St Giles
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St Giles is a historic district in central London known for its medieval origins, former slum reputation, and later redevelopment into a commercial and cultural area near the West End.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St Giles, London | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
area of London
ⓘ
district ⓘ neighbourhood ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Camden Town Hall area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
High Holborn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Oxford Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxford Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaftesbury Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| governedBy | Camden London Borough Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCurrentFunction |
commercial district
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entertainment district ⓘ office district ⓘ retail area ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalFunction | residential area ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Centre Point
NERFINISHED
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Denmark Street NERFINISHED ⓘ New Oxford Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaftesbury Avenue (eastern end) NERFINISHED ⓘ St Giles Circus NERFINISHED ⓘ St Giles-in-the-Fields Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOriginPeriod | medieval period ⓘ |
| hasUrbanForm | mixed-use development ⓘ |
| historicalReputation |
rookery
ⓘ
slum ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cultural venues
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historic slum conditions in the 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ music-related businesses on Denmark Street ⓘ redevelopment into commercial area ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central London
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City of Westminster ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ London Borough of Camden ⓘ |
| namedAfter | St Giles-in-the-Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Bloomsbury
NERFINISHED
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Covent Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Holborn NERFINISHED ⓘ Soho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | West End of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfHistoricParish | St Giles-in-the-Fields and St George Bloomsbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| redevelopedInPeriod |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| roadJunctionOf |
Charing Cross Road
NERFINISHED
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New Oxford Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxford Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaftesbury Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedByUndergroundStation | Tottenham Court Road station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportHub | St Giles Circus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
St Giles, London