Editing Jermyn Street (section)

==History==
[[File:Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans Green Plaque.jpg|thumb|City of Westminster Green Plaque for Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans (1605-1684), located in Duke of York Street, London SW1]]
[[File:SIR ISAAC NEWTON 1642-1727 Lived Here.jpg|thumb|Blue Plaque for Sir Isaac Newton]]
[[File:Statue of Beau Brummell.jpg|thumb|right|180px|A statue of [[Beau Brummell]] in Jermyn Street]]
[[File:Turkish Baths in Jermyn Street. Wellcome L0004797.jpg|thumb|Turkish baths in Jermyn Street, 1862]]

In around 1664, the street was created by and named after [[Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans]], as part of his development of the [[St James's]] area of central London.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lanier, Pamela|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9N2i_BXeBRYC&q=22+Jermyn+Street|title=Elegant Small Hotels: A Connoisseur's Guide|publisher=A Lanier guide, Lanier Pub. International|date=2001|page=211|isbn = 9781580083263}}</ref> It was first recorded as "Jarman Streete" in the 1667 rate books of St Martin's, which listed 56 properties on it. In 1675, there were 108 names listed.<ref name=britishhistory>{{cite web|editor=F. H. W. Sheppard |title=Survey of London: volumes 29 and 30: St James Westminster, Part 1|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40572#s2|year=1960|pages=271–284|website=British History Online|access-date=13 October 2014}}</ref>