Dunworth Mews, a street of mews houses in Notting Hill, London

Mews is chiefly a British term referring to a certain type of stabling with living quarters. The term is both singular ("a mews house") and plural, and is used primarily in London and in some parts of Canada. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1974x1615, 617 KB) A street of mews houses (Dunworth Mews) in Notting Hill, London, England. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1974x1615, 617 KB) A street of mews houses (Dunworth Mews) in Notting Hill, London, England. ... British English (BrE) is a broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in Britain from forms used elsewhere. ... Leland Stanfords horse stable, still in use Horse kept in stable A stable is a building in which livestock, usually horses, are kept. ... A house in Pathanapuram, Kerala (India) A house, a structure used for habitation by people, generally has walls and a roof to shelter its enclosed space from precipitation, wind, heat, and cold. ...

The term comes from the French muer and Latin mutare (to change), originally applied in French to the moulting of a hawk or falcon, and then to the caging of the bird. The term entered the English language because of the King's Mews at Charing Cross, where the royal hawks were kept starting in 1377. The name remained when it became the royal stables starting in 1537. The old Royal Mews was demolished in the early 19th century and Trafalgar Square was built on the site. The present Royal Mews was then built in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. The stables of St James's Palace, which occupied the site where Lancaster House was later built, were also referred to as the "Royal Mews" on occasion, and are labelled as such on John Rocque's 1740s map of London. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... In animals, moulting (Commonwealth English) or molting (American English) is the routine shedding off old feathers in birds, or of old skin in reptiles, or of old hairs in mammals (see also coat (dog)). In arthropods, such as insects, arachnids and crustaceans, moulting describes the shedding of its exoskeleton (which... The Royal Mews is the mews (stables and in recent times also the garage) of the British Royal Family in London. ... The Victorian Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ... // Events January 17 – Pope Gregory XI enters Rome. ... Events January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. ... Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ... The Royal Mews is the mews (stables and in recent times also the garage) of the British Royal Family in London. ... Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial. ... Main entrance of St Jamess Palace, London St Jamess Palace is one of Londons oldest and most historic palaces. ... Lancaster House is a mansion in the St Jamess district in the West End of London. ... John Rocque (originally Jean, b. ...

The term mews is not used for large individual non-royal British stable blocks, a feature of country houses. For example the grand stable block at Chatsworth House is referred to as the stables, not the mews. Instead the word was applied to service streets and the stables in them in cities, primarily London. In the 18th and 19th centuries London housing for wealthy people generally consisted of streets of large terraced houses with stables at the back, which opened onto a small service street. The mews had horse stalls and a carriage house on the ground floor, and stable servants' living accommodation above. Generally this was mirrored by another row of stables on the opposite side of the service street, backing onto another row of terraced houses facing outward into the next street. Sometimes there were variations such as small courtyards. Most mews are named after one of the principal streets which they back onto. Most but not all have the word "mews" in their name. This arrangement was different from most of Continental Europe, where the stables in wealthy urban residences were usually off a front or central courtyard. The advantage of the British system was that it hid the sounds and smells of the stables away from the family when they were not using the horses. For the Blur single, see Country House (song). ... A view of Chatsworth from the south-west circa 1880. ... Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and, at times, peninsulas. ...

Mews lost their original function in the early 20th century when motor cars were introduced. At the same time, after World War I and especially after World War II, the number of people who could afford to live in the type of houses which had a mews behind fell sharply. Some were demolished or put to commercial use, but the majority were converted into flats and the mews into homes. These "mews houses", nearly always located in the wealthiest districts, are themselves now fashionable residences. Many are sold for a million pounds (over $1.6M USD) and upwards. Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert Henry Asquith Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... ISO 4217 Code GBP User(s) United Kingdom Inflation 2. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

External links

• Part of Belgravia in London - There are numerous mews on this map of Belgrave. Belgrave Square has mews on each of its four sides, although one of them is called Montrose Place.
• Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911: "Mew"