The Exter Exchange (or Exeter Change) was a building on the north side of the Strand in London, with an arcade extending part-way across the carriageway. It is most famous for the menagerie that occupied its upper floors for over 50 years, from 1773 until it was demolished in 1829. The Strand refers to: The Strand (band) Strand, Cape Town a beach town on False Bay Strand Magazine Strand, London, a street; and Strand National Historic Landmark District in Galveston, Texas. ... } London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... Arcade can mean several things: Arcade (architecture) - A passage or walkway, often including retailers. ... Menagerie is the term for a historical form of keeping wild and exotic animals in human captivity and therefore a predecessor of the modern zoological garden. ...

Exeter Change was built in 1676, on the site of the demolished Exeter House (formerly Burghley House and Cecil House), London residence of the Earls of Exeter, almost opposite the Savoy. Around the same time, the nearby Burleigh Street and Exeter Street were laid out. Exeter Change originally housed small shops (milliners, drapers, hosiers) on the ground floor, and rooms above which were let to the Land Bank. Over time, the traders on the ground floor were replaced by offices, and the upper rooms were used for storage. Exeter House stood in Exeter Street, Derby up until 1854. ... The title of Marquess of Exeter was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801 for the Earl of Exeter. ... A milliner is a person who designs, makes, or sells womens hats. ... The term draper can refer to a number of individuals and places. ... Hosiery describes undergarments worn directly on the feet and legs. ... A land bank is a bank that issues long-term loans on real estate in return for mortgages. ...

From 1773, the upper rooms were let to a series of impressarios who operated a menagerie in competition with the Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London. The menagerie at Exeter Change included lions, tigers and monkeys, all confined in iron cages in small rooms. The roaring of the big cats could be heard in in the street below, scaring passing horses occasionally. It was owned by the Pidcock family and then Stephani Polito, both operators of travelling circuses, who used as as winter quarters for their animals. The menagerie was a popular vistor attraction. It was visited by Wordsworth and Byron; artists such as Edwin Landseer and Jacques-Laurent Agasse painted the animals. A misspelling of impresario. ... Menagerie is the term for a historical form of keeping wild and exotic animals in human captivity and therefore a predecessor of the modern zoological garden. ... For the film with this title, see Tower of London (1939 film). ... Binomial name Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) The Lion (Panthera leo) is a mammal of the family Felidae. ... Binomial name Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) Tigers (Panthera tigris) are mammals of the Felidae family and one of four big cats in the panthera genus. ... Cynomolgus Monkey at Batu Caves, Malaysia Monkeys, Mori Sosen (1749-1821) A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates. ... William Wordsworth, English poet William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 - April 23, 1850) was an English poet who with Samuel Taylor Coleridge launched the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 publication of Lyrical Ballads. ... The poet George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron is often referred to simply as Byron. ... Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer, 1851: the image was widely distributed in steel engravings Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (March 7, 1802 - October 1, 1873) was a British painter, well known for his paintings of animals - particularly horses, dogs and stags. ... An Agasse painting Jacques-Laurent Agasse (April 24, 1767 - December 27, 1849) was an animal and landscape painter. ...

Polito died in 1814, and the menagerie was acquired by one of his former employees, Edward Cross. Cross renamed the collection the "Royal Grand National Menagerie", and employed a doorkeeper who was dressed in as a Yeoman of the Guard. His bad-tempered elephant, Chunee, was shot there in March 1826 by soldiers from Somerset House. When Exeter Change was demolished in 1829, as part of general improvements to the Strand, the animals were dispersed to the new London Zoo in Regent's Park and Cross' new enterprise at Surrey Zoological Gardens. Edward Cross, (1798-1887), was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas. ... Categories: British Ceremonial Units | Military stubs ... The central courtyard of Somerset House in London. ... The giant London Zoo aviary London Zoo was the worlds first scientific zoo. ... This article is about Regents Park in London. ...

Exeter Hall was built on the site, opening in 1831 and surviving until 1907. The site is now occupied by the Strand Palace Hotel. Exeter Hall was a hall in The Strand, London. ...

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• History of Covent Garden
• A bill from the menagerie
• Destruction of a Furious Elephant
• Destruction of the Noble Elephant