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Nerot's Bagnio and Hotel

King Street, St. James's Square

1776-1819

It appears to have been opened by John Nerot around 1776 as a bagnio
and hotel, in a building on the South side ofKing Street which was
demolished in 1835 and the site later occupied by the St. James's Theatre.
The commentator William Hickey wrote in 1777 of a visit "to Nerot's
famous baths in King Street". By 1795 it had developed into a
fashionable hotel which was frequented by Edmund Burke towards the
end ofthe Century. Late in 1800 Lord Nelson met his wife and his father
at Nerot's , before parting company with his wife. The last mention of it
was in a directory in 1819 as Nerot's Hotel, Clifford Street.

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An undated free frank letter written in Edinburgh addressed to William

MacDowall Esq. ofGarthland, M.P. at Paisley asking for details ofthe

musical requirements of a Fete being arranged by the Officers ofthe

Renfrewshire Yeomanry on 9th August 1796. This letter was re-addressed

to Nerot's Hotel, King Street, St. James's which arrived in London on l l th

July. Black PAISLEY receiving townstamp (RE 172). ~