Where else in London is there to shop on a warm afternoon other than on Oxford Street itself. Home to around three hundred different shops, Oxford Street is a bustling street heavy with foot traffic of people of all backgrounds and ethnicities. Before this street was used for commercial use for the public and shops, this street was used for public hangings and other forms of execution. Once the street was reformed into a road with revenue, it began to attract all sorts of characters: prostitutes, beggars and traders. The street eventually became a hive of businesses and consumers. 

In the 1600s, the history of Bond Street started with just one mansion, built by the Earl of Clarendon. He sold the property (and what was left of the house after the Great Fire), and three people set about to make it a successful housing district. However, they went for the more profitable approach--renting out smaller properties on a constructed road. They managed to do that, and the original Bond Street (referred to now as "Old Bond Street") was created. By 1720, Bond Street connected Piccadilly and Oxford Street.

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Westminster has many historical attractions, including Big Ben and the House of Parliament.  These attractions bring about 1.5 million tourists per year.  Many of these people leave adoring the sites they saw, some of these amazing sites are the National Gallery, Churchill War Rooms, and Parliament Square. Westminster lies west of the city of London and is one of the 32 boroughs in London.  The southern edge of Westminster is along the Thames River. 

1920’s: At the beginning of the 1700’s, London was growing immensely with the start of the Industrial Revolution. The area that Harley street became a part of, Marylebone Village, benefited significantly with the era’s growing wealth. The area was becoming filled with huge, prestige houses. The largest home was called the Tyburn estate and was eventually owned by Edward Harley through a series of marriages. Harley noted there was a need for fashionable housing in the area and commissioned a grid system of streets.

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