The =Strand= literally means the strand of the Thames. At one time Somerset House and a few other princely mansions only occupied its southern side. =Thanet Place=, a secluded _cul de sac_ comprising ten houses, opposite the Law Courts, was named after the Earl of Thanet, to whom, previous to 1780, the property belonged. =Palsgrave Place= was so called in compliment to the Palsgrave Frederick, King of Bohemia, who married the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James I., in 1612. =Devereaux Court= received its title from Essex House, which also gave its name to =Essex Street=, the residence of Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex, the Parliamentary General. =Milford Lane= was in olden times characterized by a rustic mill; and the lane itself led down to a ford across the river. =Arundel Street=, =Norfolk Street=, =Surrey Street=, and =Howard Street=, stand upon the site of the town house and grounds of the Howards, Dukes of Norfolk, and Earls of Arundel and Surrey. =Savoy Street= leads to the Chapel Royal, the only remaining portion of the ancient Savoy Palace [_see_ SAVOY CHAPEL]. =Wellington Street=, constructed in 1829-30, was named to complete the compliment partially bestowed upon the Duke of Wellington by the designation of =Waterloo Bridge=, opened June 18, 1817, or two years after the famous victory. =Bow Street= was so called on account of its bent shape when it was first laid out to connect the Strand with Oxford Street in 1637. =Covent Garden= is a corruption of Convent Garden, or the garden belonging to St. Paul’s Convent. =York Street= and =James Street= were both named in honour of the Duke of York, afterwards James II. =King Street=, constructed in his reign, was designated after Charles I., and =Henrietta Street= after his queen, Henrietta Maria. In =Tavistock Street=, =Russell Street=, =Bedford Street=, and =Southampton Street=, we trace some of the family titles of one of the ancestors of the present ground landlord, viz., Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, Marquis of Tavistock, Duke of Bedford, whose daughter is known in history as the celebrated Rachel, the wife of Lord William Russell, the patriot, beheaded in 1683. Southampton House, in which Lady Russell was born, stood in the street named after it. =Bedfordbury= originally denoted the enclosed property of the Bedford family. =Maiden Lane= was so styled on account of a statue of the Virgin that stood at the corner of this thoroughfare at the time when it skirted the south wall of the Convent Garden. =Chandos Street= received its name from James Bridges, Lord Chandos, the ancestor of the “Princely Duke of Chandos.” =Exeter Street= marks the situation of Exeter House and its grounds, the property of a lineal descendant of the great Lord Burleigh, after whom =Burleigh Street= was designated. =Cecil Street= and =Salisbury Street=, on the opposite side of the Strand, remind us that here stood Salisbury House, the residence of Robert Cecil, first Earl of Salisbury, one of the sons of Lord Burleigh just alluded to.