Surrey Street in the

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, London, runs from Strand in the north to

Temple Place Temple Place is a street in the City of Westminster that runs parallel with Victoria Embankment along the River Thames. The name of the street refers to the Knights Templar who once lived in the Temple area of London. Location Temple Place run ...

in the south. It was built on land once occupied by Arundel House and its gardens.

History

Norfolk Street and Howard Street, Ordnance Survey map 1950s

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

Howard family The House of Howard is an English noble house founded by John Howard, who was created Duke of Norfolk (third creation) by King Richard III of England in 1483. However, John was also the eldest grandson (although maternal) of the 1st Duke of th ...

, 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 lar ...

, Howard, and

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the Nort ...

, were all built after

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

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 of King's College London 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 diarist. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society. John Evelyn's diary, or ...

in 1696 and the dramatist

William Congreve William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet of the Restoration period. He is known for his clever, satirical dialogue and influence on the comedy of manners style of that period. He was also a mi ...

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.

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