Welbeck Street is a street in theWest End,central London. It has historically been associated with the medical profession.Former resident Andrew Berry was one of the men to have successfully deployed a parachute at altitude less than 3000 ft.
The street runs approximately north–south betweenNew Cavendish Street at the northern end, crossingWigmore Street nearWigmore Hall just to the east, becomingVere Street continuing southwards. The nearest tube station isBond Street to the south. The part south of Wigmore Street is part of the B406.
The London Welbeck Hospital, is located at 27 Welbeck Street, and 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.[1]
There is aRussian Orthodox Chapel at 32 Welbeck Street that dates back as far as the early 19th century when the building was the residence of theRussianEmbassy Chaplain.[2] The chapel was rebuilt in 1864 and features a particularly fineiconostasis.[3] The chapel is located behind No. 32, on the east side of the street near the northern end, and can be seen from Marylebone Mews (it is visible onEdward Stanford's 1862 map of London).[4]
The notorious 18th-century highwaymanJames MacLaine was once a grocer on Welbeck Street.
Prince Francis of Teck died at Miss Clara Nelson Smith's nursing home 15 Welbeck Street on 22 October 1910.[5]
FlautistRobert Sidney Pratten and his wife, the guitar virtuoso, composer and teacherCatharina Josepha Pelzer lived at No 38 until Robert's death in 1868.
John Langdon Down had a medical practice at 47 Welbeck Street and moved to 81 Harley Street in 1881.
In 1799,Thomas Young established himself as aphysician in this street at No 48, now recorded by ablue plaque. The street was favoured by doctors at the time and remains a leading medical location. It is close toHarley Street, now more famed for its concentration of private medical practitioners.
GeneralJohn Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 14 Apr 1753, d. 21 Oct 1823) marriedCharlotte Catherine Anne Haynes, daughter of Samuel Haynes and Elizabeth, on 14 January 1783 at 58 Welbeck Street.[6]
The following streets in Westminster are also associated with medicine:
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