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Appletree Yard


Westminster, St. James's Square. (SW1) Formerly part of St. James's Fields, which were famous for apple orchards. "To the Park [St. James's] and there walk an hour or two; and in the King's garden, and saw the Queen and ladies walk; and I did steal some apples off the trees" (Reference: Pepys's Diary, August 30, 1688) .

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