Earlham Street

Earlham Street is a street in Covent Garden, in the London Borough of Camden that runs from Shaftesbury Avenue in the west to Neal Street in the east, crossing Seven Dials midway, where it intersects with Monmouth Street, Mercer Street, and Shorts Gardens. Tower Street and Tower Court join it on its south side.

The Stephen Pusey mural in Earlham Street, 1977.

Earlham Street Market operates from the street.^[1]

History

The street was originally two separate streets. The part east of Seven Dials was called Great Earl Street, and the part west of Seven Dials Little Earl Street. In the 1930s the whole street was renamed Earlham Street.^[2]

Buildings

Seven Dials Jazz Club is at number 46, opposite the Donmar Warehouse. The Cambridge Theatre, a West End theatre, is on a corner site.

Residents

Syd Barrett once lived at number 2.^[3]

In popular culture

In the 1970s, Adidas released a shoe that is named after the street.^[4][5]

References

1. Harriss, P. (2006). London Markets. Cadogan Guides. p. 31. ISBN 9781860113062. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
2. Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1992). The London Encyclopaedia (reprint ed.). Macmillan. p. 801.
3. Chapman, Rob (7 June 2012). Syd Barrett and British Psychedelia: Faber Forty-Fives: 1966–1967. ISBN 9780571296767.
4. "adidas EARLHAM SPZL | SS19 Drop 2 | More than a White Shoe". YouTube.
5. "adidas Earlham Shoes". adidas.

External links

Media related to Earlham Street at Wikimedia Commons

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