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Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, The West, District III, St James’s Square (no.24)

Mr Bradshaw briefly mentions St James’s Square as ‘..the most fashionable in London..’, but this only teases and I need to explore for a fuller picture of aristocratic life around the Palace of St James in earlier times. Today St James’s Square remains exclusive, with quiet, green gardens in the central square which close at 4.30pm.

St James’s Square gardens

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