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Maddox Street is a street in the Mayfair area of London. ==History== Maddox Street extends from Regent Street to St George's, Hanover Square and was completed in 1720. Maddox Street was named after Sir Benjamin Maddox who owned the Millfield estate on which the street was built.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=London hotel near to Maddox Street )〕 The Mason's Arms, located at 38 Maddox Street, was built in 1721 and rebuilt in its current form in 1934.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Masons Arms, 38 Maddox Street, St George Hanover Square )〕 Dickenson’s Drawing Gallery, whose teachers included John Mogford and whose students included Emily Mary Osborn, was established at 18 Maddox Street in the early 19th century:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A brief history )〕 the premises are now known as ArtSpace Galleries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ArtSpace Galleries )〕 A Museum of Building Appliances, established in the street in 1866, no longer exists.〔 Famous residents have included Samuel Whitbread, the Member of Parliament and brewer, who lived at 33 Maddox Street in the late 19th century,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Samuel Charles Whitbread )〕 Harry Wooldridge, the English musical antiquary, who lived with Robert Bridges, the Poet Laureate, at 50 Maddox Street in the 1890s〔The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion by Linda Jo McKim〕 and Edward Gathorne-Hardy, the British Bohemian socialite, who lived at 39 Maddox Street in the 1930s. Wilkinson & Son, tailors and robemakers to the King, were based at 34 Maddox Street in the 1920s. The Rolling Stones operated from offices at 46A Maddox Street〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=46A Maddox Street )〕 and Chappell Recording Studios, where the Beatles held recording sessions in the 1960s, was also located at 52 Maddox Street.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chappell Recording Studios )〕 Hibiscus, a London restaurant owned and run by French chef Claude Bosi, is now located at 29 Maddox Street. Meanwhile, the imposing building known as 47 Maddox Street, which was designed by Walter Williams for Messrs Lawrence – a firm of tailors which was later known as Walter Williams – was completed in 1892 and is now occupied by Brown's Restaurant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mayfair, Westminster )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maddox Street」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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