The following utilises the generally accepted boundaries of St James’s, viz. Piccadilly to the north, Haymarket and
Cockspur Street to the east, The Mall to the south and Queen's Walk to the west. • St Alban's Street – after
Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of Saint Albans, 17th century politician and local landowner • Angel Court – thought to be after a former inn of this name • Apple Tree Yard – thought to be after the apple trees formerly to be found here; formerly Angier Street • Arlington Street – after
Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, 17th century statesman and local landowner • Babmaes Street – named after Baptist May (or Mays), trustee to local landowner
Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of Saint Albans; it was formerly known as Babmay's Mews • Bennet Street – after
Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, 17th century statesman and local landowner • Blue Ball Yard – after the former 18th century Blew Ball tavern here •
Bury Street – after
Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of Saint Albans and Baron Jermyn of St Edmundsbury (
Bury St Edmunds), 17th century politician and local landowner • Carlton Gardens, Carlton Street and
Carlton House Terrace – after the former Carlton House, built here in 1709 for
Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton • Catherine Wheel Yard – from the name of an inn that stood on this site until it burnt down in 1895 •
Charing Cross – after the
Eleanor cross at Charing, from the Old English word "cierring", referring to a bend in the
River Thames •
Charles II Street – named after
Charles II, king when this street was built • Church Place – after the adjacent
St James's Church, Piccadilly; formerly Church Passage • Cleveland Place and Cleveland Row – after Cleveland House (now
Bridgwater House), named for
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland who lived there in the late 17th century • Cockspur Court and
Cockspur Street – unknown, though possibly after the
cock fighting that formerly occurred here, cocks often having spurs attached to their feet during fights • Crown Passage – thought to be after a former tavern of this name •
Duke Street, St James's and Duke of York Street – named after
James II, Duke of York when the street was built and brother to
Charles II, king at the time • Eagle Place •
Haymarket – site of a former market selling hay until the 1830s • St James's Market, St James's Place,
St James's Square,
St James's Street and Little St James's Street – all from
St James's Palace, built on the site of the medieval St James's leper hospital which was dedicated to St James the Less, apostle and Bishop of Jerusalem, or, according to Sheila Fairfield, writing in
The Streets of London (1983), to the other apostle
James, son of Zebedee •
Jermyn Street – after
Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of Saint Albans, 17th century politician and local landowner •
King Street – named after
Charles II, king when this street was built in the 1600s •
The Mall – built as a course for playing the game
pall-mall, fashionable in the 17th century • Marlborough Road – after the adjacent
Marlborough House, built for
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough in 1711 •
Mason's Yard – after the local 18th century victualler Henry Mason; it was formerly known as West Stable Yard • Norris Street – after Godfrye Norris, local leaseholder in the 17th century • Ormond Yard – after
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, who owned a house next to this yard in the 17th century •
Pall Mall and Pall Mall Place – laid out as a grounds for playing the game pall-mall in the 17th century • Park Place – after the nearby
Green Park •
Piccadilly, Piccadilly Arcade and
Piccadilly Circus – after Piccadilly Hall, home of local tailor Robert Baker in the 17th century, believed to be named after the
piccadills –cut-work lace trimming used for hems or fashionable broad collars of the 16th and 17th century– which made his fortune. Circus is a British term for an older-style circular road junction; it was laid out by John Nash in 1819 • Pickering Place – after William Pickering, local painter, stainer and grocer, who leased property here in the 1730s • Princes Arcade – built 1929–1933, named after the former Prince's Hotel, which stood here • Princes Place • Queen's Walk – after
Caroline of Ansbach, wife of
George II, who took a strong interest in the Royal Parks •
Regent Street – made in the 1810s by John Nash and named after the Prince Regent, later
George IV • Rose and Crown Yard – unknown, probably after a former inn of this name • Royal Opera Arcade – originally part of an opera house theatre, built by
John Nash • Russell Court – after the Russell family, who lived here in the 1600s • Ryder Court, Ryder Street and Ryder Yard – after Richard Rider, Master Carpenter to
Charles II •
Spring Gardens – after the 17th century pleasure grounds of this name which formerly lay on this site; they were closed in 1660 • Stable Yard and Stable Yard Road – as they leads to the stables of St James's Palace • Warwick House Street – formerly approached Warwick House, built in the 17th century for Sir
Philip Warwick •
Waterloo Place – after the
Battle of Waterloo which ended the
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