Victoria

Underground station, existing between 1862 and now.

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The railways largely replaced the canals as a means of transport. Uniquely for a main line station, Victoria station was built on top of one.

Before the railway arrived in 1862, this area - like the area immediately south of it - was known as Pimlico. The Grosvenor Canal ended in a large basin here.

Victoria station’s origins lie with the Great Exhibition of 1851, when a railway called the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway came into existence, serving the site of the exhibition halls which had been transferred to Sydenham from Hyde Park. The terminus of that railway was at Stewarts Lane in Battersea on the south side of the river. In 1858 a joint enterprise was set up to take trains over the river: it was entitled the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway; and was a mile and a quarter in length. The railway was owned by four railway companies: the Great Western (GWR); London & North Western (LNWR); the London, Brighton and South Coast (LBSCR); and the London Chatham and Dover Railways (LCDR). It was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1858.

The station was built in two parts: those on the western side, opened in 1862, with six platforms, ten tracks and an hotel (the 300-bedroom Grosvenor) were occupied by the Brighton company; whilst adjacent, and in the same year, the Chatham company were to occupy a less imposing wooden-fronted building. The latter’s station had nine tracks and was shared by broad-gauge trains of the GWR, whose trains arrived from Southall via the West London Extension Joint Railway through Chelsea. The GWR remained part owner of the station until 1932, although its trains had long since ceased to use it. Each side of the station had its own entrance and a separate station master; a wall between the two sections effectively emphasised that fact.

At the start of the twentieth century both parts of the station were rebuilt. It now had a decent frontage and forecourt, but not as yet a unified existence. Work on the Brighton side was completed in 1908 and was carried out in red brick; the Grosvenor Hotel was rebuilt at the same time. The Chatham side, in a Edwardian style with baroque elements, designed by Alfred Bloomfield, was completed a year later. The two sections were eventually connected in 1924 by removing part of a screen wall, when the platforms were renumbered as an entity. The station was redeveloped internally in the 1980s, with the addition of shops within the concourse, and above the western platforms.

The station was now serving boat trains, and during WWI it became the hub of trains carrying soldiers to and from France, many of them wounded. After the war the Continental steamer traffic became concentrated there, including the most famous of those trains, the Golden Arrow. The area around the station also became a site for other other forms of transport: a bus station in the forecourt; a coach terminal to the south; and it is now the terminal for trains serving Gatwick Airport.

Victoria is also well-served by London underground. The sub-surface Circle and District Lines opened on December 24, 1868; and the Victoria Line line came to Victoria Station with the third phase of construction of the line - the station’s platforms were opened on March 7, 1969, six months after the Victoria line had started running in outer London.


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Lynette beardwood   
Added: 29 Nov 2022 20:53 GMT   

Spy’s Club
Topham’s Hotel at 24-28 Ebury Street was called the Ebury Court Hotel. Its first proprietor was a Mrs Topham. In WW2 it was a favourite watering hole for the various intelligence organisations based in the Pimlico area. The first woman infiltrated into France in 1942, FANY Yvonne Rudellat, was recruited by the Special Operations Executive while working there. She died in Bergen Belsen in April 1945.

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LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT


Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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Gillian   
Added: 17 Feb 2024 00:08 GMT   

No 36 Upper East Smithfield
My great great grandfather was born at No 36 Upper East Smithfield and spent his early years staring out at a "dead wall" of St Katharine’s Docks. His father was an outfitter and sold clothing for sailors. He describes the place as being backed by tenements in terrible condition and most of the people living there were Irish.

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NEARBY STREETS
Admiral House, SW1P Admiral House is sited on Willow Place (Victoria)
Allington Street, SW1E Allington Street was named after Allington in Lincolnshire (Victoria)
Ambrosden Avenue, SW1P Ambrosden Avenue is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
Angela Hooper Place, SW1E Angela Hooper Place is a location in London (Victoria)
Ashley Gardens, SW1P Ashley Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
Ashley Place, SW1P Ashley Place is thought to be named after Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Victorian politician and philanthropist (Victoria)
Aubrey Beadsley House, SW1 Aubrey Beadsley House is a block on Vauxhall Bridge Road (Pimlico)
Avery Farm Row, SW1W Avery Farm Row - after a former farm here of this name, ’Avery’ being a corruption of ’Ebury’ (Victoria)
Barrington Court, SW1V Barrington Court is a block on Gillingham Street (Victoria)
Beeston Place, SW1W Beeston Place was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate and the family owned land in Beeston, Cheshire (Victoria)
Belgrave House, SW1W Belgrave House is sited on Buckingham Palace Road (Victoria)
Belgrave Road, SW1V Belgrave Road is a street in the Pimlico area of London (Pimlico)
Belgrave Yard, SW1W Belgrave Yard lies off Lower Belgrave Street and dates from the 1820s (Victoria)
Belgravia Court, SW1W Belgravia Court is a block on Ebury Street (Victoria)
Bloomburg Street, SW1V Bloomburg Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Westminster)
Boscobel Place, SW1W Boscobel Place’s name is derived from the story of Charles II (Belgravia)
Bressenden Place, SW1E Bressenden Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1E postal area (Victoria)
Bridge House, SW1W Bridge House can be found on Ebury Bridge (Victoria)
Bridge Place, SW1V Bridge Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Victoria)
Buckingham Gate, SW1E Buckingham Gate was created in the 17th century (Victoria)
Buckingham Mews, SW1E Buckingham Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1E postal area (Victoria)
Buckingham Palace Road, SW1W Buckingham Palace Road runs from the south side of Buckingham Palace towards Chelsea (Victoria)
Buckingham Place, SW1E Buckingham Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1E postal area (Victoria)
Bulleid Way, SW1V Bulleid Way is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)
Bunhouse Place, SW1W Bunhouse Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Burton Mews, SW1W Burton Mews is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Belgravia)
Cardinal Walk, SW1E Cardinal Walk is a road in the SW1E postcode area (Victoria)
Carlisle Mansions, SW1P Carlisle Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
Carlisle Place, SW1P Carlisle Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
Carlyle House, SW1V Carlyle House is a block on Vauxhall Bridge Road (Victoria)
Castle Lane, SW1E Castle Lane is one of the streets of London in the SW1E postal area (Victoria)
Catherine Place, SW1E Catherine Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1E postal area (Victoria)
Charlwood Place, SW1V Charlwood Place is a road in the SW1V postcode area (Pimlico)
Chester House, SW1X Chester House is a block on Belgrave Mews South (Belgravia)
Chester Square Mews, SW1W Chester Square Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)
Chester Square, SW1W Chester Square was voted London’s second best house address early in the 2000s. Nearby Eaton Square was voted first (Belgravia)
Churton Place, SW1V Churton Place is a road in the SW1V postcode area (Pimlico)
Churton Street, SW1V Churton Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Pimlico)
Clergy House, SW1 Clergy House is located on Stillington Street (Victoria)
Coburg Close, SW1P Coburg Close is a road in the SW1P postcode area (Victoria)
Colonnade Walk, SW1W Colonnade Walk is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Conduit Street, SW1W Conduit Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1Wpostal area (Belgravia)
Dells Mews, SW1V Dells Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Pimlico)
Denbigh Mews, SW1V Denbigh Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Pimlico)
Dove Walk, SW1W Dove Walk is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)
Eaton Lane, SW1W Eaton Lane is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)
Eaton Mews South, SW1W Eaton Mews South runs across Eccleston Street (Belgravia)
Eaton Row, SW1W Eaton Hall in Cheshire is the principal seat of the Duke of Westminster, owner of these streets and land of Belgravia (Belgravia)
Eaton Square, SW1W Eaton Square is one of the jewels in Belgravia’s crown. (Belgravia)
Ebury Bridge, SW1W Ebury Bridge is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)
Ebury Mews, SW1W Ebury Mews is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)
Ebury Square, SW1W In contrast with much of Belgravia’s planned building, Ebury Square developed as a result of London’s natural expansion. (Victoria)
Ebury Street, SW1W Ebury Street runs from the Grosvenor Gardens junction south-westwards to Pimlico Road (Victoria)
Eccleston Bridge, SW1W Eccleston Bridge derives its name from Eccleston in Cheshire, where the Grosvenor family own property (Victoria)
Eccleston Place, SW1W Eccleston Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Eccleston Square Mews, SW1V Eccleston Square Mews is a road in the SW1V postcode area (Pimlico)
Eccleston Square, SW1V Eccleston Square is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Pimlico)
Eccleston Street, SW1W Eccleston Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Eland House, SW1E Eland House is an office building on Bressenden Place (Victoria)
Elizabeth Bridge, SW1V Elizabeth Bridge is a road in the SW1V postcode area (Victoria)
Elizabeth Street, SW1W Elizabeth Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)
Emery Hill Street, SW1P Emery Hill Street is a road in the SW1P postcode area (Victoria)
Evelyn Mansions, SW1P Evelyn Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
Fairchild House, SW1 Fairchild House is a block on Charlwood Street (Pimlico)
Fountain Court, SW1W Fountain Court is a block on Avery Farm Row (Victoria)
Fountain Square, SW1W Fountain Square is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Francis House, SW1P Francis House is sited on Francis Street (Victoria)
Francis Street, SW1P Francis Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
George Eliot House, SW1 George Eliot House is a block on Vauxhall Bridge Road (Pimlico)
Gillingham Row, SW1V This is a street in the SW1V postcode area (Victoria)
Gillingham Street, SW1V Gillingham Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Victoria)
Globe House, SW1V Globe House is a block on Eccleston Square (Victoria)
Gordon House, SW1P Residential block (Westminster)
Greencoat House, SW1P Greencoat House is a block on Francis Street (Westminster)
Greencoat Place, SW1P Greencoat Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)
Grosvenor Gardens House, SW1W Grosvenor Gardens House is sited on Grosvenor Gardens (Victoria)
Grosvenor Gardens Mews East, SW1W Grosvenor Gardens Mews East is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Grosvenor Gardens Mews North, SW1W Grosvenor Gardens Mews North is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Grosvenor Gardens, SW1W Grosvenor Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Guildhouse Street, SW1V Guildhouse Street is named after the Guild House (Pimlico)
Hatherley Street, SW1V Hatherley Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Pimlico)
Henry Wise House, SW1 Henry Wise House is a block on Vauxhall Bridge Road (Pimlico)
Hindon Court, SW1V Hindon Court is a block on Wilton Road (Victoria)
Hobart Place, SW1W Hobart Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)
Holbein House, SW1W Holbein House is a block on Holbein Place (Victoria)
Howick Place, SW1P Howick Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
Hudsons Place, SW1V Hudsons Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Victoria)
Hugh Street, SW1V Hugh Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Victoria)
Joseph Conrad House, SW1V Joseph Conrad House is located on Tachbrook Street (Pimlico)
Kilmuir House, SW1W Kilmuir House is a block on Ebury Street (Belgravia)
King’s Scholars’ Passage, SW1V King’s Scholars’ Passage is a road in the SW1V postcode area (Victoria)
Kingsgate Parade, SW1E Kingsgate Parade is one of the streets of London in the SW1E postal area (Victoria)
Kylestrome House, SW1W Kylestrome House is a block on Cundy Street (Victoria)
Laxford House, SW1W Laxford House is located on Cundy Street (Victoria)
Little Chester Street, SW1X Little Chester Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
Lochmore House, SW1W Lochmore House is a block on Cundy Street (Victoria)
Longmoore Street, SW1V Longmoore Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Pimlico)
Lower Belgrave Street, SW1W Lower Belgrave Street connects Buckingham Palace Road with Eaton Square (Victoria)
Lower Grosvenor Place, SW1W Lower Grosvenor Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Morgan House, SW1 Morgan House can be found on Vauxhall Bridge Road (Pimlico)
Morpeth Mansions Morpeth Mansions, SW1V Morpeth Mansions Morpeth Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
Morpeth Mansions, SW1V Morpeth Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
Morpeth Terrace, SW1P Morpeth Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
Mozart Terrace, SW1W Mozart Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Mulberry Square, SW1W Mulberry Square is a location in London (Victoria)
Neat House Place, SW1V Neat House Place is a road in the SW1V postcode area (Victoria)
Neathouse Place, SW1V Neathouse Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Victoria)
Noel Coward House, SW1 Noel Coward House is a building on Vauxhall Bridge Road (Pimlico)
Ormonde Place, SW1W Ormonde Place is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)
Palace Street, SW1E Palace Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1E postal area (Victoria)
Partnership House, SW1P Partnership House is a block on Carlisle Place (Victoria)
Passmore Street, SW1W Passmore Street, formerly Union Street, contains a social mix (Victoria)
Phipps Mews, SW1W Phipps Mews is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)
Pimilco Walk, SW1W Pimilco Walk is a road in the N1 postcode area (Victoria)
Pimlico House, SW1W Pimlico House is a block on Ebury Bridge (Victoria)
Pimlico Road, SW1W Pimlico Road is a combination of roads formerly called Grosvenor Row and Queen Street (Victoria)
PO Box 4, SW1W The Royal Mews is a road in the SW1E postcode area (Victoria)
Portland House, SW1E Portland House is a block 101 metres tall with 29 floors (Victoria)
Rochester Row, SW1P Rochester Row was home to the Bishop of Rochester in 1666 (Westminster)
Roebuck House, SW1E Residential block (Victoria)
rr, SW1W Eccleston Yard is a location in London (Victoria)
Rye House, SW1W Rye House is a block on Ebury Bridge Road (Victoria)
Seaforth Place, SW1E Seaforth Place is a road in the SW1E postcode area (Victoria)
Semley House, SW1W Semley House is a block on Semley Place (Victoria)
Semley Place, SW1W Semley Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Silverdale Industrial Estate, SW1W A street within the SW1W postcode (Victoria)
Sir Simon Milton Square, SW1E Sir Simon Milton Square (Victoria)
Spenser Street, SW1P Spenser Street is a road in the SW1E postcode area (Victoria)
Stack House, SW1W Stack House is a block on Cundy Street (Victoria)
Stag Place, SW1E The old brewhouse of the Westminster Abbey moved to Stag Place after the dissolution of the monasteries in the sixteenth century. (Victoria)
Stillington Street, SW1P Stillington Street is a road in the SW1P postcode area (Victoria)
Tachbrook Court, SW1V Tachbrook Court is a block on Warwick Way (Pimlico)
Tachbrook Mews, SW1V Tachbrook Mews is a road in the SW1V postcode area (Victoria)
Terminus Place, SW1E Terminus Place is the home of Victoria Bus Station (Victoria)
The Royal Mews, SW1E The Royal Mews is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)
The Zig Zag Building, SW1E The Zig Zag Building is located on Victoria Street (Victoria)
Thirleby Road, SW1P Thirleby Road is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
Tintern House, SW1V Residential block (Pimlico)
Udall Street, SW1V Udall Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Westminster)
United House, SW1P United House is a block on Francis Street (Victoria)
Upper Belgrave Street, SW1X Upper Belgrave Street was constructed in the 1840s to connect Belgrave Square with the King’s Road (Belgravia)
Upper Tachbrook Street, SW1V Upper Tachbrook Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Victoria)
Vandon Street, SW1H Vandon Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1H postal area (St James’s Park)
Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1V Vauxhall Bridge Road is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Pimlico)
Victoria Arcade, SW1V Victoria Arcade is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Victoria)
Victoria House, SW1V Victoria House is located on Francis Street (Victoria)
Victoria Place, SW1W Victoria Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Victoria Square, SW1E Victoria Square, a small residential square, lies on land forming part of the Grosvenor Estate to the south of the Royal Mews (Victoria)
Victoria Street, SW1E Victoria Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Walcott Street, SW1P Walcott Street was named after Reverend MEC Walcott, curate of the St Margaret’s, Westminster in the 1840s (Victoria)
Walden House, SW1W Walden House is a block on Avery Farm Row (Victoria)
Warwick House, SW1W Warwick House is a block on Buckingham Palace Road (Victoria)
Warwick Place North, SW1V Warwick Place North is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Pimlico)
Warwick Row, SW1E Warwick Row is one of the streets of London in the SW1E postal area (Victoria)
Warwick Square Mews, SW1V Warwick Square Mews is a road in the SW1V postcode area (Pimlico)
Warwick Way, SW1V Warwick Way is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Pimlico)
Westbourne House, SW1W Westbourne House is a block on Ebury Bridge (Victoria)
Wilcox Place, SW1P Wilcox Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1E postal area (Victoria)
Wilfred Street, SW1E Wilfred Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1E postal area (Victoria)
Willow Place, SW1P Willow Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
Willow Walk, SW1P A street within the SW1V postcode (Victoria)
Wilton Mews, SW1X Wilton Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
Wilton Road, SW1V Wilton Road is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Victoria)
Wilton Street, SW1X Wilton Street was built in 1817 (Belgravia)
Windsor Place, SW1P Windsor Place connects Francis Street with Greencoat Place (Victoria)

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