Editing Strand, London (section)

==Geography==
The street is the main link between the two cities of [[City of Westminster|Westminster]] and [[City of London|London]].{{sfn|Weinreb et al.|2008|p=882}} It runs eastward from [[Trafalgar Square]], parallel to the [[River Thames]], to [[Temple Bar, London|Temple Bar]] which is the boundary between the two cities at this point; the road ahead being [[Fleet Street]].<ref name=gmap>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/51.5077058,-0.1270723/51.513713,-0.1116275/@51.510863,-0.1216518,16z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e2|title=1 Strand, London WC2N to 204 Strand WC2R|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=27 December 2015}}</ref> Traffic travelling eastbound follows a short crescent around [[Aldwych]], connected at both ends to the Strand. The road marks the southern boundary of the [[Covent Garden]] district{{sfn|Weinreb et al.|2008|pp=213–214}} and forms part of the [[Northbank, London|Northbank]] [[business improvement district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenorthbank.org/northbank-district/|title=The Boundary|publisher=Northbank|access-date=14 March 2014|archive-date=12 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312021834/http://www.thenorthbank.org/northbank-district/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The name was first recorded in 1002 as ''strondway'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |title=The buildings of England |publisher=Penguin Books |volume=41 |year=1951}}</ref>{{sfn|Weinreb et al.|2008|p=882}} then in 1185 as ''Stronde'' and in 1220 as ''la Stranda''.{{sfn|Mills|2010|p=237}} It is formed from the [[Old English]] word 'strond', meaning the edge of a river.{{sfn|Weinreb et al.|2008|p=882}} Initially it referred to the shallow bank of the once much wider Thames, before the construction of the [[Victoria Embankment]]. The name was later applied to the road itself. In the 13th century it was known as 'Densemanestret' or 'street of the Danes', referring to the community of [[Danes]] in the area.{{sfn|Mills|2010|p=237}}

Two [[London Underground]] stations were once named Strand: a [[Piccadilly line]] station (which was renamed [[Aldwych tube station|Aldwych station]]) that operated between 1907 and 1994{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=198}} and a former [[Northern line]] station which today forms part of [[Charing Cross tube station|Charing Cross station]]. 'Strand Bridge' was the name given to [[Waterloo Bridge]] during its construction; it was renamed for its official opening on the second anniversary of the coalition victory in the [[Battle of Waterloo]].{{sfn|Weinreb et al.|2008|p=991}} London buses routes [[London Buses route 23|23]], [[London Buses route 139|139]] and [[London Buses route 176|176]] all run along the Strand, as do numerous night bus services.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/central-london-bus-map.pdf |title=Central London Bus Map |publisher=Transport for London |access-date=27 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313082004/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/central-london-bus-map.pdf |archive-date=13 March 2017}}</ref>