Not paved with gold but steeped in history
World Service,Β·6 episodes
The London street whose name comes from the Old English word 'strand', meaning shore
The history of one of the most elegant streets in London
The history of one of London's widest streets including PT Barnum and Tom Thumb
The history of Pall Mall, a leper hospital, and Henry VIII's palace
Named after Sir Thomas Bond, the head of a syndicate of 17th Century developers
The history of Oxford street, and the gallows of Tyburn where Marble Arch now stands
