Bonham Strand
Bonham Strand in Sheung Wan | |
| Native name | 文咸街 (Yue Chinese) |
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| Namesake | Sir George Bonham |
| Location | Sheung Wan, Hong Kong |
| East end | Queen's Road Central |
| West end | Queen's Road / Possession Street (Bonham Strand) Des Voeux Road West (Bonham Strand West) |
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| Chinese | 文咸街 | ||||||
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Bonham Strand (Chinese: 文咸街) is a combination of two streets in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong: Bonham Strand (文咸東街) and Bonham Strand West (文咸西街).
As the name suggests, it was a strand and close to shore in the past though currently far from the seafront after several reclamations over history. This street renders the early shore line after 1842.
The streets are named after Sir George Bonham, the third governor of Hong Kong (1848–1854), who led the reconstruction effort of Sheung Wan after a fire destroyed part of it in 1851. This was the government's first large-scale reclamation and road construction project.