Elizabeth Street, Belgravia
Built in the 1860’s in the heart of the Grosvenor Belgravia estate, Elizabeth Street and the surrounding area continues, 150 years later, to provide a memorable retail experience for the visitor and […]
Articles by: Staff
Pimlico, Squares
Warwick Square
Warwick Square was designed and constructed in the early 1840s as part of Thomas Cubitt’s development plan for Pimlico. The westward view from the garden towards St Gabriel’s Church was a component of Cubitt’s […]
Belgravia, Community, Events
Grosvenor Place Choir (17 December)
The “Grosvenor Place Choir” is made up of twenty SW1 enthusiasts. Together with a local primary school, they organised a Christmas Carol on Thursday 17 December at St. Peter’s Church to raise funds for Save […]
Parks, Pimlico
Pimlico Gardens
Situated by the River Thames at the southern end of St George’s Square, and rather like a continuation of it, Pimlico Gardens is a small riverside park. It was planted in 1915 with […]
Parks, Pimlico, Squares
St George’s Square Park
[box type=”info” border=”full”]Did you know: St George’s Square is London’s only residential square open to the River Thames. The first residents moved to the square in 1854. Until 1874 the square had its […]
History, Pimlico
John Marius Wilson's description of Pimlico
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson’s “Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales” described Pimlico like this: Pimlico, a section of St. George-Hanover Square parish, Westminster, Middlesex; extending from Buckingham-Gate to Chelsea, around a convergence […]
Belgravia, History, Pimlico, Victoria
Thomas Cubitt and Eccleston Square
Pimlico, originally known as the Neat House Gardens was famous for its wholesome produce of herbs and vegetables. By 1820 the Neat House Gardens had become urban fringe and in addition to […]
History, Maps, Pimlico
Pimlico in 1827
Maps of Pimlico – 1827 Christopher (1786-1855) and John Greenwood (fl.1821-1840) were brothers and cartographers who produced large-scale maps of England and Wales in the 1820s. Their partnership began in 1821, using […]
