Piccadilly Circus

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Sir Walter Besant, in The Fascination of London, published in 1903, continues his survey of the parish of St James' with this look at Piccadilly Circus:

Piccadilly Circus was formed at the same time as Regent Street, though it has been altered since.

The Criterion Theatre and Restaurant are on the south-east side.

On this site formerly stood a well-known coaching inn called the White Bear.

One of Shepherd's charming sketches in the Crace Collection illustrates the courtyard of the inn.

Benjamin West, afterwards P.R.A., put up here on the night of his first sojourn in London.

In the centre of the circus is a fountain in memory of the seventh Earl of Shaftsbury.

This was designed by Alfred Gilbert, R.A., and consists of a very light metal figure of Mercury on a very solid aluminium pedestal.

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