Covent Garden Estate Agent: Property For Sale & Rent In Covent Garden, London WC2Covent Garden HistoryThe land around Covent Garden was originally part of an abbey and it's name has derived from the 'convent garden' which surrounded it. With the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII (1509-47) the land became privately owned by the Earl of Bedford. who in the 1630s asked the architect Inigo Jones to develop the centre of the Covent Garden district so that it was an area 'fitte for the habitacions of gentlemen and men of ability'. The result was the constuction of the church of St Paul's Church and, influenced by Italian neo-classicism, surrounded it with a three-sided square, lined with arcaded, terraced houses which unforuntately no longer exist. The name Covent Garden is particularly associated with the market that is held in the Covent Garden Piazza. At first the piazza was a luxurious and much sought after residential area, but the fruit and vegetable market that was held in the square soon became so large and popular that the wealthy residents moved to quieter parts of the City. Location
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