mall london mall street area connects square section regional road street derived mall ball game played 17th century area built reign charles_ii fashionable london residences known high class shopping 18th century gentlemen clubs 19th reform travellers clubs survived 21st century based mall second half 19th century headquarters street geography street miles long runs east area continues square street numbers run north east west continue south west east major road running west london bus route runs westwards mall connecting park corner history topography early history mall field mall constructed replacing earlier highway slightly south ran approximately house street royal residence palace historical research suggests road location saxon times earliest documentary references 12th century connection colony laid order henry_viii 16th century park boundary wall built south road ordered middlesex clear number temporary buildings wall poor quality mall ball game similar introduced england century game popular france scotland enjoyed james sons henry charles london mall court laid north road restoration king charles_ii return london mall court constructed park south wall site mall diary entry april records went saw duke york playing time saw sport new court suffered dust blown wall coaches travelling highway july posts rails erected stopping old road court mall long narrow known alley old court provided suitable route relocating eastern approach grant groom surveyor feet area land purpose grant endorsed warrant building new street new road built site old mall court opened september named catherine wife charles_ii better known mall street old mall mall field popular place recreation records visits july refer street game 18th century buildings mall streets thought immediately repaired new paved amended streets london paving commissioners appointed oversee work included earl terms act allowed commissioners remove building highway compensation years old commissioners determined real tennis court adjoining house northeast corner mall james street demolished notified owner crown lease initially rejected compensation court demolished street developed extensively earl lease crown acres land previously laid site development king street streets known location convenient royal palaces houses east north west sides square developed north mall constructed separately usual time houses built square south adjoining mall earl petitioned king late class occupants hoped attract new district houses prospect eventually acquiring outright despite opposition lord treasurer earl southampton april king granted james square site ground north mall east north mall subsequently passed private owners crown kept land south street granted trustees charles_ii buildings constructed south mall subsequent years north owing design building standards imposed crown commissioners main road relocated north houses suddenly backs facing main road losing available land residents filed petition turn old road gardens successful trustees earl received year lease april trustees issue sub tenants portions old highway leased construction east end land leased sir built house location house street sir parcel land grounds portions leased west end included land palace tennis court corner parcel land leased site house 18th century london lived designed mall later history 18th century mall known shops grand houses shops included family ran suggested idea dictionary writers artists began mall century lived house nos street london lit gas set experimental lighting june celebrate king birthday permanent lighting installed eastern end mall widened row houses north demolished way mall known gentlemen clubs built 19th early 20th centuries founded moved mall current premises built took rome university founded club moved mall somerset house entrance hall designed nos founded british army nos founded suggested duke wellington order accommodate royal_navy members clubs mall include occupied oxford mall centre london fine art scene auction house based street southern mall owned addition royal residence neighbour east opening courtyard south street built laid foundation stone building complete house reverted crown ownership future king george born briefly lived house prince wales reign father government owned houses prince regent built eastern end mall frederick prince wales later inhabited widow ball held house june celebrate start prince regency ultimately decide stay house ascending throne demolished built site mall location synonymous refers administrative centre government accommodated complex buildings based mansion office subsequently moved street contained important residences nos mall built 3rd duke divided parts eastern section house demolished reconstructed mid-1950s office use london residence rebuilt sir sold buckingham estate house demolished way founded received royal charter branch nos mall designed constructed original plan proved impractical premises demolished provide site current premises cigarette manufacturer head office mall building designed main administrative office cultural references novelist visited dublin compared mall street known wrote round mall documenting changes street century compilation works critic mall extracts reviews published comprising essays wrote newspapers journals 1870s 1890s mall group purple squares british monopoly board game alongside northumberland avenue streets converge square rising house prices london mean small flat mall lowest priced properties board sells million
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