Burleigh Street
Names
- Burleigh Street
- Burley Street
- Burghley Street
Street/Area/District
- Burleigh Street
Maps & Views
- 1720 London (Strype): Burleigh Street
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Burleigh Street
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Burleigh Street
Descriptions
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Burley str., betn Exeter Change and Exeter str. on the NW side of the Strand.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Burleigh Street comes out of the Strand, and runs up to Exeter Street; a Place not over well inhabited.
from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)
Burleigh street, in the Strand, near the house which formerly belonged to the great Lord Treasurer Burleigh.
from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)
Burleigh-Street, Strand,—at 365, about the middle of the N. side, on the W. side of Exeter-change, leading to Exeter-street.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
Burleigh-St., Strand, is about the middle of the north side of the Strand, and leads to Exeter-street. It was named from its contiguity to the mansion of the great Lord Treasurer Burleigh.
from London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and Peter Cunningham (1891)
Burleigh Street, on the north side of the Strand, leading to Tavistock Street, built 1678 on the site of Cecil, Burleigh, or Exeter House, the town residence of Sir William Cecil, the great Lord Burleigh, and of his eldest son, Thomas, afterwards Earl of Exeter. St. Michael's Church in this street was erected in 1833 from the designs of Mr. James Savage, architect.