23 Facts About Soho London

The aristocracy had mostly moved away by the mid-19th century, when Soho London was particularly badly hit by an outbreak of cholera in 1854.

The independent British film industry is centred around Soho London, including the British headquarters of Twentieth Century Fox and the British Board of Film Classification offices.

Near to Soho is London's Chinatown, centred on Gerrard Street and containing several restaurants.

However, apart from Oxford Street, all of these roads are 19th-century metropolitan improvements, and Soho London has never been an administrative unit, with formally defined boundaries.

Soho London is part of the West End electoral ward which elects three councillors to Westminster City Council.

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Soho London was granted permission to develop property and quickly passed the lease and development to bricklayer Richard Frith.

Much of the land was granted freehold in 1698 by William III to William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, while the southern part of Soho London was sold piecemeal in the 16th and 17th centuries, partly to Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester.

Soho London was part of the ancient parish of St Martin in the Fields, forming part of the Liberty of Westminster.

Soho London Square was first laid out in the 1680s on the former Soho London Fields.

The French church in Soho London Square was founded by Huguenots and opened on 25 March 1893, with a coloured brick and terracotta facade designed by Aston Webb.

Soho London identified the cause of the outbreak as water from the public pump at the junction of Broad Street and Cambridge Street, close to the rear wall of what is today the John Snow public house.

Soho London persuaded the authorities to remove the handle of the pump, thus preventing any more of the infected water from being collected.

Public houses in Soho London increased in popularity during the 1930s and were filled with struggling authors, poets and artists.

The theatre claimed that, aside from a compulsory closure between 4 and 16 September 1939, it was the only theatre in Soho London which did not close during World War II, leading to the slogan "We never closed".

Soho London is a centre of the independent film and video industry as well as the television and film post-production industry.

Twentieth Century House in Soho London Square was built in 1937 for Twentieth Century Fox.

Soho London Radio is an internet radio station on Great Windmill Street, next to the Windmill Theatre.

St Patrick's Church in Soho London Square was built in 1792 to accommodate Irish immigrants who had moved to the area.

Music scene in Soho London can be traced back to 1948 and Club Eleven, generally regarded as the first venue where modern jazz, or bebop, was performed in the UK.

Eric Clapton and Brian Jones both lived for a time in Soho London, sharing a flat with future rock publicist, Tony Brainsby.

Trident Studios was based at 17 St Anne's Court, Soho and was a major London recording studio.

In July 2019, Soho London was reported to be the unhealthiest place to live in Britain.

Detailed mural depicting Soho London characters, including writer Dylan Thomas and jazz musician George Melly, is in Broadwick Street, at the junction with Carnaby Street.