Devonshire Street is a street in the

City of Westminster The City of Westminster is a city and borough in Inner London. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and much of the British government. It occupies a large area of central Greater London, including most of the West En ...

, London. Adjoining

Harley Street Harley Street is a street in Marylebone, Central London, which has, since the 19th century housed a large number of private specialists in medicine and surgery. It was named after Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.< ...

, it is known for the number of medical establishments it contains. The street is named after the 5th Duke of Devonshire, who was related to the ground landlord, the Duke of Portland.

Location

Devonshire Street runs from

Great Portland Street Great Portland Street in the West End of London links Oxford Street with Albany Street and the A501 Marylebone Road and Euston Road. A commercial street including some embassies, it divides Fitzrovia, to the east, from Marylebone to the west. ...

in the east to

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in the west.

Beaumont Street Beaumont Street is a street in the centre of Oxford, England. The street was laid out from 1828 to 1837 with elegant terraced houses in the Regency style. Before that, it was the location of Beaumont Palace, now noted by a plaque near the ju ...

, Devonshire Place Mews,

Devonshire Place Devonshire Place is a street in the City of Westminster, London, that runs from Marylebone Road in the north to Devonshire Street in the south. A number of literary and society figures have lived in the street. At the north of the street is The ...

, Devonshire Mews West,

, Devonshire Mews North,

Portland Place Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London. Named after the Third Duke of Portland, the unusually wide street is home to BBC Broadcasting House, the Chinese and Polish embassies, the Royal Institute of Britis ...

, Devonshire Row Mews, and

Hallam Street Hallam Street is a road situated in the Parish of St Marylebone and London's West End. In administrative terms it lies within the City of Westminster's Marylebone High Street Ward as well as the Harley Street Conservation Area. Formerly name ...

all adjoin Devonshire Street on its north side. On its south side, Beaumont Street, Dunstable Mews,

Upper Wimpole Street Wimpole Street is a street in Marylebone, central London. Located in the City of Westminster, it is associated with private medical practice and medical associations. No. 1 Wimpole Street is an example of Edwardian baroque architecture, comple ...

, Devonshire Mews South, Harley Street,

Devonshire Close Devonshire Close, originally known as Devonshire Mews East, is a mews street in the City of Westminster, London, accessed from Devonshire Street. The Close is on a distinctive H plan with a middle downwards leg. It dates from the 1770s and ori ...

, Portland Place, Bridford Mews, and Hallam Street all join Devonshire Street on its south side.

Buildings

The

Royal Philatelic Society London The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) is the oldest philatelic society in the world. It was founded on 10 April 1869 as ''The Philatelic Society, London''. The society runs a postal museum, the Spear Museum of Philatelic History, at its ...

was formerly located on the corner of Devonshire Street and Devonshire Place. The Embassy of Chile in the United Kingdom was located in the street until 2009.

Gallery

File:Marylebone Map Clipping from Neuester Grundriss von London Westminster und Southwark 1770.jpg, Map clipping of

Marylebone Marylebone (usually , also , ) is a district in the West End of London, in the City of Westminster. Oxford Street, Europe's busiest shopping street, forms its southern boundary. An ancient parish and latterly a metropolitan borough, it m ...

from around 1770 before Devonshire Street had been laid out File:Booth Povery Map - Weymouth New Cavendish Streets Extract 1888-9.jpg, Extract from Charles Booth's 1889 survey of the lives and occupations of area residents

References

External links

The Marylebone Association

The Howard de Walden Estate

Westminster City Council Harley Street Conservation Area Audit 2008
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tree lining
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