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Haymarket (london)

This article is about a street in London, England. For other places with this name, see Haymarket.
Haymarket is a street in the St. James's district of the City of Westminster, a London Borough. It runs from Piccadilly Circus at the north to Pall Mall at the south. It houses a number of restaurants, the Theatre Royal and Her Majesty's Theatre, a cinema complex, and New Zealand House.

History

Origins

The broad street connecting Pall Mall with Piccadilly is recorded in the Elizabethan era and, as the name suggest was predominantly used for the sale of farm produce. At that time, it was a rural spot, with the village of Charing, the closest settlement. This practise continued to the reign of William III, by this time, carts carrying hay and straw were allowed to stand in the street and sell free of tolls. In 1692, when the street was paved, a tax was levied on the loads and in the early 18th century, the market was moved to near Regent's Park[1].

In earlier centuries, Haymarket was also one of the most prominent centres of prostitution in London, but this is no longer the case. Old and New London informs us, in 1878:
Situated in the centre of the pleasure-going Westend population, the Haymarket is a great place for hotels, supper-houses, and foreign cafés; and it need hardly be added here, that so many of its taverns became the resort of the loosest characters, after the closing of the theatres, who turned night into day, and who were so constantly appearing before the sitting magistrates in consequence of drunken riots and street rows, that the Legislature interfered, and an Act of Parliament was passed, compelling the closing of such houses of refreshment at twelve o'clock[1].

Theatres

It is part of London's theatre district, the West End, and has been a theatrical location at least since the 17th century. The Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket, designed by John Vanbrugh, opened in 1705. It was intended for drama, but the acoustics turned out to be more suitable for opera, and from 1710 to 1745, most operas and some oratorios of George Frederick Handel were premièred at this theatre, which was renamed the King's Theatre at the death of Queen Anne in 1714. After Vanbrugh's building had been destroyed by fire in 1790, another King's Theatre on the same site followed. After another fire, His Majesty's Theatre was opened there in 1897, This building, the fourth on the same site, is still in use as Her Majesty's Theatre for major musical productions. Today's Theatre Royal at another site in the Haymarket is a building originally by John Nash (1820), replacing a previous theatre of the 1720s.

Modern day

Haymarket runs parallel to Lower Regent Street and together the two roads form a one-way system, Lower Regent Street taking northbound traffic and Haymarket taking southbound traffic. The two roads are classified as part of the A4 road which runs from central London to Avonmouth near Bristol.

2007 bomb plot

Main article: 2007 London car bombs
On 29 June 2007, Metropolitan Police "made safe" a car bomb that had been parked in Haymarket.[1]

References

1. ^ 'The Haymarket', Old and New London: Volume 4 (1878), pp. 216-26 accessed: 31 March 2007


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Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
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No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Haymarket may refer to:
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St. James's


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City of Westminster

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Piccadilly Circus is a famous road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster, built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly.
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Pall Mall (/pæl mæl/) is a street in the City of Westminster, London, situated in SW1 and parallel to The Mall, from St. James's Street across Waterloo Place to the Haymarket; while Pall Mall East continues into Trafalgar Square.
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Haymarket Theatre

Haymarket Theatre, ca. 1900
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The Haymarket

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Architect John Nash
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Her Majesty's Theatre

Exterior of Her Majesty's Theatre, 2007
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Haymarket

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Westminster, London


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The High Commission of New Zealand in London is housed in a building located in The Haymarket, London, off Pall Mall. Otherwise known as New Zealand House is the home of the High Commission of New Zealand to the United Kingdom.
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Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is completely within the City of Westminster. The street is part of the A4 road, London's main western artery. St.
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William III, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Guelders, Holland, Zealand, Utrecht and Overijssel, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
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(with Mary II until 28 December 1694)
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Royal Parks of London

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West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, businesses, and administrative headquarters. It also includes most of its major theatres, and indeed the term "West End" has become synonymous with London's commercial
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Sir John Vanbrugh (pronounced "Van'-bru") (January 24 1664?–March 26 1726) was an English architect and dramatist, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace.
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Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance.[1] It is derived from a Greek word meaning "action" (Classical Greek δράμα), derived from "to do" (Classical Greek
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John Nash (January 18, 1752 – 13 May 1835) was an English architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London.

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Regent Street is a major shopping street and thoroughfare in London's West End. Named after the Prince Regent (later George IV), it was built by John Nash as part of a ceremonial route from the Regent's residence at Carlton House in St James's to Regent's Park.
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