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The start of Vigo Street, looking east towards Regent Street. The Penguin Books plaque is on the brick building on the right.

Vigo Street (originally Vigo Lane)[1] is a short street in central London that is named after the Anglo-Dutch naval victory over the French and Spanish in the 1702 Battle of Vigo Bay.[2][3] It has important literary connections.

  1. ^ Wheatley, Henry B. (1891). London past and present: Its history, associations, and traditions. Vol. III. London: John Murray. Cambridge University Press reprint, 2011. p. 435. ISBN 978-1-108-02808-0.
  2. ^ Hibbert, Christopher; Ben Weinreb; John Keay; Julia Keay (2010). The London encyclopaedia. London: Pan Macmillan. p. 976. ISBN 978-0-230-73878-2.
  3. ^ Wittich, John (1996). Discovering London street names. 3rd edition. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-7478-0309-6.

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