Hillier Street
Hillier Street, Sheung Wan.
A snake soup shop on the street.
Hillier Street (禧利街), is a street in Sheung Wan of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong,located between Connaught Road Central and Queen's Road Central.
Name
It was named after Charles Batten Hillier. Hillier was a magistrate and coroner in Hong Kong between 1843 and 1856,and was promoted to the consulship in Siam afterwards.
Roads and Streets Nearby
- Sheung Wan Station of the MTR
- Wing Lok Street
- Des Voeux Road Central
- Bonham Strand
- Mercer Street
- Burd Street
- Jervois Street
- Kwai Wa Lane
References
- "Street Names and Their Origins" Hong Kong's vol.1 - by Frena Bloomfield
- UK in Thailand Embassy history: Charles Batten Hillier
- Endacott, G. B. (2005) [1962]. "Chapter: Charles Batten Hillier". A biographical sketch-book of early Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 84–88. ISBN 978-962-209-742-1.
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Coordinates: 22°17′07″N 114°09′05″E / 22.28517°N 114.15137°E
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