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Soho history


Early history

During the Middle Ages, the area that is now Soho was farmland that belonged to the Abbot and Convent of Abingdon and the master of Burton St Lazar Hospital in Leicestershire . In 1536, the land was taken by Henry VIII as a royal park for the Palace of Whitehall . The area south of what is now Shaftesbury Avenue did not stay in Crown possession for long .

Gentrification

Monmouth House was built for James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Charles II’s eldest illegitimate son . Leicester House, Fauconberg House, Carlisle House and Newport House were built in the 17th century .

Cholera outbreak

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Dr. John Snow’s study of an 1854 outbreak of cholera in Soho identified the cause of the outbreak as water from the public pump at the junction of Broad Street and Cambridge Street .

Decline

By the mid-18th century, aristocrats who had been living in Soho Square or Gerrard Street had moved away, as more fashionable areas such as Mayfair became available . Soho’s character stems partly from the ensuing neglect by rich and fashionable London .

Recent history

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The Soho Housing Association was established in 1976 to provide reasonable rented accommodation . By the 21st century, it had acquired around 400 flats . St Anne’s Church in Dean Street was refurbished after decades of neglect .

  

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