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The area of Soho was grazing farmland until 1536, when it was taken by Henry VIII as a royal park for the Palace of Whitehall. The name "Soho" first appears in the 17th century. Most authorities believe that the name derives from a former hunting cry.[1][2][3][4] The Duke of Monmouth used "soho" as a rallying call for his men at the Battle of Sedgemoor,[5] half a century after the name was first used for this area of London.
In the 1660s the Crown granted Soho Fields to Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans. He leased 19 of its 22 acres (89,000 m2) to Joseph Girle, who gained permission to build and promptly passed his lease and licence to bricklayer Richard Frith in 1677. Frith began the development. In 1698 William III granted the Crown freehold of most of this area to William, Earl of Portland. Meanwhile the southern part of what became the parish of St. Anne, Soho, was sold by the Crown in parcels in the 16th and 17th centuries, with part going to Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester.
Despite the best intentions of landowners such as the Earls of Leicester and Portland to develop the land on the grand scale of neighbouring Bloomsbury, Marylebone and Mayfair, Soho never became a fashionable area for the rich. Immigrants settled in the area, especially French Huguenots who poured in in 1688, after which the area became known as London's French quarter.[6] The French church in Soho Square was founded by Huguenots in the 17th century. By the mid-18th century, the aristocrats who had been living in Soho Square or Gerrard Street had moved away. Soho's character stems partly from the ensuing neglect by rich and fashionable London, and the lack of redevelopment that characterized the neighbouring areas.
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When did the Victorian Era start and finish?
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What was the era before the Victorian era?
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What was t like to be a wealthy Victorian?
no there aren't that many rich people in the Victorian era but there was lots of rich people in the Victorian era. The richest person the Victorian era was queen Victoria and she was really ugly and stinky. She is the fat person i have ever seen in my entire life and she was 80 when she died and the Victorian era ended and this other men came and started ruling.
Was the Victorian times before edwardian times?
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Behavior during the Victorian era?
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When did the Victorian Era start and finish?
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