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Named for its location on the bank of the Thames, the Strand leads outside the City of London from Temple Bar through what was formerly the Duchy of Lancaster to Charing Cross in what was once the city of Westminster. There were three main phases in the evolution of the Strand in early modern times: occupation by the bishops, occupation by the nobility, and commercial development.
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Named for its location on the bank of the Thames, the Strand leads outside the City of London from
Temple Bar through what was
formerly the Duchy of Lancaster to Charing
Cross in what was once the city of Westminster. There were three main phases in the
evolution of the Strand in early
modern times: occupation by the bishops, occupation by the nobility, and
commercial development. When the Thames served as the main means of
transportation, bishops lived in country houses along the rough road known
as the Strand so that they could be
near Westminster. Their country
houses were large quadrangles situated on the bank of the Thames. Desiring
to be closer to court, the nobility gradually displaced the bishops as
occupants of these houses. Especially with the construction of the New Exchange in
The first of the great houses west from Temple Bar was Leicester House. Formerly the country house of the
bishops of Exeter, Leicester House was owned successively by William Lord
Paget, Robert Dudley the Earl of Leicester, who rebuilt the house, and the
Earl of Essex, who was executed for treason under
In
Formerly the Bishop of Carlisle’s inn, Russell House was owned by
West of Ivy Lane, which marked the
border between the Duchy of Lancaster and Westminster, stood Durham
House. Initially built for the bishops of Durham,the house was
eventually owned by principal secretary to the monarch and chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster
See also: Chalfant 169-71.