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Salters Court
Fleece Yard
Church Passage
Little Jermine Street
Yorke Street
Browne's Court
Edmunds Court
Black Horse Yard
Orchad Street or Arch
Street
Silver Street
Little Windmill Street
Gravill Pitts
Gravill Pitt Lane
And several places without a name, besides one designed new
street.
The Parish had by this time assumed a more completed
form, the north-western part, speaking broadly, being the
only portion then uncovered, and even that was to a large
extent built upon. The early life of the Parish may thus be
said to be comprised within the first six years or so of its
existence, and to pursue its development further would be
rather beyond the scope of the present report.
Early this century, however, the appearance of the Parish
was materially altered by the formation of Regent Street,
under the authority of the Crown. The original or main
object appears to have been to effect a direct communication
between Carlton House, the residence of the Prince Regent,
and another residence of His Royal Highness at Marylebone.
This handsome street was designed by Nash, his plans being
approved in 1811, and the work commenced two years later.
This improvement involved the destruction of a large part
ot St. James's Market, which in its earlier days formed no
unimportant part of the parish, and has a few historical
associations of interest, for Richard Baxter, the eminent Nonconformist,
preached in a room over the market house, and
the Mitre and One Tun taverns were the resort of wits and
litterateurs. The construction of Regent Street also practically
obliterated the greater part of Swallow Street, which had
previously formed the main connection between Tyburn
Road or Oxford Street, and Piccadilly. The southern
end of Swallow Street seems to have marked the boundary
between Piccadilly and Portugal Street, the former name