Welbeck Street
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West End of London
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, central London
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, England
England
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. It has historically been associated with the medical profession.
Location
The street runs approximately north-south between New Cavendish Street at the northern end, crossing Wigmore StreetWigmore Street
Wigmore Street is a street in the City of Westminster, in the West End of London, England. The street runs for about 600 yards parallel and to the north of Oxford Street between Portman Square to the west and Cavendish Square to the east....
near Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall is a leading international recital venue that specialises in hosting performances of chamber music and is best known for classical recitals of piano, song and instrumental music. It is located at 36 Wigmore Street, London, UK and was built to provide London with a venue that was both...
just to the east, becoming Vere Street
Vere Street, Westminster
Vere Street is a street off Oxford Street, in central London, England. It is a continuation of Welbeck Street. It is named after a family name of the area's owners at the time of its construction, the Earls of Oxford. It is best known for the Marybone Chapel, also known as the Marylebone Chapel...
continuing southwards. The nearest tube station is Bond Street
Bond Street tube station
Bond Street tube station is a London Underground station on Oxford Street, near the junction with New Bond Street. Note that the street-level entrances are approximately 200 metres west of New Bond Street itself...
to the south.
The London Welbeck Hospital
The London Welbeck Hospital
The London Welbeck Hospital is a hospital at 27 Welbeck Street, London. Established in the early 1900s, it has specialised in cosmetic surgery since the 1990s.- Appearances :The hospital has featured in many television programmes about cosmetic surgery...
, is located at 27 Welbeck Street, and the The Welbeck Street Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System was located on this street as well; the offices of the British Institute of Radiology were formerly located there. The Welbeck Clinic is located at No. 20.
There is a Greek Orthodox Chapel
Greek Orthodox Church
The Greek Orthodox Church is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity sharing a common cultural tradition whose liturgy is also traditionally conducted in Koine Greek, the original language of the New Testament...
in Welbeck Street that dates back as far as the early 19th century when the building formed part of the Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n embassy. The chapel was rebuilt in 1864 and features a particularly fine iconostasis
Iconostasis
In Eastern Christianity an iconostasis is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church. Iconostasis also refers to a portable icon stand that can be placed anywhere within a church...
. The chapel is located on the east side of the street near the northern end and can be found on Edward Stanford
Edward Stanford
Edward Stanford was the founder of Stanford's Ltd now a duo of Map and book stores based in London, and Bristol, UK.-Biography:Born in 1827, and educated at the City of London School, Edward got into maps after being employed by Mr Trelawney Saunders, at his map and stationers. He became a partner...
's 1862 map of London.
Famous people
The notorious 18th century highwayman James MacLaineJames MacLaine
"Captain" James MacLaine was a notorious highwayman with his accomplice William Plunkett. He was known as the "Gentleman Highwayman" as a result of his courteous behaviour during his robberies. He famously robbed Horace Walpole, and was eventually hanged at Tyburn...
was once a grocer on Welbeck Street.
In 1799, Thomas Young
Thomas Young (scientist)
Thomas Young was an English polymath. He is famous for having partly deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics before Jean-François Champollion eventually expanded on his work...
established himself as a physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
in this street at No 48, now recorded by a blue plaque
Blue plaque
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. The street was favoured by doctors at the time and remains a leading medical location. It is close to Harley Street
Harley Street
Harley Street is a street in the City of Westminster in London, England which has been noted since the 19th century for its large number of private specialists in medicine and surgery.- Overview :...
, now more famed for its concentration of private medical practitioners.
See also
The following streets in Westminster are also associated with medicine:- Harley StreetHarley StreetHarley Street is a street in the City of Westminster in London, England which has been noted since the 19th century for its large number of private specialists in medicine and surgery.- Overview :...
- Wimpole StreetWimpole StreetWimpole Street is a street in central London, England. Located in the City of Westminster, it is associated with private medical practice and medical associations. No. 1 Wimpole Street is an example of Edwardian baroque architecture, completed in 1912 by architect John Belcher as the home of the...