Where does the name Piccadilly Circus come from?

SHORT ANSWER

The name comes from the word piccadill – a frilly collar popular in the 17^th Century.

FULL STORY

The popularity of the piccadill was enough to make the fortune of tailor Robert Baker, whose London home became known as Piccadilly House.

When, in 1819, a circus (an ​open ​circular ​area where several ​roads ​join) was built nearby, it got the name Piccadilly Circus.

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