Somerset House was built by Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, regent of England from 1547 to 1549, demolishing three inns and the church of the Nativity of Our Lady and the Innocents in the process.
Twinings was established at No. 206 in 1706 by Thomas Twining, supplier of tea to Queen Anne.
The Royal Society of Arts moves into its new home in John Adam Street, leading off from the Strand. Founded in 1754, it was originally known as the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, receiving its Royal Charter in 1847.
The print seller Rudolph Ackermann lived and worked at No. 101 The Strand between 1797 and 1827. His shop was one of the first to have gas lighting fitted.
King’s College London opens in the Strand, next to Somerset House.
1849 Having merged in 1834, the Stamp Office and the Board of Taxes join with the Board of Excise to form the Inland Revenue, which remains in residence for more than 150 years'
George Eliot lived at No. 142 between 1851 and 1855.
The Duke of Wellington’s funeral took place on 18 November. The former Prime Minister and military leader, who defeated Napoleon in 1815 at Waterloo, was buried in St Paul’s Cathedral: the funeral procession passes down the Strand between crowds of thousands of mourners. Temporary seating is erected outside King’s College London, which the Duke helped found in 1829.
The original Charing Cross station building was constructed by the South Eastern Railway (later the South East and Chatham) on the site of the old Hungerford Market in order to extend its passenger service from London Bridge Station into the West End.
The Admiralty leaves Somerset House and their offices were taken over by the Inland Revenue.
