This article is about the street in London; Drury Lane is also the name of a well-known theatre on that street and of a fictional detective created by Ellery Queen writing as Barnaby Ross. The Theatre Royal Drury Lane is a West End theatre in Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster, a borough of London. Drury Lane is a fictional detective created by Ellery Queen in the 1930s under the byline of Barnaby Ross.

Drury Lane looking south from Long Acre towards Aldwych

Oxfam shop on Drury Lane

Drury Lane and surrounding streets

Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. Aldwych ('ɔːldwɪtʃ is a place and road in the City of Westminster in London, England. Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice Covent Garden (Pronunciation kɒvʌnt is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Aldwych ('ɔːldwɪtʃ is a place and road in the City of Westminster in London, England. High Holborn is a road in Holborn in central London, England. The northern part is in the borough of Camden and the southern part in the City of Westminster. The London Borough of Camden ( is a borough of London, England, which forms part of Inner London. The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status.

It took its start from the west end of Wych Street, redeveloped in the later nineteenth century as Aldwych. Aldwych ('ɔːldwɪtʃ is a place and road in the City of Westminster in London, England. The lane led to the house built by Sir John Drury, Knight of the Garter in Queen Elizabeth's reign. John Drury ( January 4, 1927 &ndash November 25, 2007) was an anchorman from Chicago IL. The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an Order of chivalry, or Knighthood, originating in Medieval England, and presently bestowed on recipients Drury House, with a coachyard in front and a garden in back, was a scene of the intrigues that led to the ill-fated rebellion of the Queen's favourite, the Earl of Essex. In historical writings when used in reference to a person favourite ( British English and the English of Commonwealth Countries or favorite ( American Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of Essex ( 10 November 1566 &ndash 25 February 1601) a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England In the 17th century it was the London house of the Earl of Craven, then a public house under the sign of his reputed mistress, the Queen of Bohemia, but by the eighteenth century Drury Lane had become one of the worst slums in London, dominated by prostitution^[1] and gin palaces. Elisabeth Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (born Princess Elizabeth Stuart of Scotland; 19 August 1596 &ndash 13 February 1662 A gin palace is an English name originally for a lavish bar selling Gin, later transferred by association to late Victorian Pubs designed in a The area was eventually cleared to make way for the developments of Kingsway and Aldwych. Kingsway is a major road in central London in the United Kingdom, designated as part of the A4200. Aldwych ('ɔːldwɪtʃ is a place and road in the City of Westminster in London, England.

The name of the street is often used to refer to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, which has in different incarnations been located in Drury Lane since the 17th century. The Theatre Royal Drury Lane is a West End theatre in Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster, a borough of London. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar Also in Drury Lane is the New London Theatre. The New London Theatre is a West End theatre located on the corners of Drury Lane and Parker Street in Covent Garden, in the London Borough of Camden

The street Drury Lane is also where The Muffin Man lives as mentioned in a popular children's song:

Do you know the Muffin Man?
The Muffin Man, the Muffin Man. The Muffin Man is a traditional Nursery rhyme or children's song of English origin
Do you know the Muffin Man,
Who lives on Drury Lane?

Drury Lane was the location of the first J. Sainsbury's store, now one of the UK's largest retailers. J Sainsbury plc ( is the parent company of Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd commonly known as Sainsbury's (also Sainsbury and JS) the third largest

See also

• Covent Garden
• Restoration comedy
• Colley Cibber
• List of eponymous roads in London

Notes

External links

• 'The Strand (northern tributaries): Drury Lane and Clare Market', Old and New London Volume 3 (1878), pp. 36-44. Date accessed: 18 March 2007.