L&M describe Great Queen Street, in Covent Garden, as then being “one of the most fashionable quarters of town”.
There is more history, written in 1914, at British History Online.
Great Queen Street
Map
The overlays that highlight 17th century London features are approximate and derived from Wenceslaus Hollar’s maps:
- Built-up London – London before the Fire
- City of London wall and Great Fire damage – London after the Fire
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References
Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
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Terry Foreman • Link
Great Queen Street runs NEE from the bottom of this segment of the 1746 map
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