta Icenorum (near modern Norwich) to Londinium (modern London) and today hosts a market. It lies in five districts: Bow and Old Ford at its eastern end, while the area with the same name Roman Road lies to just west, to the middle is Mile End and Bethnal Green at its western end. There is some debate about"
"to the narrowness of this section of Roman Road and the market itself but do run just beyond in neighbouring Bow and Old Ford with the routes – 8, 276, 399, 488 and night route N8 all within walking distance. Roman Road is linked to the national road network by the B119 that runs the whole way along the area and is a one way street that is on the wider Roman Road and connects it to Bethnal Green. Roman Road, London Roman Road is a road in East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and lies"
"John Rocque in 1746, and ""The London Encyclopaedia"" write that it ""probably derived from a nearby Tavern, the Trumpeter Inn"". It appears on Richard Horwood's original (1799) and revised (1813) map of London with Honey Lane Market at its western end where Russia Row is now. A tavern known as Blossom's Inn once stood on the north side of the street on a large site on the corner with Lawrence Lane from the fourteenth century until 1855. In the 1750s it became the London base for James Pickford, founder of the Pickfords removal firm. Archaeological excavations on the site in"
"Collier Row Collier Row is a place in east London in the London Borough of Havering. It is a suburban development north of Romford, located north east of Charing Cross. The area is based on a large housing estate built during the 1930s as part of the inter-war London housing expansion, with shopping facilities around a central crossroads. Its name originates from charcoal burners who used to occupy the area. Remains of Roman settlement have been uncovered in the area. An Egyptian pyramid was discovered on White Hart Lane in 2010. It is believed that it unleashed the sun god"
"since been completely rebuilt with office buildings and some retail premises at street level. The north side is an office building of known as 30 Gresham Street that continues along Trump Street and was developed by Land Securities in 2002-03. It was described at the time as ""the biggest speculative office development in the capital"". Russia Row Russia Row is a street in the City of London that runs between Milk Street and Trump Street on the northern side of the former Honey Lane Market. Russia Court, formerly Robin Hood Court, the home of the Russia Company, was once located"
"Portobello Road Portobello Road is a street in the Notting Hill district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London. It runs almost the length of Notting Hill from south to north, roughly parallel with Ladbroke Grove. On Saturdays it is home to Portobello Road Market, one of London's notable street markets, known for its second-hand clothes and antiques. Every August since 1996, the Portobello Film Festival has been held in locations around Portobello Road. Portobello Road was known prior to 1740 as Green's Lane - a winding country path leading from Kensington Gravel Pits, in what"
"this day, both women are very much a part of the local folklore of the island. Alfred Lion, known among jazz aficionados as founder of the legendary Blue Note record label, was also born in the neighborhood. Rote Insel Rote Insel (literally, ""Red Island"") is the name colloquially given to a neighbourhood in the Schöneberg district of the German capital, Berlin. As such, the ""Island"" is part of Berlin's 7th administrative borough, Tempelhof-Schöneberg. On the Berlin city map, the neighbourhood is easily located within a distinctive triangle bordered by railway lines in the south-western part of the city centre. Owing"
"Rote Insel Rote Insel (literally, ""Red Island"") is the name colloquially given to a neighbourhood in the Schöneberg district of the German capital, Berlin. As such, the ""Island"" is part of Berlin's 7th administrative borough, Tempelhof-Schöneberg. On the Berlin city map, the neighbourhood is easily located within a distinctive triangle bordered by railway lines in the south-western part of the city centre. Owing to the large trenches dug to accommodate the tracks for trains and light-rail, the only way to access this part of Schöneberg is by crossing one of the many bridges that span the tracks, thus forming the"
"University's 40th anniversary celebrations by the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Councillor Liz Cameron. Some elements of the park will be permanent, others being temporary in anticipation of future Strathclyde campus expansion and renewal. Rottenrow Rottenrow () is a famous street in the city of Glasgow in Scotland. It is located at Townhead, in the northern periphery of the city centre, and is located entirely within the John Anderson Campus of the University of Strathclyde. Rottenrow dates back to the city's medieval beginnings, and once connected the historic High Street to the northern reaches of what is now the Cowcaddens area."
"Bakers Row Bakers Row is a road in London which forms the gateway to a network of little cobbled streets which form part of Little Italy, a nickname which applies to the western area of Clerkenwell. The name Little Italy was due to its strong Italian connections, which were evident for almost 200 years. The area is also known as Italian Hill. Its boundaries are formed by Clerkenwell Road, Farringdon Road and Rosebery Avenue and it includes the historically important Italian church of St Peter’s. Bakers Row was almost totally destroyed during a heavy bombing raid in 1940, during the"
"development is located in the district of St Giles, a short distance to the east of the east end of Oxford Street. The area was once notorious for being one of the worst slums in London, known as the Rookery – a maze of ramshackle houses, alleys and courtyards inhabited by thousands of destitute people. It was famously depicted by William Hogarth in his 1751 print ""Gin Lane"". Central Saint Giles stands on the site of St Giles Court, an office development originally erected in the 1950s for the Ministry of Supply and latterly used by the Ministry of Defence"
"this patent, alleging that Porter had not been the first inventor. In 1835, the City of London School was built on the south side of the street facing Milk Street, on the site of the former Honey Lane Market. It was paid for with money bequethed for the purpose by John Carpenter, city clerk in the reign of King Henry V. It grew so rapidly that in 1883 it moved to larger premises at the Victoria Embankment. The area north of Cheapside was seriously damaged by Nazi bombing on 29 December 1940 during the Second World War. Russia Row has"
"Cheyne Row Cheyne Row is a street in Chelsea, London. It runs roughly north to south from the crossroads with Upper Cheyne Row, where it becomes Glebe Place, leading down to a t-junction with Cheyne Walk and the River Thames. 16-34, including Carlyle's House at No 24, are grade II* listed, and built in 1708. 22-33 are grade II listed. The grade II listed Roman Catholic parish church, Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea is on the corner of Cheyne Row and Upper Cheyne Row. No 24 was home to Thomas Carlyle and his wife"
"Rolling Stones. The Society of Science, Letters and Art, a late 19th century bogus learned society, had its headquarters at Addison House, 160 Holland Road (demolished). Holland Road, London Holland Road is a road in Kensington, London, England, which connects Kensington High Street with the Holland Park roundabout. The southernmost section is one-way (northbound only, returning via Addison Road) and forms part of the Kensington/Earl's Court one-way system. The Road forms part of the A3220 road. To the east is Addison Road and Holland Park. To the west is West Kensington and Kensington (Olympia) station. Holland Road Kensington London W14"
"Covent Garden Covent Garden () is a district in Greater London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between Charing Cross Road and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and with the Royal Opera House, which is also known as ""Covent Garden"". The district is divided by the main thoroughfare of Long Acre, north of which is given over to independent shops centred on Neal's Yard and Seven Dials, while the south contains the central square with its street performers and most of the"
"called the ""Little Rose,"" which Henslowe had leased from the parish of St. Saviour, Southwark in 1585. The Rose was the first of several theatres to be situated in Bankside, Southwark near the south shore of the River Thames. The area was known for its leisure attractions such as bear/bull-baitings, gaming dens and brothels. It was located in the Liberty of Clink, a liberty outside the jurisdiction of the City of London's civic authorities. The Rose contained substantial rose gardens and two buildings; Cholmley used one as a storehouse, while Henslowe appears to have leased the other as a brothel."
"Little Russia, London Little Russia was an area of Tottenham, London, England. It was on the straight northern boundary of the London Borough of Haringey specifically adjoining Edmonton, mainly comprising Pretoria Road, Durban Road and Lorenco Road (west of the railway line between Silver Street and White Hart Lane). The area had become known as ""Little Russia"" in the early 20th century due to the influx of Russian immigrants. Immigration peaked when a large number of Russians settled there after fleeing the 1917 Russian Revolution. It developed into one of the toughest areas of North London and the local constabulary"
"eponymous bookshop in the Channel 4 sitcom ""Black Books"". Russell Square Russell Square is a large garden square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden, built predominantly by James Burton. It is near the University of London's main buildings and the British Museum. To the north is Woburn Place, and to the south-east is Southampton Row. Russell Square tube station is nearby to the north-east. It is named after the surname of the Earls and Dukes of Bedford; the freehold remains with the Bedford Estate, though the square is managed by Camden Council. The gardens are Grade II-listed on"
"White Rabbit', lived on Guilford Street. His former home is marked by a blue plaque. Guilford Street is the home of Arthur Rowe, the protagonist in Graham Greene's novel ""The Ministry of Fear."" The house on Guilford street is where he administers a mercy killing of his ill wife, survives the blitz, and stores a very unusual cake that is central to the plot of this spy thriller. Guilford Street Guilford Street is a road in Bloomsbury in central London, England, designated the B502. From Russell Square it extends east-northeast to Gray's Inn Road. Note that it is not spelt"
"Tottenham Court Road Tottenham Court Road (occasionally abbreviated as TCR) is a major road in the Fitzrovia district of Central London, United Kingdom, running from St Giles Circus to Euston Road. Historically a market street, it became well known for selling electronics and white goods in the 20th century. The name derives from the road's original use as a market thoroughfare from Oxford Street to the Manor of Tothele, roughly north of what is now Euston Road. It was mentioned as such in the Domesday Book. The area was described as Totenhale in 1184 and Totenhale Court by 1487. Although"
"Rose Cottage. Totteridge has many spacious detached properties in a green setting that are highly valued; some of them are among the most expensive houses in London. Its past and present residents have included the rich and famous, including Arsène Wenger, Frankie Vaughan, Des O'Connor, Cliff Richard, Mickie Most, Hank Marvin, David Dein and many top footballers. More modest housing, much of it semi-detached, predominates at the eastern end of Totteridge. Transport for London bus route 251 towards Edgware bus/tube station (westbound), or towards Arnos Grove tube station (eastbound), passes through Totteridge Village along the A5109. Route 326 towards Barnet"
"Brehmer, Iain Baxter, Adam Chodzko, Suzanne Treister, Peter Kennard, Hilary Lloyd, Harun Farocki, Eduardo Paolozzi, Stephen Willats and Yvonne Rainer. Other exhibitions have been curated by Richard Grayson, Lars Bang Larsen and Alice Motard. Raven Row Raven Row is a free art exhibition centre in Spitalfields. It was constructed from numbers 56 and 58, Artillery Lane. These properties were built about 1690. The area was formerly used for testing artillery and this portion of the lane was known as Raven Row until 1895. The buildings have previously been used as shops of Huguenot silk weavers and traders. They were converted"
"Royal Crescent, London The Royal Crescent is a Grade II* listed street in Holland Park, west London, England, consisting of two curved facing terraces in a crescent shape. The crescent is located on the north side of Holland Park Avenue, west of Addison Avenue, and to the east of the Holland Park Roundabout. Between the facing terraces is a landscaped communal garden with expansive lawns and numerous trees. The houses themselves are stucco fronted and are built on four floors, with porticoed entrances, above which are small first-floor balconies with iron railings. Each of the end houses have circular corners."