The Saturday Street is our NEW weekly series in which we unlock the stories behind the names of London's famous thoroughfares. It's compiled by London Walks guide Karen – listed by Travel + Leisure magazine as The World's Greatest Tour Guide. You can find Karen on Saturdays guiding her Old Westminster and British Museum walks. If you've got a London street query or suggestion, email Karen at the usual address
Great Marlborough Street W1, the City of Westminster
Location: Soho
Famed as a Monopoly board street – although on the traditional English board, the prefix “Great” is dropped. It is one of the orange squares, each linked not geographically but thematically, the bond being law and order: Great Marlborough and Bow Streets once played home to courts of law and Vine Street had a police station.
The street is named for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marloborough (1650- – 1722) of whom Winston Churchill was a direct descendent.
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