36-635: Loudoun Road is a street in the St John's Wood area of London . Most of its route is in the City of Westminster , but it crosses into the London Borough of Camden at its northern end in South Hampstead . It runs roughly parallel to Finchley Road to its east while Abbey Road, London is to the west. It runs north from Grove End Road, not far from St John's Wood tube station , and crosses or
72-642: A calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries between 1582 and 1923. In England , Wales , Ireland and Britain's American colonies , there were two calendar changes, both in 1752. The first adjusted the start of a new year from 25 March ( Lady Day , the Feast of the Annunciation ) to 1 January,
108-544: A change which Scotland had made in 1600. The second discarded the Julian calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar, skipping 11 days in the month of September to do so. To accommodate the two calendar changes, writers used dual dating to identify a given day by giving its date according to both styles of dating. For countries such as Russia where no start-of-year adjustment took place, O.S. and N.S. simply indicate
144-459: A letter dated "12/22 Dec. 1635". In his biography of John Dee , The Queen's Conjurer , Benjamin Woolley surmises that because Dee fought unsuccessfully for England to embrace the 1583/84 date set for the change, "England remained outside the Gregorian system for a further 170 years, communications during that period customarily carrying two dates". In contrast, Thomas Jefferson , who lived while
180-646: A regular international test cricket venue. It also includes Abbey Road Studios , well known through its association with the Beatles . The area was once part of the Forest of Middlesex , an area with extensive woodland, though it was not the predominant land use. The area's name originates, in the Manor of Lileston , one of the two manors (the other the Manor of Tyburn ) served by the Parish of Marylebone . The Manor
216-911: A start-of-year adjustment works well with little confusion for events before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar. For example, the Battle of Agincourt is well known to have been fought on 25 October 1415, which is Saint Crispin's Day . However, for the period between the first introduction of the Gregorian calendar on 15 October 1582 and its introduction in Britain on 14 September 1752, there can be considerable confusion between events in Continental Western Europe and in British domains. Events in Continental Western Europe are usually reported in English-language histories by using
252-536: Is 9 February 1649, the date by which his contemporaries in some parts of continental Europe would have recorded his execution. The O.S./N.S. designation is particularly relevant for dates which fall between the start of the "historical year" (1 January) and the legal start date, where different. This was 25 March in England, Wales, Ireland and the colonies until 1752, and until 1600 in Scotland. In Britain, 1 January
288-570: Is a district in the City of Westminster , London, England, about 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Charing Cross . Historically the northern part of the ancient parish and Metropolitan Borough of Marylebone , it extends from Regent's Park and Primrose Hill in the east to Edgware Road in the west, with the Swiss Cottage area of Hampstead to the north and Lisson Grove to the south. The area includes Lord's Cricket Ground , home of Marylebone Cricket Club and Middlesex CCC and
324-555: Is an international test cricket ground known as the Home of Cricket on account of its role as the original headquarters of cricket. Abbey Road Studios is located on Abbey Road , where the Beatles recorded, notably the Abbey Road album, the cover of which features the band crossing the road. RAK Studios , founded by producer Mickie Most , is located near Regent's Park. A number of notable songs were recorded there, including
360-880: Is at the northern end of St John's Wood and is now a power substation for Transport for London . The Star (now a gastropub ) was a pub for approximately two centuries. The main London Underground station is St John's Wood , which is on the Jubilee line . Maida Vale , Warwick Avenue and Kilburn Park are nearby on the Bakerloo line . The nearest London Overground station is South Hampstead . The 13 , 46, 113 and N113, 139, 187, 189 and 274 bus routes transit St John's Wood. [REDACTED] Media related to St. John's Wood at Wikimedia Commons Old and New Style dates Old Style ( O.S. ) and New Style ( N.S. ) indicate dating systems before and after
396-539: Is covered by a conservation area , a small part of which extends into neighbouring Camden . Wellington Hospital is the largest independent hospital in the United Kingdom. The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth is also nearby. Avenue Road was the street with the UK's most expensive home sales in 2020. In early 2021, prices for a property on the street averaged over £30.5 million. St John's Wood Barracks
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#1732791805808432-476: Is joined by a number of streets including Marlborough Place , Carlton Hill and Boundary Road. It finishes at a roundabout junction with several streets including Belsize Road and Fairhazel Gardens. South Hampstead railway station is at the northern end of the street. The road was laid out in the 1840s and 1850s, and takes its name from the Scottish landscape gardener John Claudius Loudon . Initially only
468-486: Is primarily residential featuring a variety of architectural styles, including a number of the original buildings. The former Anglican Church of All Souls was built in 1864 and is now Grade II listed . A number of other buildings are listed. In the 1970s the Alexandra Road Estate was constructed on the western side of Loudoun Road and is now Grade II* listed . St John%27s Wood St John's Wood
504-609: The Russian Empire and the very beginning of Soviet Russia . For example, in the article "The October (November) Revolution", the Encyclopædia Britannica uses the format of "25 October (7 November, New Style)" to describe the date of the start of the revolution. The Latin equivalents, which are used in many languages, are, on the one hand, stili veteris (genitive) or stilo vetere (ablative), abbreviated st.v. , and meaning "(of/in) old style" ; and, on
540-531: The Thompson Twins ' " Hold Me Now ", Johnny Hates Jazz 's " Shattered Dreams ", Kim Wilde 's " Kids in America " and Big Country 's " In a Big Country ". The studios have a Nubian Jak Community Trust plaque for Errol Brown , who recorded there as lead singer for Hot Chocolate . St. John's Wood Church Grounds contains the only nature reserve in the City of Westminster . Much of the neighbourhood
576-524: The estate to agricultural tenants as a source of produce and income. The estate remained Crown property until 21 March 1675 (1676 New Style ) when Charles II granted the St John's Wood estate to Charles Henry Wotton. On 22 March 1732 (1733 New Style), city merchant Henry Samuel Eyre (1676–1754) acquired the majority of the estate, around 500 acres (200 hectares), from Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield . The St John's Wood estate came to be known as
612-539: The 4th century , had drifted from reality . The Gregorian calendar reform also dealt with the accumulated difference between these figures, between the years 325 and 1582, by skipping 10 days to set the ecclesiastical date of the equinox to be 21 March, the median date of its occurrence at the time of the First Council of Nicea in 325. Countries that adopted the Gregorian calendar after 1699 needed to skip an additional day for each subsequent new century that
648-583: The Boyne was commemorated with smaller parades on 1 July. However, both events were combined in the late 18th century, and continue to be celebrated as " The Twelfth ". Because of the differences, British writers and their correspondents often employed two dates, a practice called dual dating , more or less automatically. Letters concerning diplomacy and international trade thus sometimes bore both Julian and Gregorian dates to prevent confusion. For example, Sir William Boswell wrote to Sir John Coke from The Hague
684-462: The British Isles and colonies converted to the Gregorian calendar, instructed that his tombstone bear his date of birth by using the Julian calendar (notated O.S. for Old Style) and his date of death by using the Gregorian calendar. At Jefferson's birth, the difference was eleven days between the Julian and Gregorian calendars and so his birthday of 2 April in the Julian calendar is 13 April in
720-410: The British colonies, changed the start of the year from 25 March to 1 January, with effect from "the day after 31 December 1751". (Scotland had already made this aspect of the changes, on 1 January 1600.) The second (in effect ) adopted the Gregorian calendar in place of the Julian calendar. Thus "New Style" can refer to the start-of-year adjustment , to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar , or to
756-466: The Eyre estate in the 19th century after it was developed by the Eyre brothers. The estate still exists but is much reduced geographically. A masterplan for the development of St John's Wood was prepared in 1794, but development did not start until 1804 when Henry Samuel Eyre II (1770–1851) and Walpole Eyre (1773–1856) held their first auction. One of the first developers was James Burton . St John's Wood
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#1732791805808792-623: The Gregorian calendar. For example, the Battle of Blenheim is always given as 13 August 1704. However, confusion occurs when an event involves both. For example, William III of England arrived at Brixham in England on 5 November (Julian calendar), after he had set sail from the Netherlands on 11 November (Gregorian calendar) 1688. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland took place a few months later on 1 July 1690 (Julian calendar). That maps to 11 July (Gregorian calendar), conveniently close to
828-466: The Gregorian calendar. Similarly, George Washington is now officially reported as having been born on 22 February 1732, rather than on 11 February 1731/32 (Julian calendar). The philosopher Jeremy Bentham , born on 4 February 1747/8 (Julian calendar), in later life celebrated his birthday on 15 February. There is some evidence that the calendar change was not easily accepted. Many British people continued to celebrate their holidays "Old Style" well into
864-430: The Julian and Gregorian dating systems respectively. The need to correct the calendar arose from the realisation that the correct figure for the number of days in a year is not 365.25 (365 days 6 hours) as assumed by the Julian calendar but slightly less (c. 365.242 days). The Julian calendar therefore has too many leap years . The consequence was that the basis for the calculation of the date of Easter , as decided in
900-581: The Julian calendar had added since then. When the British Empire did so in 1752, the gap had grown to eleven days; when Russia did so (as its civil calendar ) in 1918, thirteen days needed to be skipped. In the Kingdom of Great Britain and its possessions, the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 introduced two concurrent changes to the calendar. The first, which applied to England, Wales, Ireland and
936-517: The Julian date of the subsequent (and more decisive) Battle of Aughrim on 12 July 1691 (Julian). The latter battle was commemorated annually throughout the 18th century on 12 July, following the usual historical convention of commemorating events of that period within Great Britain and Ireland by mapping the Julian date directly onto the modern Gregorian calendar date (as happens, for example, with Guy Fawkes Night on 5 November). The Battle of
972-492: The combination of the two. It was through their use in the Calendar Act that the notations "Old Style" and "New Style" came into common usage. When recording British history, it is usual to quote the date as originally recorded at the time of the event, but with the year number adjusted to start on 1 January. The latter adjustment may be needed because the start of the civil calendar year had not always been 1 January and
1008-543: The end of the following December, 1661/62 , a form of dual dating to indicate that in the following twelve weeks or so, the year was 1661 Old Style but 1662 New Style. Some more modern sources, often more academic ones (e.g. the History of Parliament ) also use the 1661/62 style for the period between 1 January and 24 March for years before the introduction of the New Style calendar in England. The Gregorian calendar
1044-456: The other, stili novi or stilo novo , abbreviated st.n. and meaning "(of/in) new style". The Latin abbreviations may be capitalised differently by different users, e.g., St.n. or St.N. for stili novi . There are equivalents for these terms in other languages as well, such as the German a.St. (" alter Stil " for O.S.). Usually, the mapping of New Style dates onto Old Style dates with
1080-493: The southern section was named Loudon Street with the northern stretch known as Bridge Road after the road bridge carrying it across West Coast Main Line . By 1878 the whole street was known by the name and when a new railway station opened that year it was named after the street. Located at the entrance to the lengthy Primrose Hill Tunnel , it was known as Loudoun Road until its renaming as South Hampstead station in 1922. The street
1116-480: Was altered at different times in different countries. From 1155 to 1752, the civil or legal year in England began on 25 March ( Lady Day ); so for example, the execution of Charles I was recorded at the time in Parliament as happening on 30 January 164 8 (Old Style). In newer English-language texts, this date is usually shown as "30 January 164 9 " (New Style). The corresponding date in the Gregorian calendar
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1152-414: Was among the first London suburbs with lower-density villa housing and frequent avenues but fewer communal garden squares . Most of the villas have since been subdivided and replaced by small apartment blocks or terraces. This pattern of development has made it one of the most expensive areas of London. Lord's Cricket Ground , home of Middlesex County Cricket Club and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) ,
1188-596: Was celebrated as the New Year festival from as early as the 13th century, despite the recorded (civil) year not incrementing until 25 March, but the "year starting 25th March was called the Civil or Legal Year, although the phrase Old Style was more commonly used". To reduce misunderstandings about the date, it was normal even in semi-official documents such as parish registers to place a statutory new-year heading after 24 March (for example "1661") and another heading from
1224-549: Was implemented in Russia on 14 February 1918 by dropping the Julian dates of 1–13 February 1918 , pursuant to a Sovnarkom decree signed 24 January 1918 (Julian) by Vladimir Lenin . The decree required that the Julian date was to be written in parentheses after the Gregorian date, until 1 July 1918. It is common in English-language publications to use the familiar Old Style or New Style terms to discuss events and personalities in other countries, especially with reference to
1260-538: Was taken from the Knights Templar on their suppression in 1312 and passed to the Knights of St John , whose English headquarters was at Clerkenwell Priory . The name of the knights was applied to a former wood within the area of the manor, which in turn gave its name to St John's Farm, the farmhouse of which was the site of St John's Wood Barracks on Ordnance Hill from 1804 to 2012. The Priory allocated
1296-578: Was the headquarters for The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery until 2012, when the regiment moved to Woolwich . In 2023, Ananda Krishnan 's Usaha Tegas conglomerate began developing the Squire and Partners -designed site as a development called St John’s Wood Square. Allitsen Road drill hall was formerly the headquarters of the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) . The St John's Wood Art School and Anglo-French Art Centre were in St John's Wood. The former Marlborough Road tube station
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