Pimlico (London)
Location of Pimlico in Greater London |
Pimlico is a borough of the City of Westminster borough of London .
location
The Pimlico district is bordered by Victoria Station to the north and the Thames to the south . In the east, Pimlico separates Vauxhall Bridge Road from the neighboring district of Westminster , in the west the former Grosvenor Canal .
Historical
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Ebury estate located here was divided up and given by the Crown to servants and favorites. In 1626 King James I acquired the clearance from Ebury. The country changed several times in the following years before it came into the hands of the heiress Mary Davies in 1666. In addition to today's Pimlico, the twelve-year-old also owned properties in Belgravia , Mayfair and Knightsbridge and married Sir Thomas Grosvenor. The Grosvenors achieved enormous wealth through careful management. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Pimlico became a recreational area for Londoners thanks to its public gardens. Pimlico was named after Ben Pimlico, who was known for his nut brown ale . Although Ben Pimlico had his tea gardens near Hoxton, the path there was called the Pimlico Path. Thanks to the popularity of the excursion destination in Hoxton, the name Pimlico was born for this district.
From 1825 Thomas Cubitt was commissioned by Lord Grosvenor to develop Pimlico. In the 1930s, Pimlico was exposed to another wave of development. The result was Dolphin Square, a residential area with apartments that was popular with MPs and officials because of its proximity to the Houses of Parliament . During the Second World War , Charles de Gaulle lived in Dolphin Square , whose government-in-exile, Free France , had its headquarters in Pimlico.
In 1972, the only underground station in this part of the city, Pimlico, was opened as part of the Victoria Line .
Notable buildings
- Dolphin Square is a block of private apartments that were built between 1935 and 1937. At the time of its creation, it was considered the largest contiguous apartment block in Europe. It is the residence of numerous MPs.
- Churchill Gardens is a large property in southwest Pimlico. It was built between 1946 and 1962 to a design by the architects Powell and Moya on the site of docks, industrial buildings and some Cubitt terraces that were destroyed by German bombardment during World War II.
- In Pimlico there are numerous interesting Anglican churches, of which the most remarkable is St. Gabriels Church . The local Catholic Church of the Holy Apostles was destroyed during the war and rebuilt in 1957. The headquarters of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales is in Eccleston Square.
- The famous Tate Britain Art Museum , formerly known as the Tate Gallery , is located in Millbank, but is just a few minutes' walk from Pimlico Tube Station and is one of the landmarks of Pimlico.
Personalities with ties to Pimlico
- Winston Churchill (1874–1965), politician and premier, lived at 33 Eccleston Square and Morpeth Terrace
- William Morris 'Billy' Hughes (1862–1952), 7th Premier of Australia - was born at 7 Moreton Place
- Major Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833–1912), father of lawn tennis - lived at 33 St George's Square
- Laura Ashley (1925–1985), designer - 83 Cambridge Street
- Steve Hackett (born 1950), Genesis guitarist
- Michael Howard (* 1941), head of the Conservative Party
- James Lennox Kerr , author
- Oswald Mosley (1896–1980), head of the British Union of Fascists - Dolphin Square
- Laurence Olivier (1907–1989), actor - 22 Lupus Street
- Bram Stoker (1847–1912), author of Dracula - died at 26 St George's Square
- Gianluca Vialli (* 1964), Italian soccer player and soccer coach
- The Small Faces , 1960's band - 22 Westmoreland Terrace
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Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 19.3 " N , 0 ° 8 ′ 22.2" W.