Just off Station Road is George Hudson Street, named after the Railway King, who at one time co-owned a third of Britain's railways. With the help of a £30,000 inheritance (£5 million today), George Hudson, the draper, transformed himself into the most famous speculator of the railway mania era. However, questionable business dealings eventually brought about the downfall of the Railway King who fell into disrepute and bankruptcy. On his fall from grace in 1849, George Hudson Street was renamed Railway Street, but in 1971, a century after his death, York partly forgave George Hudson and the street was given back its original name.