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Woburn Walk

Woburn Walk is a pedestrian street in Bloomsbury, London,[1] that was designed by architect Thomas Cubitt in 1822, and it is one of the first examples of a pedestrian shopping street in the Regency era. Its name comes from Woburn Abbey, the main country seat of the Dukes of Bedford, who developed much of Bloomsbury.

Woburn Walk

The street is well-preserved, including the black painted bow-fronted shops windows.[2] Several of the buildings are Grade II* listed (No. 1-9 and 9a, Woburn Walk). The walk shares the same building design with the adjacent Duke's Road, which however was built open to traffic.

As of today a number of shops, restaurants and a cafeteria are located on both sides of the walk.

Notable residents edit

From 1895 to 1919, the Irish poet, dramatist and Nobel Prize winner W. B. Yeats lived at what is today 5 Woburn Walk.[3]

From 1905 to 1906, the novelist Dorothy Richardson lived in Woburn Walk, in the building number 6, opposite where Yeats stayed.[4] A blue plaque has been erected there in May 2015.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Woburn Walk and Duke's Road - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ^ Lanchester, John (12 July 2005). "Story of a street". the Guardian. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Woburn Walk ~ London's first pedestrian shopping street & the home of W.B. Yeats". londonunveiled.com. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Dorothy Richardson memorial". London Members. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

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