Bulstrode Street is a street in

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in the

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that runs from

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in the east to

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in the west. It is crossed only by

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History

Bulstrode Street was laid out when the Marylebone area was urbanised on a grid pattern in the early 1700s.Aldous, Tony. (1980) ''The Illustrated London News Book of London's Villages''. London: Secker & Warburg. p. 87. It is named after

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in Buckinghamshire which was in the ownership of the first

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and was the family seat until 1810. The second Duke married

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, the only child and heiress of Edward Harley of

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s with

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. Adjoining houses number 19 and 21 at the western end on the south side are also grade II listed. The Golden Eagle, a late Victorian

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,''Conservation Area Audit Harley Street''
City of Westminster, London, 2007
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/ref> is on the corner with Marylebone Lane on the south side. Opposite are the

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V.V. Rouleaux at number 102.V.V. Rouleaux.
Retrieved 20 November 2016.

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