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Petty France is a street in the City of Westminster in central London, linking Buckingham Gate with Broadway and Queen Anne's Gate.

Among the buildings that line the street is 102 Petty France, which currently houses the Ministry of Justice.

History

In the 18th century Petty France was described by John Stow as "a considerable street between Tathill Street, E., and James Street, W".^[1] The name is generally thought to refer to the settlement of Huguenot refugees in the area.{{sfn|Maskell|1849|p=254}}

The name is also used to refer to the area in the vicinity of the street, the 7th Ward of Westminster.{{sfn|Maskell|1849|p=254}} There are similar street names elsewhere in London: e.g. a short street in Billingsgate in the City of London called Petty Wales.{{sfn|Maskell|1849|p=254}}

In the second half of the 18th century "the name was changed to York Street from [Edward], Duke of York, son of George II., who had made a temporary residence amongst them".^[2]{{efn|Between 1746 and 1792 {{harv|Schürer|2012|p=205}}.}} It retained this name until around 1925, when its previous name was restored.{{efn|In 1923 it was still called York Street, {{harv|Russan|Russan|1923|p=230}} and by 1927 it had been renamed Petty France {{harv|SFP staff|1927|p=6}}.}}

In 1719 a house was acquired in Petty France to accommodate the Westminster Infirmary.^[3] It was the first street in London to be paved for pedestrians,{{sfn|Russan|Russan|1923|p=230}} and it was the location of the first custom built artificial ice-rink in London, called Niagara, which opened in the late 1800s.{{sfn|SFP staff|1927|p=6}} The street was also the home for 50 years until 2002 of the London passport office at Clive House; it is now located at Globe House in Eccleston Square, Victoria.{{sfn|Taylor|2002}}

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Notes

1. ^{{harvnb|Maskell|1849|p=254}} cites {{cite book |last=Stow |title=New View of London |year=1708 |volume=1 |p=63}}
2. ^{{harvnb|Maskell|1849|p=254}} cites {{cite book |last=Walcott |title=Memorials of Westminster |page=289}}, but points out the Walcott meant Edward Augustus, Duke of York (1739–1767) — as Gorge II's son Frederick was Prince of Wales.
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/westminster.html|title=Westminster Hospital|publisher=Lost hospitals of London|accessdate=20 April 2018}}

References

{{cite book |last=Grayling |first=A.C. |authorlink=A.C. Grayling |year=2013|chapter=19 York Street |title=The Quarrel Of The Age: The Life And Times Of William Hazlitt|chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=5bUzAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT89&lpg=PT89#v=onepage&q&f=false |ref=harv}}

{{cite journal |last=Maskell |first=J. |year=1849 |title=Note |editor-last=White |editor-first=William |journal=Notes and Queries |url=https://archive.org/details/notesandqueries05whitgoog |page=[https://archive.org/stream/notesandqueries05whitgoog#page/n287/mode/1up 254] |ref=harv|publisher=London [etc.] : Oxford University Press [etc.] }}

{{cite book | last=Russan |first=Lilian |last2=Russan |first2=Ashmore|year=1923 |title=Historic streets of London : an alphabetical handbook |location=London |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent |url=https://archive.org/details/historicstreetso00russuoft |page=[https://archive.org/stream/historicstreetso00russuoft#page/230/mode/1up 230] |ref=harv}}

{{cite book |editor-last=Schürer |editor-first=Norbert |year=2012 |title=Charlotte Lennox: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Documents |edition=annotated |publisher=Bucknell University Press |isbn=9781611483918|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=U_FEAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA205&pg=PA205#v=onepage&q&f=false 205]|ref=harv}}

{{cite newspaper |author=SFP staff |date=16 March 1927 |title=Ice carnivals of long ago |newspaper=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942) |page=6 |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19270316-1.2.31.aspx |ref=harv}}

{{cite DNB |last=Stephen |first=Leslie |wstitle=Milton, John (1608-1674) |volume=38 |page=32 |ref=harv}}

{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=David |date=9 January 2002 |title=New passport office opens |newspaper=London Evening Standard|ref=harv |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/new-passport-office-opens-6331322.html}}

{{cite book |last=Wheatley |first=Henry Benjamin |last2=Cunningham |first2=Peter |year=2011 |origyear=1891 |title=London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions |volume=3 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781108028080 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=9KPxH48qnZwC&lpg=PA79&pg=PA79#v=onepage&q&f=false 79] |ref=harv}}

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