Hillier Street, Sheung Wan in October 2007.
A snake soup shop on the street in October 2007.
Hillier Street (Chinese: 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 chief magistrate of Hong Kong from 1847 to 1856, and then took up the consulship to Siam but survived there for only a few months before dying of dysentery.[1]: 182–3
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
Sources
- Bloomfield, Frena (1984). Hong Kong's Street Names and Their Origins. Vol. 1. Urban Council, Hong Kong. ASIN B000HZIVAE. OCLC 320407030. Archived from the original on 2014-11-07.
- 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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