"the economy and cause disruption, which would put pressure on the British government to withdraw from Northern Ireland. Harrods—a large, upmarket department store in the affluent Knightsbridge district, near Buckingham Palace—had been targeted before by the IRA. On 10 December 1983, the IRA carried out its first attack in London for some time when a bomb exploded at the Royal Artillery Barracks, injuring three British soldiers. One week later, on the afternoon of 17 December, IRA members parked a car bomb near the side entrance of Harrods, on Hans Crescent. The bomb contained 25 to of explosives and was set"
"Dame Vivienne Westwood, who in the 1970s became one of the pioneers of 'punk' culture and fashion. Harrow is twinned with: Harrow, London Harrow () is a large suburban town in the London Borough of Harrow, in the north-west of Greater London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Harrow-on-the-Hill is a conservation area with listed buildings of Georgian architecture. The area, which also includes Headstone North, Roxeth, Marlborough, Greenhill, Headstone South and West Harrow electoral wards, had a population of 80,213 at the 2011 census. Harrow was a municipal borough of Middlesex before its inclusion in Greater London in 1965. Harrow"
"adjacent gardens and squares such as Ovington Square, Lennox Gardens and Cadogan Square. South of this area, the district fades into Chelsea while Belgravia lies to the east and South Kensington to the west. Knightsbridge is home to many expensive shops, including the department stores Harrods and Harvey Nichols, and flagship stores of many British and international fashion houses, including those of London-based shoe designers Jimmy Choo and Manolo Blahnik, and two Prada stores. The district also has banks that cater to wealthy individuals. Some of London's most renowned restaurants are here, as well as many exclusive hair and beauty"
"Charles Henry Harrod Charles Henry Harrod (16 April 1799, (Lexden), Colchester – 31 March 1885 Chiswick Urban District) was a wealthy business tycoon, involved in retail trade , he is best known as the founder of the highly successful and world renowned Harrods Department Store in London, that today is well known for its food halls, that specialises in luxury foreign foods and also its fashion and beauty departments, which house many international high end labels, Harrods also retails its own exclusive brand. At a young age, Harrod worked as a miller in Clacton, but in 1834 he moved to"
"Harrods Buenos Aires Harrods Buenos Aires is a historic commercial building in Buenos Aires, Argentina, formerly a branch of Harrods of London. Established in 1914 on 877 Florida Street as the only overseas branch of the renowned Harrods of London, the department store was expanded in 1920, and grew to occupy almost an entire Retiro-area city block. Following its expansion, the 47,000 m² (500,000 ft²) landmark was crowned by an eighth-story cupola overlooking Córdoba Avenue, and featured marble steps and cedar flooring throughout, as well as wrought-iron elevators with a riding capacity for twenty, valet service, and a jazz orchestra."
"Shoreditch Shoreditch is a district in London, England. It is within Central and East London and located in the East End, and is divided between the boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Islington. A historic entertainment quarter since the 16th century, today it hosts a number of nightclubs and bars to the west, while the east is primarily residential. In Tower Hamlets, a small part of Shoreditch is a small exclave separated by Bethnal Green from the rest of the district, it is considered part of the district due to the now-closed Shoreditch tube station location. The district itself lies"
"Haggerston Haggerston is a neighbourhood in central London, England, centred approximately on Great Cambridge Street. It is considered part of London’s East End. The adjacent neighbourhoods are Dalston (to the north), Hoxton (to the west) and Bethnal Green (to the south east). Haggerston historically formed part of Shoreditch borough, and was divided into the following ecclesiastical parishes: All Saints, St Chad, St Columba, St Mary, St Paul, St Augustin, and St Stephen. In 1965, the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch became part of the new London Borough of Hackney. There is an electoral ward called Haggerston within the borough. In the"
"Harringay Warehouse District The Harringay Warehouse District is a part of the North London neighbourhood of Harringay in the London Borough of Haringey. The Harringay Warehouse District forms the south eastern part of the Harringay neighbourhood. Its southern border is formed by the New River and its northern boundary by the Gospel Oak to Barking Line. Its western and eastern boundaries are roughly defined by a line drawn between the railway and the New River along the eastern end of Sainsbury's and by the Seven Sisters Road. Although little industry now remains, as the name suggests, the district was developed"
"London Borough of Harrow The London Borough of Harrow is a London borough of north-west London, England. It borders Hertsmere & Three Rivers District in Hertfordshire to the north and other London boroughs: Hillingdon to the west, Ealing to the south, Brent to the south-east and Barnet to the east. The local authority is Harrow London Borough Council. Harrow Urban District was formed in 1934 as an urban district of Middlesex by the Middlesex Review Order 1934, as a merger of the former area of Harrow on the Hill Urban District, Hendon Rural District and Wealdstone Urban District. The local"
"Waterloo, London Waterloo () is a district in Central London, and part of the Bishops ward of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated east of Charing Cross. The area is part of a business improvement district known as Waterloo Quarter, which includes The Cut and the Old Vic and Young Vic theatres. It includes some sections of the London Borough of Southwark. The area was marshland towards the northern tip of the ancient parish of Lambeth. It was known as ""Lambeth Marshe"", but was drained in the 18th century and is remembered in the Lower Marsh street name."
"Trade Records moved in. Harringay Warehouse District The Harringay Warehouse District is a part of the North London neighbourhood of Harringay in the London Borough of Haringey. The Harringay Warehouse District forms the south eastern part of the Harringay neighbourhood. Its southern border is formed by the New River and its northern boundary by the Gospel Oak to Barking Line. Its western and eastern boundaries are roughly defined by a line drawn between the railway and the New River along the eastern end of Sainsbury's and by the Seven Sisters Road. Although little industry now remains, as the name suggests,"
"Selfridges, Oxford Street Selfridges is a Grade II listed retail premises on Oxford Street in London. It was designed by Daniel Burnham for Harry Gordon Selfridge, and opened in 1909. Still the headquarters of Selfridge & Co. department stores, with of selling space, the store is the second largest retail premises in the UK, half as big as the biggest department store in Europe, Harrods. It was named the world's best department store in 2010, and again in 2012. In 1906, Harry Gordon Selfridge travelled to England on holiday with his wife, Rose. Unimpressed with the quality of existing British"
"London where he began selling groceries in Stepney. In the 1840s he rented a small shop on Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, known as ""Harrods"". The shop sold groceries and only had a turnover of £20 per week. During the 1850s when Knightsbridge grew into one of the most fashionable parts of London. In 1860 Charles sold the business to his son, Charles Digby Harrod. The trade at Harrods continued to grow and by 1868 the shop had sixteen staff and the turnover had risen to £1,000 per week. Harrod concentrated on encouraging wealthy people to his store and provided a personalised"
"New Cathedral Street New Cathedral Street is a pedestrianised retail street in Manchester city centre, England. It runs between Exchange Square and Exchange Street (off St Mary's Gate, Manchester). The street is home to the Manchester branch of Marks and Spencer and Selfridges (east side), and Harvey Nichols, the largest Ted Baker and Hugo Boss stores outside London, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, Reiss, Henri Lloyd, Massimo, Zara and Burberry (west side). The street and buildings that stand today were all built as part of the rebuilding since the 1996 IRA bombing of the city centre. The block of buildings to the"
"Harrow, London Harrow () is a large suburban town in the London Borough of Harrow, in the north-west of Greater London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Harrow-on-the-Hill is a conservation area with listed buildings of Georgian architecture. The area, which also includes Headstone North, Roxeth, Marlborough, Greenhill, Headstone South and West Harrow electoral wards, had a population of 80,213 at the 2011 census. Harrow was a municipal borough of Middlesex before its inclusion in Greater London in 1965. Harrow is home to a large University of Westminster campus, Harrow School and Harrow High School. Harrow's name comes from Old English"
"UK's largest retailers.<br> 182 Drury Lane was the location of The Arts Lab in the 1960s<br> 191 Drury Lane was the location of the Workers' Educational Society in 1847/48. The street Drury Lane is where The Muffin Man lives, as mentioned in the popular nursery rhyme, and where the harlot of William Hogarth's ""A Harlot's Progress"" practises her profession. Drury Lane Drury Lane is a street on the eastern boundary of the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. The northern part is in the borough of Camden and the southern part in the City of"
"Ham, London Ham is a suburban district in south-west London which has meadows adjoining the River Thames where the Thames Path National Trail also runs. Most of Ham is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and, chiefly, within the ward of Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside; the rest is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The district has modest convenience shops and amenities, including a petrol station and several pubs, but its commerce is subsidiary to the nearby regional-level economic centre of Kingston upon Thames. Ham is centred south-west of the centre of London. Together with"
"development including Crossrail expansion. The Astoria theatre on Charing Cross Road has been demolished and the original Central line entrances will also go. St Giles, London St Giles is a district of London, at the southern tip of the London Borough of Camden. It gets its name from the parish church of St Giles in the Fields. The combined parishes of St Giles in the Fields and St George Bloomsbury (which was carved out of the former) formed the St Giles District of the Metropolis from 1855 to 1900. It is the location of the church of St Giles in"
"Holborn Holborn ( or ) is a district in the London boroughs of Camden and City of Westminster and a locality in the ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London. The area is sometimes described as part of the West End of London. The area's first mention is in a charter of Westminster Abbey, by King Edgar, dated to 959. This mentions ""the old wooden church of St Andrew"" (St Andrew, Holborn). The name Holborn may be derived from the Middle English ""hol"" for ""hollow"", and ""bourne"", a brook, referring to the River Fleet as it ran through"
"Hackney Central Hackney Central is a sub-district of Hackney in the London Borough of Hackney in London, England and is four miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross. The Hackney Central area is focused on Mare Street and the retail areas to the north of it including Narrow Way and surrounding local area around Hackney Downs railway station. As such it extends north from Regent's Canal (with Bethnal Green), takes in most of Broadway Market and London Fields, and follows each side of Mare Street till it terminates in the vicinity of Hackney Central railway station. The area also includes"
"website and on mobile apps. Harold Hill Harold Hill is a large suburban district in northeast London, England, northeast of Charing Cross, which is identified as a district centre in the London Plan. The name refers to Harold Godwinson who held the manor of Havering-atte-Bower. The extensive London County Council housing development of Harold Hill was conceived in the Greater London Plan of 1944 in order to alleviate housing shortages in Inner London. Before construction of the estate, which was completed in 1958, it was the location of Dagnam Park house and grounds, and in the Municipal Borough of Romford"
"2017 movie ""Wonder Woman"" as the shop where Steve Trevor takes Princess Diana to give her a more contemporary appearance to blend in. Selfridges Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co., is a chain of high-end department stores in the United Kingdom, operated by Selfridges Retail Limited. It was founded by Harry Gordon Selfridge in 1908. The flagship store on London's Oxford Street is the second largest shop in the UK (after Harrods) and opened 15 March 1909. Other Selfridges stores opened in the Trafford Centre (1998) and Exchange Square (2002) in Manchester, and in the Bullring in Birmingham (2003)."
"of notable people who were born in or are significantly connected with Holborn. Holborn Holborn ( or ) is a district in the London boroughs of Camden and City of Westminster and a locality in the ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London. The area is sometimes described as part of the West End of London. The area's first mention is in a charter of Westminster Abbey, by King Edgar, dated to 959. This mentions ""the old wooden church of St Andrew"" (St Andrew, Holborn). The name Holborn may be derived from the Middle English ""hol"" for ""hollow"","
"department stores were established in Oxford Street and Regent Street in the mid 19th-century. These were distinctly modern stores with lavish displays of imported goods, especially Oriental shawls, embroidery and furniture and served a wealthy clientele. Harrods of London can be traced back to 1834, while the current store on Brompton Road on a site they acquired in 1849, was constructed between 1894 and 1905. Liberty & Co. gained popularity in thre 1870s for selling Oriental goods. Gamages was founded in London's High Holborn by Arthur Walter Gamage in 1878. In Bayswater, the draper, William Whiteley established a department store"
"Harlington, London Harlington is a district of the London Borough of Hillingdon and one of five historic parishes partly developed into London Heathrow Airport and associated businesses, the one most heavily developed being Harmondsworth. It is centred west of Charing Cross. The district adjoins Hayes to the north and shares a railway station with the larger district, which is its post town, on the Great Western Main Line. The place-name ""Harlington"" is recorded in Anglo-Saxon as ""Hygereding tun"": ""Hygerǣd's people's farmstead"". The earliest surviving mention of Harlington appears to be in a 9th-century charter in which land at Botwell in"
"HA postcode area The HA postcode area, also known as the Harrow postcode area, is a group of ten postcode districts in England which are subdivisions of seven post towns. These postcode districts cover part of the north-west of Greater London, as well as a very small part of south Hertfordshire. The main sorting office is in Greenford (Green Park Way) and the area served includes virtually all of the London Borough of Harrow, the northeastern part of the London Borough of Hillingdon, the western part of the London Borough of Brent and a small part of the London Borough"
"of the London Borough of Harrow. Harrow on the Hill Urban District Harrow on the Hill was an urban district in Middlesex, England from 1894 to 1934. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894. This Act split the historic parish of Harrow on the Hill several ways, with parts becoming the new parishes of Harrow Weald, Wealdstone and Wembley. The remaining part of the parish formed Harrow on the Hill urban district. It took in from the disbanded parish of Northolt in 1928. In 1934 the district was abolished by a County Review Order, becoming part of the"
"Harold Hill Harold Hill is a large suburban district in northeast London, England, northeast of Charing Cross, which is identified as a district centre in the London Plan. The name refers to Harold Godwinson who held the manor of Havering-atte-Bower. The extensive London County Council housing development of Harold Hill was conceived in the Greater London Plan of 1944 in order to alleviate housing shortages in Inner London. Before construction of the estate, which was completed in 1958, it was the location of Dagnam Park house and grounds, and in the Municipal Borough of Romford and the county of Essex,"
"office at 61 Park Lane, Mayfair which remains today. 2013 saw the launch of a third office, located in Chelsea, London. 2015 saw further expansion with a fourth office at Kensington Church Street, Kensington, London Harrods Estates Harrods Estates is a London-based estate agent which offer services for buying, renting and managing property. Harrods Estates was started in 1897 and has expanded gradually since then. In 2005 a second office was opened in Mayfair then in 2013 a third office opened in Chelsea. In May 2015 a fourth office opened in Kensington Church Street. Harrods Estates, part of the Harrods"
"Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) is an inner London borough with royal status. It is the smallest borough in London and the second smallest district in England; it is one of the most densely populated administrative regions in the United Kingdom. It includes affluent areas such as Notting Hill, Central Kensington, South Kensington, Chelsea, and Knightsbridge. The borough is immediately west of the City of Westminster and east of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It contains major museums and universities in Albertopolis, department stores such as Harrods, Peter Jones"
"centres. The largest shopping areas are (in order of size) Streatham, Brixton, Vauxhall, Clapham and West Norwood. In the northern part of the borough are the central London districts of the South Bank, Vauxhall and Lambeth; in the south are the suburbs of Gipsy Hill, Streatham, West Dulwich and West Norwood. In between are the developed and inner-city districts of Brixton, Brixton Hill, Streatham Hill, Clapham, Clapham Park, Herne Hill, Stockwell, Tulse Hill and Kennington, which are each at different stages of gentrification and have suburban and urban elements. Vauxhall and South Lambeth are central districts in the process of"
"Harrow, London Borough of Islington and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The NW7 district extends to the Greater London boundary with Hertfordshire and follows that boundary for a short distance near Scratch Wood. The remainder of northwest Greater London is covered by the HA, UB, part of the EN and a small section of WD postcode areas. NW postcode area The NW (North Western) postcode area, also known as the London NW postcode area, is a group of postcode districts covering part of northwest London, England. It is the successor of the NW sector, originally created as part of"
"Grey Court School. Scenes from ""Now You See Me 2"" were also filmed in Ham. Ham, London Ham is a suburban district in south-west London which has meadows adjoining the River Thames where the Thames Path National Trail also runs. Most of Ham is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and, chiefly, within the ward of Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside; the rest is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The district has modest convenience shops and amenities, including a petrol station and several pubs, but its commerce is subsidiary to the nearby regional-level economic centre"