Caxton Street

The street is named after William Caxton, who introduced the printing press to England.

[1] Caxton had worked near the site of the street in the almonry of Westminster Abbey.

[6] Alliance House, an eight-storey office block at number 12, on the corner with Palmer Street, opened in November 1938, with the demolition of the Westminster Hospital Medical School building, site clearance and construction, all being completed in under 12 months.

[7] St Ermin's Hotel was a meeting place of the British intelligence services, notably the birthplace of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), and where notorious Cambridge Five double agents Kim Philby and Donald Maclean met their Russian handlers.

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