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Pimlico (/ ˈ p ɪ m l ɪ k oʊ /) is an area of Central London in the City of Westminster, built as a southern extension to neighbouring Belgravia. [1] It is known for its garden squares and distinctive Regency architecture .
- Victorian Poverty
- King’s Indian Orderly Officers 1939
- The Blitz in Pimlico
- Pimlico Mews 1946
- Pimlico’s 1950 Heating Tower
- Devonshire Arms 1968
- A Brief History of Pimlico
- More About London
In 1898-99, several maps highlighted average household income levels across London. Sheet 7, covering the Inner Western District, included Pimlico, Westminster, Brompton, Chelsea, Mayfair, Marylebone, Paddington, Bayswater, Notting Hill, Kensington, Knightsbridge, Pimlico and Belgravia. Here’s a closeup of the Pimlico section of the map. It clearly...
In 1903, the Viceroy of India created the posts of King’s Indian Orderly Officers. Each year, specially selected British and Indian officers and NCOs were appointed for the London season, starting in April and ending in August. They would attend the King at court, official engagements, and ceremonies such as Trooping the Colour. This photograph sho...
While most of Pimlico survived the Lufftwaffe’s bombing raids during the World War II Blitz, some streets were badly affected as the bombs and incendiary deviced reigned down. Just at the end of 16th April 1941 and into the early hours of 17th April, two parachute mines and three explosive bombs hit Sutherland Terrace SW1, devastating the surroundi...
This lighthearted short film introduced Dolly the horse, who lives in a Mews stable in Pimlico. Her owner Tom lives upstairs. He’s been driving London’s Hansom cabs for more than fifty years. We see him driving his horse drawn cab from the mews to Victoria Station, where he started working before cars had yet appeared. After dropping off a passenge...
In 1950, a 140 foot circular glass tower was constructed near to Dolphin Square and the new Pimlico housing development. But it wasn’t a housing, retail or office development, but a revolutionary way to heat local homes. Powered by the exhaust heat of nearby Battersea Power Station, the steel storage tower, lagged and enclosed in glass, was to supp...
In 1968, the Alsation dog called Chip Chops was filmed helping his owner Larry Ainsley stack the beer barrels in the cellar of The Devonshire Arms pub in Pimlico. Pub Dog (1968) – British Pathé on YouTube
This short talk on the history of the area includes vintage pictures and maps, as well as old photos of Pimlico to illustrate how much the area changed in a short span of time. The name Pimlico was first recorded in the year 1625, describing a settlement on the site of Victoria Square. In this thumbnail below for the video, you can see the pest-hou...
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Aug 7, 2023 · By Booth’s 1889 map of London, some parts of Pimlico were classed as being home to poorer families. However, much of this area was still lived in by the upper and middle classes. In this period of time, some, such as Rev Gerald Olivier, described moving to Pimlico as moving their families to the West London ‘slums.’.
These maps are collectively known as the Map Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9. They use Stanford's Library Map of London and Suburbs at a scale of 6 inches to 1 mile (1:10560) as their base. It is this edition of the map that has been digitised and made accessible on this website.
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 of railways, 3 miles S W by W of St. Paul's, London.
4 days ago · He was a liberal benefactor at all times to churches, schools, and charities, in those places with which he was connected, and always valued, in a peculiar degree, the advantages resulting to the poor from the London hospitals."
Although the area was dominated by the well-to-do middle and upper-middle classes as late as Booth’s 1889 Map of London Poverty, parts of Pimlico are said to have declined significantly by the 1890s.
