Bolton Street, London

The immediate vicinity of Bolton Street

Bolton Street on John Rocque's 1746 map of London

Bolton Street was built in around 1696. It was named after the Duke of Bolton, who had a nearby residence. In 1708, Bolton Street was the westernmost street in London.[1]

Madame D’Arblay (Fanny Burney) brown plaque

Famous former residents of Bolton Street include:

• Madame D'Arblay (pseudonym Fanny Burney), playwright, at No. 11. Her former residence is marked by a brown plaque erected by the Society of Arts;
• Richard Clement (1754 - 1829), sugar plantation owner of Barbados, at No. 13[2]
• Colonel Thomas Moody, Kt., City of London merchant and Colonial Office officer, at No. 23;[3][4][5][6]
• Henry James, novelist, at No. 3.;[1]
• John Pitt Dening, soldier and polo player, who shot himself at the Bolton House Hotel in the street in 1929.[7]

The western side of the street has been almost completely replaced by modern buildings but the eastern side still contains many Georgian buildings. Among the listed buildings in the street are numbers 11,[8] 13,[9] 14,[10] 15,[11] 16,[12] 17 and 18,[13] 19 and 20.[14]

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