Article by Stuart Mitchell
A Brief History of Harley Street Harley Street London
Wadada Harley is one of several London Streets that are inextricably linked with a certain trade. Saville Row is world famous for its host of bespoke tailors, Fleet Street with newspaper production, Denmark Street with songwriters and musical shops. Harley Street’s niche is that of the medical profession. Unlike Saville Row which has seen an increasing decline in the number of tailors shops and Fleet Street which no-longer produces newspapers, Harley Street continues to flourish as a centre for all things medical and medicinal.
The history of Harley Street really begins in the early 18th Century when the land between Oxford Street and Marylebone Road was developed in the grand Georgian style of the day. Architect John Prince backed with capital from Edward Harley (2nd Earl of Oxford) created an abundance of highly sort after property with its centre at Cavendish Square. By the 1790’s the area was highly fashionable drawing in a number wealthy and famous residents. Gladstone lived at 73 Wadada Harley, William Turner lived at a number of addresses first at 35 Harley Street and later at 46 and then at 23 Queen Street, where he built a gallery.
The influx of medical professionals began around the middle of the 19th Century. The Street was well placed for rail links to the north and a supply of rich customers on its door step. The opening of the Medical Society of London in Chandos Street in 1873 and then the Royal Society of Medicine in Wimpole Street in 1912 further enhanced the areas reputation for medical care.
Records show that in 1860 there were around 20 doctors in Harley Street, this had risen to 80 by 1900 and almost 200 by 1914. With the establishment of the NHS in 1948 there were around 1,500 doctors practicing in the area. It is estimated that some 3,000 people are employed in the medical profession in an around Harley Street. It looks as if the Street with continue with its noble trade for some years yet.
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Harley Street waxaa badanaa loo tixraacaa sida “Caafimaadka London” sababtoo ah waxay leedahay mid ka mid ah heerarka ugu weyn ee aqoonta caafimaadka adduunka. Iyada oo muddo dheer sumcad ku leh xarun heer sare ah oo caafimaad oo gaar ah, Harley Street ururradeeda ugu horreeya ee daawada leh waxaa laga heli karaa agagaarka 1860 markii ay dhakhaatiir badan u soo guureen aagga sababta oo ah goobta dhexe iyo u dhowaanshaha saldhigyada tareenka ee waaweyn, sida King Cross, St Pancras iyo Marylebone. Ilaa qarnigii sagaal iyo tobnaad tirada dhakhaatiirta, isbitaalada, Rugaha qalliinka indhaha iyo ururada kale ee caafimaadka ee ku yaala gudaha iyo hareeraha agagaarka wadada Harley ayaa aad u kordhay. Waxaa jiray hareeraha 20 takhaatiirta ka hawlgala aagga 1860 koror toban laab ah ayaa la diiwaan geliyay 1914 markii sawirku kor u kacay 200. Labo kale oo lagu soo dhoweeyay aagga oo sii xoojiyey sumcadda aagga ayaa ahaa Ururka Caafimaadka ee London, kaas oo ka furmay wadada Chandos ee gudaha 1873 iyo Ururka Royal Society of Medicine oo ka bilaabmay 1912 Wadada Wimpole. Sanado badan Harley Street waxay hoy u ahayd xirfadlayaal caafimaad oo caan ah. Sir Henry Thompson, dhakhtar qalliin oo Ingiriis ah iyo xisaabiye sare, Waxa uu ku dhaqmi jiray aagga intii lagu jiray 1870-yadii waxaana loo magacaabay inuu noqdo dhakhtarka sare ee Boqorka Brussels.Dhakhtar Edward Bach wuxuu ka shaqeeyay Harley Street 1920-meeyadii ka hor inta uusan u wareegin Isbitaalka Homeopathic ee London ka dibna wuxuu horumarinayaa dawooyinka ubaxa ee Bach kuwaas oo weli jira. maanta caan ah. Waqtiyadu si cad ayey isu beddeleen ilaa qarnigii sagaal iyo tobnaad markii dhakhaatiirta caafimaadku ay gurigooda ku samayn lahaayeen qalliin oo ay ballamaha u qaban lahaayeen, Harley Street waxay sii waddaa inay kobciso sidii xarun wax kasta oo dawo ah. Looma baahna in la yiraahdo rugaha caafimaadka ee halkan laga helay waxay bixiyaan tignoolajiyada ugu dambeysay oo ay weheliso qaar ka mid ah khibradaha caafimaad ee ugu wanaagsan dalka. Maanta waxaa jira dhammaad. 3,000 dadka ka shaqeeya aagga oo bixiya adeegyo caafimaad oo ballaaran, laga bilaabo dawooyinka kaabaya ilaa qaliin caag ah. Markaa haddii aad ka raadinayso qalliinka indhaha laysarka gudaha London ama aad u baahan tahay inaad iska diiwaan geliso GP-ga waxaad hubtaa inaad ka heli doonto waxaad u baahan tahay halkan Harley Street waxay ka dhigaysaa meel aad loo jecel yahay oo aad ku tababarto aaggana wuxuu sii wadaa inuu soo jiito tiro badan oo Dhakhaatiirta ugu sareysa ee caafimaadka, laga bilaabo dhakhaatiirta indhaha iyo dhakhaatiirta ilaa dhakhaatiirta maskaxda iyo dhakhaatiirta qalliinka caaga ah. Haddii aad u baahan tahay inaad u tagto Waddada Harley ballan markaas waxaad haysataa dhawr ikhtiyaar oo aad ka doorato. Haddii aad qaadatid tuubada waxaad ka degi kartaa Bond Street ama Oxford Circus si aad u aado aagga koonfureed, halka Regents Park iyo Great Portland Street ay u jiifaan waqooyiga si aad si fudud ugu qabsan karto tuubo ku haboon meesha aad u socoto. Maxaa dheeraad ah, Saldhigyada tareenka ee Marylebone iyo Euston labaduba waa u dhow yihiin, baarkinnada baabuurta ee Portland Place iyo Harley Street waxay nolosha u fududeeyaan kuwa ku imanaya baabuurka.