George Street is a street in Marylebone in Central London, England. Located in the City of Westminster , it runs east from Edgware Road until it reaches Marylebone High Street at its junction with Thayer Street . It crosses a number of streets including Seymour Place , Gloucester Place , Manchester Street and Baker Street .
3-659: The Hindoostane Coffee House , opened at 34 George Street , London in 1810, was an Indian restaurant, and the first of its kind in the British Isles . It was founded by Sake Dean Mahomed , a former captain in the British East India Company 's Bengal Army . It closed in 1812, when Mahomed became bankrupt . Its location is marked by a City of Westminster plaque , erected in September 2005. This UK-based restaurant or restaurant chain article
6-413: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . George Street, Marylebone It is named after George III who was on the throne when the street was first laid out in the eighteenth century. The area is part of the old Portman Estate which was redeveloped into a grid of streets for affluent housing. Part of the street west of Gloucester Place was once known as Upper George Street , but this
9-553: Was renamed by Marylebone Council . In 1810 the Hindoostane Coffee House was established in the street by Dean Mahomed . The Catholic Gothic St James's Church was opened in 1890. The street also contains Durrants Hotel , opposite the rear of Hertford House, the home of the Wallace Collection . The Irish writer Thomas Moore lived in the street and a blue plaque now commemorates him. At
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