Curzon Street

Curzon Street
Looking westward along Curzon Street
Former name(s)Mayfair Row
Length0.3 mi (0.48 km)[1]
Postal codeW1
Nearest Tube stationLondon Underground Green Park
west end A4202
51°30′22″N 0°09′05″W / 51.5060°N 0.1515°W / 51.5060; -0.1515
east endFitzmaurice Place
51°30′30″N 0°08′41″W / 51.5082°N 0.1448°W / 51.5082; -0.1448

Curzon Street is a street in Mayfair London, within the W1J postcode district, that ranges from Fitzmaurice Place, past Shepherd Market, to Park Lane. It is named after Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet, who inherited the landholding during 1715.[2] More houses were built there during the 1720s.[2]

  1. ^ "Driving directions to Curzon St". Google Maps. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher; Keay, Julia; Keay, John (2010). The London Encyclopaedia. Photographs by Matthew Weinreb (3rd ed.). Pan Macmillan. p. 228. ISBN 9781405049252.