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A clause in the act of 1756 stipulated that no buildings should be constructed within of the road, with the result that most of the houses along it lay behind substantial gardens.

As the nineteenth century wore on, this regulation was increasingly ignored.

In 1837 Euston Station opened on the north side.

The Fitzroy family had become the main property owner in the area and in 1852 the central section of the New Road, between Osnaburgh Street and Kings Cross, was renamed Euston Road after Euston Hall, their country house.

The eastern section of the New Road became Pentonville Road and the western section Marylebone Road.