Cecil Court, central London- a great little place for books, maps and theatre ephemera

[editor]

Here's a great little place to visit in central London. Still gas lit, too.

It's by Leicester square tube.

More: http://www.urban75.org/blog/booksellers-row-at-cecil-court-a-victorian-gem-in-central-london/

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Nice pics. We work on St Martin's Lane and nip through there to get to Leicester Square.

Do you know if this: "the street remains in the ownership of the Cecil family" is the reason there is no Starbucks etc?

 

[5t3IIa]

Nice pics. We work on St Martin's Lane and nip through there to get to Leicester Square.

Do you know if this: "the street remains in the ownership of the Cecil family" is the reason there is no Starbucks etc?

Interesting:

A substantial part of Cecil Court was razed to the ground in 1735, almost certainly arson on the part of a tenant, Mrs Colloway, who was running a brandy shop/brothel in the street at the time: she purchased kindling, emptied her brandy barrels, over-insured her stock and made certain that she was drinking nearby with friends at the time the fire took hold. However, she was acquitted.

 

[5t3IIa]

That was the year A Rake's Progress was published. High times;