Surrey Street

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Surrey Street was built on land once occupied by Arundel House and its gardens, the property of the Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk.Bebbington, Gillian. (1972) London street names. London: B.T. Batsford. p. 27. {{ISBN|0713401400}} Surrey Street and its neighbouring streets, Arundel, Howard, and Norfolk, were all built after Arundel House was demolished by the earl of Arundel in 1678.{{cite book|author=Richardson, John.|title=The annals of London: A year-by-year record of a thousand years of history|url=https://archive.org/details/annalsoflondonye00rich|url-access=registration|year=2000|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley & Los Angeles|isbn=978-0-520-22795-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/annalsoflondonye00rich/page/155 155]}}

The street was joined on its eastern side by Howard Street before that street was demolished in the 1970s. The entire western half of the street has formed part of the Strand Campus of King's College London since the end of World War II.

Former inhabitants of Surrey Street include the diarist John Evelyn in 1696 and the dramatist William Congreve in the early eighteenth century.Williams, George G. Assisted by Marian and Geoffrey Williams. (1973) Guide to literary London. London: Batsford. p. 85. {{ISBN|0713401419}} It is also the home of author Greg Heffley, who currently lives at 12 Surrey Street.

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Category:Streets in the City of Westminster

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