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South Molton Street is a street in
South Molton Street is a street in Mayfair
Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in the world. ...
, London
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, that runs from Oxford Street
Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, with around half a million daily visitors, and as ...
to Brook Street
Brook Street is an axial street in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair. Most of it is leasehold, paying ground rent to and seeking lease renewals from the reversioner, that since before 1800, has been the Grosvenor Estate. Named a ...
. Bond Street Underground station is at the north end of the street.
The street was built in the mid-18th century as part of the Conduit Mead Estate
The Conduit Mead Estate is a 27-acre estate owned by the City of London Corporation located in Mayfair. Its principal thoroughfares are Conduit Street and Bond Street.
In the seventeenth century this was a field beside the River Tyburn
The Ri ...
. It was extensively rebuilt around 1900, but many of the original Georgian
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houses remain. It is now pedestrianised
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and contains many shops selling items such as women's fashion and jewellery.
Famous residents
*Ernest Bevin
Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a British statesman, trade union leader, and Labour Party politician. He co-founded and served as General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union in the years 1922–19 ...
lived in a flat at number 34 for twenty years from 1931.
* William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...
lived in a flat at number 17 in 1803.
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* Shopping streets in London Streets in the City of Westminster {{London-road-stub