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==History== |
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Rugby Street was built around 1680 on land that was part of the [[Rugby Estate]] of [[Rugby School]] in Warwickshire where the game of [[Rugby (sport)|Rugby]] was invented.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=6_6ZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT111</ref> |
Rugby Street was built around 1680 on land that was part of the [[Rugby Estate]] of [[Rugby School]] in Warwickshire where the game of [[Rugby (sport)|Rugby]] was invented.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=6_6ZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT111</ref> |
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The first positivist centre was opened by [[Frederic Harrison]] in the street in 1870.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=V6HROvLpv0UC&pg=PA95</ref> |
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==Buildings== |
==Buildings== |
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.jpg) The Rugby Tavern | |
 Vicinity of Rugby Street (centre) | |
| Former name(s) | Chapel Street |
|---|---|
| Area | Bloomsbury, London |
| Postal code | WC1 |
| Coordinates | 51°31′18″N 0°07′02″W / 51.52179°N 0.11717°W |
| Construction | |
| Completion | c.1721 |
Rugby Street, formerly known as Chapel Street, runs between Lamb's Conduit Street in the west and the junction of Great James Street and Millman Street in the east, in the Bloomsbury district of the London Borough of Camden.
History
Rugby Street was built around 1680 on land that was part of the Rugby Estate of Rugby School in Warwickshire where the game of Rugby was invented.[1]
The first positivist centre was opened by Frederic Harrison in the street in 1870.[2]
Buildings
It contains a number of listed buildings such as the grade II listed The Rugby Tavern on the corner with Great James Street.[3] Numbers 10 to 16 and 18 on the north side are also listed, as are numbers 7, 9, and 13 on the south side. Pevsner comments on the sensitive restoration of 10-16 by Rugby School in 1981 and the railings and carved doorcase of number 12.[4]
Former residents
- Writer of London-based detective stories Charles Kingston O'Mahony lived at 14 Rugby Chambers in the 1900s.[5]
- Poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath spent their wedding night in Rugby Street and Hughes subsequently wrote the poem "18 Rugby Street" about the occassion.[6][7][8]
References
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=6_6ZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT111
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=V6HROvLpv0UC&pg=PA95
- ^ Historic England. "Rugby Public House (1271397)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Bridget Cherry. (2002). The Buildings of England: London 4 North. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. p. 313. ISBN 0300096534.
- ^ Charles Kingston O'Mahony England, London Electoral Registers, 1847-1913. Family Search. Retrieved 12 July 2020. (subscription required)
- ^ For rent: Scene of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath’s first night. Ella Jessel, Camden New Journal, 1 December 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ Erica Wagner (2002). "2. Beautiful Beautiful America". Ariel's Gift: Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and the Story of Birthday Letters. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-393-29267-1.
- ^ Sylvia Plath (2018). Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume II: 1956 – 1963. Faber & Faber. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-571-33922-8.
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