Pimlico
Coordinates: 51°29′26″N 0°08′02″W / 51.490551, -0.133761 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	SW1
Dial code	020
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The area is roughly delimited by Victoria Station to the north and the River Thames to the south, spanned by Vauxhall Bridge, which allows ready access to Vauxhall. The entire district was formerly owned by the Grosvenor family. Victoria station in London is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of Westminster. ... The Thames (pronounced //) is a river flowing through southern England, and one of the major waterways in England. ... Vauxhall bridge looking downstream from the north bank. ... Vauxhall is an inner city area of south London in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... Arms of the Dukes of Westminster (since 1825) The title of Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Richard Grosvenor, the 3rd Marquess of Westminster. ...

The large majority of the buildings in Pimlico are residential and were designed by the architect/builder Thomas Cubitt. A statue of Cubitt can be seen in the area. Statue of Thomas Cubitt by William Fawke, 1995. ...

Notable residents have included Sir Winston Churchill, Laura Ashley, Swami Vivekananda, Laurence Olivier, Aubrey Beardsley, Joseph Conrad and Richard Dadd. The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS (November 30, 1874 – January 24, 1965) was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. At various times an author, soldier, journalist, and politician, Churchill is generally regarded... Laura Ashley CBE, (7 September 1925–17 September 1985) was a Welsh designer. ... Swami Vivekananda( स्वामी विवेकानंद )(Bengali: স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ Shami Bibekanondo) (January 12, 1863 - July 4, 1902), whose pre-monastic name was Narendranath Dutta (Bengali: নরেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত Nôrendronath Dhat-tha), was one of the most famous and influential spiritual leaders of the philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga and a major figure in the history of Hinduism and... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (August 21, 1872 – March 16, 1898) was an influential English illustrator, and author. ... // Joseph Conrad (born Teodor Józef Konrad Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born novelist. ... Richard Dadd. ...

History

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Manor of Ebury (from which Pimlico's Ebury Street gets its name) was divided up and leased by the Crown to servants or favourites. In 1623, James I sold the freehold of Ebury for £1,151 and 15 shillings (£1,151.75). The land was sold on several more times, until it came into the hands of heiress Mary Davies in 1666. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Year 1623 (MDCXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... James Stuart (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scots as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old. ... 1666 is often called Annus Mirabilis. ...

Mary's dowry not only included "The Five Fields" of modern-day Pimlico and Belgravia, but also most of what is now Mayfair and Knightsbridge. Understandably, she was much pursued, but in 1677 married Sir Thomas Grosvenor. The Grosvenors were a family of Norman descent long seated at Eaton Hall in Cheshire who until this auspicious marriage were but of local consequence in their native county of Cheshire. Through the development and good management of this land the Grosvenors acquired enormous wealth. Belgravia is a district in the City of Westminster in London, to the south-west of Buckingham Palace. ... Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster London, named after the fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764. ... Knightsbridge is a street and district spanning the City of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London notable for its eclectic mix of rich, famous, and international residents including several billionaires Roman Abramovich, oligarchs from Russia, China and India, international businessman Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, trend setters Charles... 1677 (MDCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Norman conquests in red. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a...

At some point in the late 17th or early 18th century, Pimlico ceased to be known as Ebury or "The Five Fields", and gained the name by which it is now known:

At one time a district of public gardens much frequented on holidays. According to tradition, it received its name from Ben Pimlico, famous for his nut-brown ale, His tea-gardens, however, were near Hoxton, and the road to them was termed Pimlico Path, so that what is now called Pimlico was so named from the popularity of the Hoxton resort. (Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1898 edn.).

Pimlico was not all salubrious. This buttress commemorates the district's Millbank Prison (1816-1880). Originally, this was on the spot from which prisoners were transported to Australia.(October 2005)

The name may also derive from a Spanish word for drink, or even from the Native American Pamlican tribe, as many locals believe. By the 19th century, and as a result of an increase in demand for property in the previously unfashionable West End of London following the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London, Pimlico had become ripe for development. In 1825, Thomas Cubitt was contracted by Lord Grosvenor to develop Pimlico. A pint of ale Ale is a beer style brewed from barley malt with a top fermenting brewers yeast that ferments quickly, giving a sweet, full body and a fruity, and sometimes a butter-like, taste. ... Hoxton Square. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (640x853, 318 KB) Summary Buttress from the river steps of the now-vanished Millbank Prison, Millbank, Pimlico, London. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (640x853, 318 KB) Summary Buttress from the river steps of the now-vanished Millbank Prison, Millbank, Pimlico, London. ... Millbank Prison was a large prison built in Millbank, Pimlico, London. ... Native Americans are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ... The Pamlico were a Native American people of North Carolina, U.S.A.. They spoke Algonquian. ... A bill of mortality for the plague year of 1665. ... Detail of painting from 1666 of the Great Fire of London by an unknown artist, depicting the fire as it would have appeared on the evening of Tuesday, 4 September from a boat in the vicinity of Tower Wharf. ... Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Statue of Thomas Cubitt by William Fawke, 1995. ...

It was Cubitt who built Eaton Square, which typifies Pimlico's architecture with its white stucco houses and garden square. Stucco is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water which is applied wet, and hardens when it dries. ...

As early as the latter half of the century, however, Pimlico saw the construction of several Peabody Estates - charitable housing projects designed to provide cheap, quality homes for the poor. In addition, in the post-war period, several large public housing estates were built in the area - on land cleared by German bombing - and many of the fine Victorian houses were converted to other uses, e.g. bed and breakfast hotels. This led to the area developing an interesting social mix, and an unusual character combining exclusive restaurants and residences with Westminster Council run facilities and working-class shopping arcades. In 1950, embarrassed by the slums and brothels with which Pimlico had become associated in the press and criminal courts, the Second Duke of Westminster sold the part of the Grosvenor estate on which it is built. George Peabody (February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Institute. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The Carson Mansion is an example of a Victorian home in Eureka, California, USA The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ... Tourists of various nationalities chatting over breakfast at a B&B in Quebec City. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough and a city in its own right, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Now, as in Central London in general, Pimlico property prices are high, and the area is again fashionable. A large number of houses have once again been repurposed, being divided into one or two bedroom apartments intended for young professionals.

Attractions

The Tate Britain on Millbank. (November 2004).

Pimlico's most famous attraction is the Tate Britain on Millbank. Millbank is a Ward independent of Pimlico. So the Tate is not on Millbank, it is in Millbank but has Pimlico underground station located close by. This is the original Tate Gallery and is home, as the name suggests, primarily to art of specifically British origin. (This rule is frequently broken, however.) Download high resolution version (750x601, 99 KB) Tate Britain, London. ... Download high resolution version (750x601, 99 KB) Tate Britain, London. ... Tate Britain is a part of the Tate Gallery in Britain, along with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. ... Millbank is an area of London, England, that is east of Pimlico and south of Westminster. ...

The district's association with fine art has been reinforced by the Chelsea College of Art and Design's recent move to the former Royal Army Medical College next to the Tate. This has also had the happy result of opening up the spacious college quadrangle so that the three extensive and elaborate red brick college blocks can be appreciated (see picture below). Chelsea College of Art and Design (North Block). ...

Pimlico is also home, on its boundary with Belgravia, to the National Audit Office, which occupies the former headquarters of Imperial Airways on Buckingham Palace Road as well as the National records of statistics. Belgravia is a district in the City of Westminster in London, to the south-west of Buckingham Palace. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The Imperial Airways Empire Terminal, Victoria, London. ... Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial. ...

Notable residents

The former Royal Army Medical College (north block), now part of Chelsea College of Art and Design. (October 2005)

A street in Pimlico which characteristically mixes grand Victorian town-houses with 1970s council housing.

• Laura Ashley, designer - 83 Cambridge Street
• Aubrey Beardsley, illustrator - 114 Cambridge Street
• James Crump, founder of St. Aubyn's School, Woodford Green - 86 Cambridge Street
• Laurence Olivier, actor - 22 Lupus Street
• Barbara Pym, writer - 108 Cambridge Street
• Steve Hackett, former Genesis guitarist
• Wilfred Brambell, actor, star of Steptoe and Son - Denbigh Street

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Pimlico is home to Catherine Johnson, the creator of the musical Mamma Mia. The actress Claire Sweeney also resides in the area. Claire Sweeney (born April 17, 1972 in Walton, Liverpool) is an English actress, singer, television personality and presenter who is best known for her role as Lindsey Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. ...

In fiction

In Wilkie Collins' Armadale (1866), Pimlico is home to the conniving procuress Mother Oldershaw and the sly abortionist Doctor Downward. The address of their shady establishment is given as Diana Street, apparently fictional. Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. ... Armadale (1866) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century semi epistolary novel. ...

Post-war Pimlico was the setting of the story of the Ealing comedy Passport To Pimlico, as well as of the juvenile detective series The Pimlico Boys by Paul Dorval, and the online graphic novel The House in Pimlico. Ealing Studios, a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ... A British comedy film Passport To Pimlico (Ealing Studios made in 1948). ...

Barbara Pym used St Gabriel's Church, Warwick Square, as her inspiration for St Mary's, an Anglo-Catholic church and the chosen place of worship of Mildred Lathbury, her narrator in Excellent Women. Mildred - unmarried, just over thirty and given to good works, finds herself naturally 'involved or interested in other people's business'. The arrival of exotic neighbours and an elegant widow at the Vicarage brings scope for a carefully observed social comedy. Barbara Mary Crampton Pym (June 2, 1913 - January 11, 1980) was an English novelist. ... ... Excellent Women is a novel by Barbara Pym, first published in 1952 and generally acclaimed as the funniest and most successful of her comedies of manners. ...

I began to wonder what could have brought a naval officer and his wife to this shabby part of London, so very much the 'wrong' side of Victoria Station, so definitely not Belgravia, for which I had a sentimental affection, but which did not usually attract people who looked like Mrs Napier. Belgravia is a district in the City of Westminster in London, to the south-west of Buckingham Palace. ...

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym (Jonathan Cape, London, 1952) Excellent Women is a novel by Barbara Pym, first published in 1952 and generally acclaimed as the funniest and most successful of her comedies of manners. ... Barbara Mary Crampton Pym (June 2, 1913 - January 11, 1980) was an English novelist. ...

In Music

The Small Faces London base in 1965/1966 was at 22 Westmoreland Terrace where they wrote most of their songs including "Lazy Sunday"^{[citation needed]} The Small Faces were a British rock and roll band of the 1960s, led by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane with Kenny Jones and original organist Jimmy Winston. ...

The Clash also did warm up sessions and preparation for the album "London Calling" in 1979 at the long gone Vanilla Studios which used to be at 36 Causton Street. They were often seen playing football at the concrete football pitch across the road. More of these recordings would have been actively used but it was long thought they lost most of the Vanilla sessions master recording on the tube. Mick Jones subsequently found these 25 years later after a house move. The Vanilla studio was refurbished into a pottery barn - the building has recently been demolished and the street renumbered.^{[citation needed]} This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

In Non-Fiction

In G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy, Pimlico is used as an example of "a desperate thing” in the chapter entitled Flag of The World. For the town of Chesterton in Cambridgeshire, see Chesterton (Cambridge). ...

Education

For education in Pimlico see the main City of Westminster article.

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Transport and locale

Nearby places

• Chelsea
• Millbank
• Vauxhall
• Westminster
• Victoria, London

Statue of Thomas More on Cheyne Walk. ... Millbank is an area of London, England, that is east of Pimlico and south of Westminster. ... Vauxhall is an inner city area of south London in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Nearest tube station

• Pimlico tube station on the Victoria Line

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See also

• Thomas Cubitt

Statue of Thomas Cubitt by William Fawke, 1995. ...

External links

• http://www.holyapostlespimlico.org/parish_info/history.shtml
• http://www.pimlicoschool.org.uk/index.asp?page=about-us
• http://www.st-gabriels.com
• http://www.barbara-pym.org
• http://www.stmarythevirgin.org.uk
• http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&z=15&ll=51.488545,-0.139732&spn=0.011437,0.028925

Sources

• Secret London by Andrew Duncan (New Holland Publishers, London, 2001)
• The Face of London by Harold P Clunn (Spring Books, London, 1970)