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The New International Encyclopædia/Downing Street

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Edition of 1905. See also Downing Street on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.

3225951The New International Encyclopædia — Downing Street

DOWNING STREET. A street in the ‘West End’ district of London, leading from Whitehall. The Home Office, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and East India Office are situated in it, and the name is therefore used as a convenient synonym for the central powers of the British Government.