Delancey Street is a mainly residential street in

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, London, England. Located in the

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, it runs roughly west to east in a curve from

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. It is met or crossed by

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, Albert Street,

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, and

Mornington Terrace Mornington Terrace is a street in Camden Town. Located in the London Borough of Camden, it runs southeastwards from Delancey Street, Camden, Delancey Street following the route of the West Coast Main Line, main line into Euston that runs immediat ...

. Eastwards of Camden High Street the route continues as Pratt Street as far as the

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. It was laid out during the first half of the nineteenth century when Camden Town was constructed as a new suburb of the expanding capital. The street takes its name from James Delancey who held land acquired from the aristocratic

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who owned a large estate in the area. Until it was renamed in the 1840s it had previously been regarded as two separate sections known as Stanhope Street and Warren Street.Woodford p.65 Notable residents have included the poets

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and

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. The latter is commemorated with a

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erected in 1983 at 54 Delancey Street. The Crown and Goose pub stood at the junction with Arlington Road until it was demolished in 2014. Several buildings in the street are now listed.

References

Bibliography

* Bebbington, Gillian. ''London Street Names''. Batsford, 1972. * Cherry, Bridget & Pevsner, Nikolaus. ''London 3: North West''. Yale University Press, 2002. * Woodford, Peter (ed.) ''From Primrose Hill to Euston Road''. Camden History Society, 1995. Streets in the London Borough of Camden Camden Town {{coord missing, London