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Great George Street


Westminster. (SW1) Covers the ground at one time occupied by the stable yard of "The George and Dragon," a famous coaching-house. Named from the house of Hanover. At No. 25 in this street Lord Byron's body lay in state for two days in July 1824. (Reference: Timbs's Curiosities of London, p. 823)

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