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Sir Walter Besant, in The Fascination of London, published in 1903, continues his survey of London with a look at Pall Mall:

On Pall Mall the game of the same name was originally played.

On both sides of the open space were rows of elm-trees.

But being such an obvious route from Buckingham Palace to Charing Cross it was soon used as a thoroughfare, and after the warrant for "building of the new street of St. James" Charles II laid out the new mall in St James' Park.

The street, when built, was at first called Catherine, in honour of the Queen, but the older name soon returned into favour.

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