An arcade in Old Bond Street

Bond Street is a major shopping street in London which runs through Mayfair from Piccadilly in the south to Oxford Street in the north. It is one of the principal streets in the West End shopping district and is more upmarket than nearby Regent Street and Oxford Street. It is in the Mayfair district of London, and has been a fashionable shopping street since the 18th century. Technically "Bond Street" does not exist: The southern section is known as Old Bond Street, and the northern section, which is rather more than half the total length, is known as New Bond Street. This distinction, however, is not generally made in everyday usage. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 641 KB) Bond Street, London, GB, photo by me, File links The following pages link to this file: Mayfair Bond Street Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 641 KB) Bond Street, London, GB, photo by me, File links The following pages link to this file: Mayfair Bond Street Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster London, named after the fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764. ... Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. ... Oxford Street, with Centre Point in the background Oxford Street in 1875, looking west from the junction with Duke Street. ... The Quadrant at the bottom of Regent Street. ... Oxford Street, with Centre Point in the background Oxford Street in 1875, looking west from the junction with Duke Street. ... Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster London, named after the fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764. ...

History

Bond Street takes its name from Sir Thomas Bond, the head of a syndicate of developers who purchased a Piccadilly mansion called Clarendon House from Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle in 1683 and proceeded to demolish the house and develop the area. They also built nearby Dover Street and Albemarle Street. At that time the house backed onto open fields and the development of the various estates in Mayfair was just getting underway. It moved predominantly from south to north, which accounts for the southern part of the street being "Old" Bond Street, and the Northern half being "New" Bond Street, the latter being added in a second phase as London continued to grow. John Rocque's map of London published in 1746 shows the whole length of Bond Street and all its side streets fully built up. A drawing of Clarendon House published in 1829. ... Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle (14 August 1653 - 6 October 1688) was an English statesman and failed soldier. ... Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... Dover Street is a street in Mayfair, London, England. ... View of Clarendon House, now demolished. ... John Rocque (originally Jean, b. ... // Events Catharine de Ricci (born 1522) canonized. ...

Current streetscape

New Bond Street

At one time Bond Street was best known for top end art dealers and antique shops, clustered around the London office of Sotheby's auction house, which has been in Bond Street for over a hundred years. A few of these remain, but most of the shops are now occupied by fashion boutiques, including branches of most of the leading premium priced designer brands in the world. There are also a few miscellaneous upmarket shops such as jewellers. The street features "Allies", an unusual statue by Lawrence Holofcener of Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who are portrayed sitting on a park bench in conversation. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 627 KB) Bond Street, London, photo by me, File links The following pages link to this file: Bond Street List of upscale shopping districts Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 627 KB) Bond Street, London, photo by me, File links The following pages link to this file: Bond Street List of upscale shopping districts Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Sothebys (NYSE: BID) is the worlds second oldest international auction house in continuous operation. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ...

In recent years Sloane Street, which is a mile or so away in Knightsbridge, the other main shopping district in central London, has become a rival to Bond Street, with duplicate branches of many of the top boutiques. Sloane Street is a street in London which connects Knightsbridge to Sloane Square and forms the boundary between the exclusive districts of Belgravia and Chelsea. ... Knightsbridge is a street and district spanning the City of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London notable for its eclectic mix of rich, famous, and international residents including several billionaires Roman Abramovich, oligarchs from Russia, China and India, international businessman Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, trend setters Charles...

Bond Street is mentioned in a number of works of literature, including Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility and Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway. It is also a square on the British Monopoly board, the same colour as Regent and Oxford Streets. 1873 engraving of Jane Austen, based on a portrait drawn by her sister Cassandra. ... For other uses, see Sense and Sensibility (disambiguation). ... For the American childrens writer, see Virginia Euwer Wolff Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. ... Mrs. ... Monopoly is the best-selling commercial board game in the world. ...

Street gallery

Old Bond Street becomes New Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 519 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Old and New Bond Street, London I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under...

FDR and Churchill Statue Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 457 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Statue of Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt together on a bench in Bond Street, London. ...

References

• London's Mansions by David Pearce (1986). ISBN 0-7134-8702-X. (Development details.)

See also

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Bond Street

• List of upscale shopping districts

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External links

• Official Site
• New Bond Street
• Old Bond Street

"Bond Street" was also a 1948 British film

Coordinates: 51°30′40″N 0°08′34″W / 51.51111, -0.14278 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...