Covent Garden
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Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central squar
Interior of the former vegetable market, 2006
The Earl of Bedford was given Covent Garden in 1552.
Plan of Covent Garden in 1690
Charles Fowler's 1830 neo-classical building restored as a retail market
Long Acre
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Long Acre is a street in the City of Westminster in central London. It runs from St Martin's Lane, at its western end, to Drury Lane in the east. The street was completed in the early 17th century and
Long Acre pictured in 1991
Austin Motors showroom, at 134 Long Acre, c. 1910
Freemasons' Hall at the eastern end of Long Acre