An arcade in Old Bond Street

Bond Street is a major shopping street in the West End of 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... The West End of London is part of the city centre of London in England. ... 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, from the top deck of a bus Oxford Street is the worlds most famous street for shopping. ... The Quadrant at the bottom of Regent Street. ... Oxford Street, from the top deck of a bus Oxford Street is the worlds most famous street for shopping. ... 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 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... PR shot of Sothebys New York, from auditions for The Apprentice 2 Sothebys is an auction house. ... This article is becoming very long. ... 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. ... Click Here for Knightsbridge, Castle Hill Australia Knightsbridge is a place in the City of Westminster, London notable for its expensive shops, including Harrods. ...

Bond Street is mentioned in a number of works of literature, including Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility and Virginia Wolf's 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway. It is also a square on the British Monopoly board, the same colour as Regent and Oxford Streets. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For other uses, see Sense and Sensibility (disambiguation). ... Virginia Wolf was a British rock band of the late 1980s. ... Vanessa Redgrave as Clarissa Dalloway Mrs Dalloway (1925) is a novel by Virginia Woolf detailing one day in Clarissa Dalloways life about post-World War I England. ... Monopoly is the best-selling commercial board game in the world. ...

Street gallery

Old Bond Street becomes New

FDR and Churchill Statue

Nearby places of interest

• Handel House Museum, Brook Street (20 yards from Bond Street junction)

Handel House. ... Brook Street is one of the principal streets on the Grosvenor Estate in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair. ...

References

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

External links

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• Virtual Bond Street (online from Q4 2006)

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See also

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• List of upscale shopping districts