On Sep 23, 7:38*pm, Ian Jelf wrote:

In message , Jim
writes

In article , philrichards1
says...

First question: Roughly when did Lower Regent Street get renamed into
Regent Street?

Second Question: Is it simply worth firing off a complaint to LUL to ask
why the street exit signs haven't been changed? I'm guessing they
haven't been changed is they fit in with the décor of the station and
would be too expensive or impossible to replace or correct.

Was it ever officially Lower Regent Street?

I have various Kelly's Post Office Directories and London atlases of
different ages and all seem to show just Regent Street [SW1 south of
Piccadilly Circus].

Maybe Mr Jelf knows.

Goodness, such faith! * I assure you there are many contributors to utl
who are far more versed in the capital and its story than me!

All I can add to this is to confirm - after a trawl through a fair
selection of my London library - that it doesn't ever seem to have ever
been called "Lower Regent Street" in any official capacity. * That said,
it's a sensible distinction as it's hardly "naturally continuous" with
the main part of Regent Street.

A couple of other observations that are vaguely related:

It's surprising how many examples there are of streets being known by
one name but actually being something else. * It's "Strand", not "The
Strand" and "Aldwych" not "The Aldwych".

But a number of streets do get the definitive article tagged on, in
speech at least, to a greater or lesser extent - e.g. The Old Kent
Road, The Euston Road, The Edgware Road, The Walworth Road, The
Cromwell Road, The Holloway Road, The King's Road, The Mile End Road,
The Harrow Road, The East India Dock Road, The Uxbridge Road etc.


The section of Baker Street north of Marylebone Road was called "Upper
Baker Street" until 1 January 1930.