Surrey Street in the

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, London, runs from

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in the north to Temple Place in the south. It was built on land once occupied by

Arundel House Arundel House was a London town-house located between the Strand and the River Thames, near the Church of St Clement Danes. History During the Middle Ages, it was the London residence of the Bishops of Bath and Wells, when it was known ...

and its gardens.

History

Surrey Street was built on land once occupied by Arundel House and its gardens, the property of the

Howard family The Howard family is an English noble family Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has of ...

, Dukes of Norfolk.Bebbington, Gillian. (1972) ''London street names''. London: B.T. Batsford. p. 27. Surrey Street and its neighbouring streets,

Arundel Arundel ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England. The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much la ...

, Howard, and

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, were all built after

was demolished by the earl of Arundel in 1678. The street was joined on its eastern side by Howard Street before that street was demolished in the 1970s. The entire western half of the street has formed part of the

Strand Campus The Strand Campus is the founding campus of King's College London and is located on the Strand in the City of Westminster, adjacent to Somerset House and continuing its frontage along the River Thames. The original campus comprises the Grade ...

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since the end of

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Former inhabitants

Former inhabitants of Surrey Street include the diarist

John Evelyn John Evelyn (31 October 162027 February 1706) was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, who is now best known as a diary, diarist. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society. John Evelyn's Diary, ...

in 1696 and the dramatist

William Congreve William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, satirist, poet, and Whig politician. He spent most of his career between London and Dublin, and was noted for his highly polished style of writing, being regard ...

in the early eighteenth century. Williams, George G. Assisted by Marian and Geoffrey Williams. (1973) ''Guide to literary London''. London:

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. p. 85. It is also the home of author

Greg Heffley Gregory "Greg" Heffley is a fictional character in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' franchise, serving as the antiheroic main protagonist and unreliable narrator of the books, online series, and multimedia franchise. He was created by Jeff Kinney, ...

, who currently lives at 12 Surrey Street.

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