. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Street names of Pimlico and Victoria"@en . . . . . "13093"^^ . . . "This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London districts of Pimlico and Victoria. The area has no formally defined boundaries \u2013 those utilised here are the generally accepted ones of: Vauxhall Bridge Road to the north-east, the river Thames to the south, the Victoria railway line, Buckingham Palace Road/Buckingham Gate/Grosvenor Gardens to the west and Lower Grosvenor Place/Bressenden Place to the north. Victoria is a vaguely defined area, but is generally used to refer to streets immediately around the station of that name. \n* Alderney Street \u2013 this street was changed to \u2018Alderley Street\u2019 in 1879, in honour of the Stanley of Alderley family; however they were not pleased with this move and so the name was changed; prior to this it was Stanley Street, after George Stanley, local landowner \n* Allington Street \u2013 after Allington, Lincolnshire \n* Aylesford Street \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family Estate; as the last of their lands to be developed they had seemingly run out of eponymous names from themselves, so they chose various pleasant-sounding aristocratic titles, of which this is one \n* Balniel Gate \n* Balvaird Place \n* Beeston Place \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate; the family owned land in Beeston, Cheshire \n* Belgrave Road \n* Bessborough Gardens, Bessborough Place and Bessborough Street \u2013 after John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough and later Baron Duncannon of Bessborough \n* Bressenden Place \u2013 this street was built in 1962, replacing a small line of shops called Bressenden Row; the origin of the name is unknown \n* Bridge Place \u2013 after the Eccleston Bridge that stood here \n* Buckingham Palace Road \u2013 by association with Buckingham Palace, originally built for John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham \n* Bulleid Way - close to Victoria Station, this street was named after O V S Bulleid, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway from 1937 to 1948. \n* Buonaparte Mews \n* Cambridge Street \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate; as the last of their lands to be developed they had seemingly run out of eponymous names from themselves, so they chose various pleasant-sounding aristocratic titles, of which this is one \n* Charlotte Place \n* Charlwood Place and Charlwood Street \u2013 after Henry Wise, local 18th century landowner and gardener to William III, who owned land in Charlwood, Surrey \n* Chichester Street \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate; as the last of their lands to be developed they had seemingly run out of eponymous names from themselves, so they chose various pleasant-sounding aristocratic titles, of which this is one \n* Churchill Gardens Road \u2013 this post-war estate was named in honour of Prime Minister Winston Churchill \n* Churton Place and Churton Street \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family Estate; they owned land in Churton, Cheshire \n* Clarendon Street \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family Estate; as the last of their lands to be developed they had seemingly run out of eponymous names from themselves, so they chose various pleasant-sounding aristocratic titles, of which this is one \n* Claverton Street \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate; they owned land in Claverton, Cheshire \n* Colonnade Walk \u2013 presumably simply descriptive \n* Cumberland Street \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family state; as the last of their lands to be developed they had seemingly run out of eponymous names from themselves, so they chose various pleasant-sounding aristocratic titles, of which this is one \n* Dell's Mews \n* Denbigh Place and Denbigh Street \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate; as the last of their lands to be developed they had seemingly run out of eponymous names from themselves, so they chose various pleasant-sounding aristocratic titles, of which this is one \n* Dolphin Square \u2013 after the 'dolphin' formerly located here; it was a pump for drawing out river water \n* Drummond Gate \n* Eaton Lane \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate; the family owned land in Eaton, Cheshire \n* Ebury Bridge \u2013 as this area was formerly part of the manor of Ebury, thought to have originated as a Latinisation of the Anglo-Saxon toponym \u2018eyai\u2019, which means \u2018island\u2019 in reference to a marsh that once dominated the area; the bridge here formerly stood over a small stream \n* Eccleston Square and Eccleston Square Mews \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate; they owned land in Eccleston, Cheshire \n* Elizabeth Bridge \u2013 after Lady Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, wife of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster \n* Garden Terrace \n* Gillingham Mews, Gillingham Row and Gillingham Street \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate; as the last of their lands to be developed they had seemingly run out of eponymous names from themselves, so they chose various pleasant-sounding aristocratic titles, of which this is one \n* Glasgow Terrac \n* Gloucester Street \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate; as the last of their lands to be developed they had seemingly run out of eponymous names from themselves, so they chose various pleasant-sounding aristocratic titles, of which this is one \n* Grosvenor Gardens, Grosvenor Gardens Mews, Grosvenor Road and Lower Grosvenor Place \u2013 as this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate \n* Guildhouse Street \u2013 after the Guild House, which formerly stood near here on Eccleston Square from 1922 to 1946 \n* Hudson's Place \u2013 after the Hudson's furniture depository formerly located here, founded by William Hudson \n* Hugh Mews and Hugh Street \u2013 after Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, whose family owned much of the surrounding land (though Hugh was a common name in the family and another individual may have been intended) \n* Johnson's Place \u2013 after John Johnson, Victorian-era local paviour/owner \n* Lindsay Square \n* Longmoore Street \u2013 after the marshes formerly located here \n* Lupus Street \u2013 after Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, whose family owned much of the surrounding land \n* Moreton Place, Moreton Street and Moreton Terrace \u2013 after Henry Wise, local 18th century landowner and gardener to William III, who owned land near Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire \n* Neathouse Place \u2013 after either an early settlement here of small cottages dubbed \u2018neat houses\u2019, or the Neate, a medieval manor located in Pimlico, stemming from a word meaning 'islet' \n* Paxton Terrace \u2013 thought to be after Joseph Paxton, Victoria-era gardener and designer of The Crystal Palace \n* Peabody Avenue \u2013 after George Peabody, 19th century American philanthropist in London \n* Rampayne Street \u2013 after Charles Rampanyne, who in 1705 left funds in his will for the children of the nearby Grey Coat Hospital \n* Ranelagh Road \u2013 as it led to the former New Ranelagh Tea Gardens on the Thames, named in imitation of the popular Ranelagh Gardens in Chelsea, which were named for Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh \n* St George's Drive, St George's Square and St George's Square Mews \u2013 after the manor of St George's, Hanover Square which originally stretched to the Thames, and was named for George I \n* Simon Milton Square \u2013 after Simon Milton, late 20th century/early 21st century Conservative politician \n* Sussex Street \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate; as the last of their lands to be developed they had seemingly run out of eponymous names from themselves, so they chose various pleasant-sounding aristocratic titles, of which this is one \n* Sutherland Row and Sutherland Street \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate, several members of whom married into the Duke of Sutherland family \n* Tachbrook Street and Upper Tachbrook Street \u2013 after Henry Wise, local 18th century landowner and gardener to William III, who owned land near Bishop's Tachbrook, Warwickshire \n* Telford Terrace \u2013 after the pioneering engineer Thomas Telford \n* Terminus Place \u2013 descriptive, as it lies outside Victoria station terminus \n* Thorndike Street \n* Turpentine Lane \u2013 as this lane was home to turpentine manufacturers in the 19th century \n* Vauxhall Bridge Road \u2013 as it approaches Vauxhall Bridge, opened 1816 \n* Victoria Square and Victoria Street \u2013 after Queen Victoria, reigning monarch when the square was built in 1816 and the street in 1850-51 \n* Warwick Place North, Warwick Row, Warwick Square, Warwick Square Mews, Warwick Way, West Warwick Place \u2013 after Henry Wise, local 18th century landowner and gardener to William III, who owned land in Warwickshire \n* West Mews \u2013 a shortening of its pre-1936 name Warwick Place Mews West \n* Westmoreland Place and Westmoreland Terrace \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate; as the last of their lands to be developed they had seemingly run out of eponymous names from themselves, so they chose various pleasant-sounding aristocratic titles, of which this is one \n* Wilton Road \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family Estate; Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster married Eleanor Egerton, daughter of Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton \n* Winchester Street \u2013 this land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate; as the last of their lands to be developed they had seemingly run out of eponymous names from themselves, so they chose various pleasant-sounding aristocratic titles, of which this is one"@en . . . . . . . "1082783743"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London districts of Pimlico and Victoria. The area has no formally defined boundaries \u2013 those utilised here are the generally accepted ones of: Vauxhall Bridge Road to the north-east, the river Thames to the south, the Victoria railway line, Buckingham Palace Road/Buckingham Gate/Grosvenor Gardens to the west and Lower Grosvenor Place/Bressenden Place to the north. Victoria is a vaguely defined area, but is generally used to refer to streets immediately around the station of that name."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "55635087"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .