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Adelphi, London
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Main page Adelphi (/əˈdɛlfi/; from the Greek ἀδελφοί adelphoi, meaning "brothers") is a
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Featured content streets of Adelphi Terrace, Robert Street and John Adam Street.[1] Of rare use
Current events colloquially, Adelphi is grouped with Aldwych as the greater Strand district (a
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which for many decades formed a parliamentary constituency and civil The Adam Brothers' Adelphi (1768–
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registration district. 72) was London's first neoclassical
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neoclassical terrace houses that occupied the land between The Strand and
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refers. The ruins of Durham House on the site were demolished for their
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the design of the neoclassical Adelphi Buildings. [2][3] The nearby Adelphi

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Many of the Adelphi Buildings were demolished in the early 1930s and
replaced with the New Adelphi, a monumental Art Deco building designed by
the firm of Collcutt & Hamp. Buildings remaining from the old Adelphi include
11 Adelphi Terrace (formerly occupied by numismatic specialists A.H. Baldwin
& Sons Ltd) and the Royal Society of Arts headquarters (which has expanded
to incorporate two of the former houses). Benjamin Pollock's Toy Shop was
located here in the 1940s.
The Art Deco Adelphi building from
the 1930s, located at 1-10 John Adam
London School of Economics [edit] Street.

The London School of Economics (LSE) held its first classes in October 1895,
in rooms at 9 John Street, Adelphi, [4] before setting up more permanent operations in Number 10 Adelphi Terrace. By
1920, the LSE had moved a few blocks east, to its current Clare Market address. While in Adelphi, the LSE’s scholars
and students were active in the surrounding neighbourhood and community.

Street name etymologies [edit]

Adelphi has no formally defined boundaries, though they are generally agreed to be: Strand to the north, Lancaster
Place to the east, Victoria Embankment to the south and Charing Cross station to the west. The small set of streets
east of Northumberland Avenue are included here for convenience.

Adam Street – after John and Robert Adam, who built the Adelphi development in the 1760s [5][6]
 Adelphi Terrace – the area was developed by the brothers John and Robert Adam, in the 1760s, and was named
after adelphos, the Greek for ‘brother’[7][8]
The Arches – presumably descriptive, after the railway arches here
Buckingham Arcade and Buckingham Street – after George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham , 17th century courtier,
who acquired York House which formerly stood on this site; his son sold the area to developers on condition that his
father and titles were commemorated on the new streets[9][10]
Carting Lane – thought to be from the carts that brought good to and from the wharf formerly located here; until the
1830s it was called Dirty Lane[11]
Charing Cross – after the Eleanor cross at Charing, from the Old English word "cierring", referring to a bend in the
River Thames [12][13]
Corner House Street – unknown
Craven Passage and Craven Street – after William Craven, 3rd Baron Craven, who owned the land when the street
was built in the 1730s [14][15]
Durham House Street – this was the former site of a palace belonging to the bishops of Durham in Medieval
times[16][17]
Embankment Place – after the Thames Embankment, built in the Victorian era[18]
George Court – after George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham , 17th century courtier, who acquired York House
which formerly stood on this site; his son sold the area to developers on condition that his father and titles were
commemorated on the new streets[9][19]
Hungerford Lane – after the Hungerford family, who owned a house on this site in the 15th century, later sold due to
debts to create Hungerford Market, before the building of Charing Cross station[20][21][22]
Ivybridge Lane – named after a former ivy-covered bridge that crossed an old watercourse on this spot; the bridge
was demolished sometime before 1600[23][24]
John Adam Street – after John Adam, who built the Adelphi development with his brother Robert in the 1760s [25][26]
Lancaster Place – former site of the Savoy Palace. It passed into the ownership of the earls of Lancaster in the 13th
century, the most famous of which was John of Gaunt, who owned the palace at the times of its destruction in
Peasant’s Revolt of 1381 [27][28]
Northumberland Avenue and Northumberland Street – site of the former Northumberland House, built originally in
the early 17th century for the earls of Northampton and later acquired by the earls of Northumberland[29][30]
Robert Street and Lower Robert Street – after Robert Adam, who built the Adelphi development with his brother
John in the 1760s[31]
Savoy Buildings, Savoy Court, Savoy Hill, Savoy Place, Savoy Row, Savoy Steps, Savoy Street and Savoy Way –
the former site of the Savoy Palace, built for Peter II, Count of Savoy in 1245[32][33]
Strand and Strand Lane – from Old English ‘stond’, meaning the edge of a river; the river Thames formerly reached
here prior to the building of the Thames Embankment[34][35]
Victoria Embankment – after Queen Victoria, reigning queen at the time of the building of the Thames
Embankment[36][37]
Villiers Street – after George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham , 17th century courtier, who acquired York House
which formerly stood on this site; his son sold the area to developers on condition that his father and titles were
commemorated on the new streets[38][39]
Watergate Walk – after a former watergate built in 1626 for George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham as an entrance
for the former York House[40][41]
York Buildings and York Place – a house was built on this site in the 14th century for the bishops of Norwich – in
the reign of Queen Mary it was acquired by the archbishops of York and named ‘York House’; York Place was
formerly ‘Of Alley’, after George Villiers (see Buckingham Street above)[42][43]

V· T · E Street name etymologies of London

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Hatton Garden · Holborn · Kennington · Lambeth · Leicester Square · Lisson Grove · Marylebone · Mayfair · Pimlico · Regent's Park ·
St Giles · St James's · St Luke's · Soho · Somers Town · Southwark · Victoria · Vauxhall · Waterloo · Westminster

Notable residents [edit]

Sir J. M. Barrie (1860–1937), playwright and novelist, author of Peter Pan, at Adelphi Terrace
Edward Litt Laman Blanchard, writer, lived in Adelphi Terrace from 1876 to 1889
Charles Booth, shipyard owner, philanthropist and author
Richard D'Oyly Carte, Victorian impresario
John Galsworthy, novelist, author of The Forsyte Saga
David Garrick lived for his final seven years, and died in 1779, in the centre house of the buildings (no. 5) [44][45]
James Graham, electrical quack sexologist, lived at 4 Adelphi Terrace from 1778 to 1781, opening his Temple of
Health there in 1780[46]
 Thomas Hardy, English novelist
Thomas Monro, physician to George III and art patron, owned a house in Adelphi Terrace
George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, Fabian socialist, co-founder of the London School of Economics and
Political Science (LSE)

In media [edit]

David Copperfield, created by Charles Dickens, lived on Buckingham Street in Adelphi.

Fictional detective Gideon Fell, created by John Dickson Carr, lived at no. 1, Adelphi Terrace.
The 1930s Adelphi building was used for some scenes in ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "The Theft of the
Royal Ruby"[47], and in episode "The Plymouth Express".[48]

See also [edit]

List of demolished buildings and structures in London

References [edit]
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2. ^ Peter De Bolla, The Education of the Eye: Painting, Landscape, and Architecture , 2003, Stanford University Press. 296
pages ISBN 0-8047-4800-4
3. ^ C. Michael Hogan, "Diocletian's Palace", The Megalithic Portal, Andy Burnham ed, 6 Oct. 2007
4. ^ "LSE 1895" . London School of Economics. 2000. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 23 July
2009.
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11. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p74
12. ^ Fairfield, S. The Streets of London – A dictionary of the names and their origins , p65
13. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p81
14. ^ Fairfield, S. The Streets of London – A dictionary of the names and their origins , p85
15. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p102
16. ^ Fairfield, S. The Streets of London – A dictionary of the names and their origins , p105
17. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p118
18. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p123
19. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p62-3
20. ^ Fairfield, S. The Streets of London – A dictionary of the names and their origins , p167
21. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p74
22. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p179-80
23. ^ Fairfield, S. The Streets of London – A dictionary of the names and their origins , p170
24. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p184
25. ^ Fairfield, S. The Streets of London – A dictionary of the names and their origins , p172
26. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p16
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28. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p194
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32. ^ Fairfield, S. The Streets of London – A dictionary of the names and their origins , p288
33. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p295-6
34. ^ Fairfield, S. The Streets of London – A dictionary of the names and their origins , p306
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37. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p332
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39. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p62-3
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43. ^ Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p62-3
44. ^ 'The Strand, southern tributaries – continued', Old and New London: Volume 3 (1878), pp. 100–110 accessed: 30
May 2008
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45. ^ Gater, G H; Wheeler, E P, eds. (1937), "Adelphi Terrace" , Survey of London: Volume 18, St Martin-in-The-Fields II:
the Strand, London, pp. 103–108 , retrieved 1 October 2019
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47. ^ Eirik (4 July 2013). "Investigating Agatha Christie's Poirot: Episode-by-episode: The Theft of the Royal Ruby" .
Investigatingpoirot.blogspot.ch. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
48. ^ "On Location with Poirot - The Plymouth Express" . www.tvlocations.net. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
Further reading [edit]

Brereton, Austin. The literary history of the Adelphi and its neighbourhood (New York: Duffield, 1909). Illustrated.

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