Chandos Street (called Chandos Place after 1938), was named after the third Lord Chandos, the father-in-law of the fourth Earl of Bedford.
The portion of Chandos Street within the parish of St Paul, Covent Garden, extended westward from Bedford Street. On the north side, it included the eastern part of the present Peabody Estate frontage, and on the south side, it encompassed approximately the eastern half of the Charing Cross Hospital frontage.
In 1631, the site of Nos. 60–68 on the north side was granted to a single lessee, Richard Brigham, the King’s coachmaker. The area was mostly built up, with a few gaps, between 1636 and 1638. On the south side, the fourth Earl sold most of the sites in 1635 and 1637, retaining only fee-farm rents. Among the purchasers were Thomas Baldwyn, possibly the comptroller of the Office of Works, and Daniel Charlewood, a bricklayer.
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