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Mayfair

District of Westminster, London, vaguely defined as lying between Piccadilly and Oxford Street, and including Park Lane; formerly a fashionable residential district, but increasingly taken up by offices, hotels, and nightclubs.

Mayfair is bounded to the west by Hyde Park and to the south and east by St James's Park, two of London's largest green areas. Mayfair derives its name from a fair held here in May from Charles II's time until 1809; part of the site is now occupied by Shepherd Market, built in about 1735.



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