Wimpole Street

Wimpole Street

Wimpole Street is a famous street in London. Located in the City of Westminster, it is associated with private medical practice and no. 1 Wimpole Street is the home of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Wimpole Street was home to a few celebrities, such as Paul McCartney who lived at 57 Wimpole Street in 1964-1966 during his relationship with Jane Asher. [Citation
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] . The most famous resident was the poet Elizabeth Barrett, who lived at 50 Wimpole Street with her family from 1838 until 1846 when she eloped with Robert Browning. The street was also given as the address of Henry Higgins by Bernard Shaw in his play "Pygmalion".

On the corner of Wimpole and Wigmore Street took place a famous legal case about causing a "nuisance" between neighbours, in "Sturges v. Bridgman" (1879).

Wimpole Street is also where Prof. H. Higgins lives in My Fair Lady

References

* [http://www.londontown.com/LondonStreets/wimpole_street_a41.html Location]

Wimpole street is the home to the BDA (British Dental Association) and the '53 Wimpole Street' Dental surgery, which is currently owned by Dr Sami Hassan & Dr Robert Cawley, previously Lord Anthony Colwyn, Dr Ian Brett and Dr Drummond Jackson ran the practice, which was one of the first to offer IV Sedation.


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