Wilton Street, SW1X

Road in/near Belgravia, existing between 1817 and now

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December
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2018
Wilton Street was built in 1817.

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.

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St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge is a Grade II* listed Anglican church.
The Berkeley The Berkeley is a five star deluxe hotel, located in Wilton Place.
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NEARBY STREETS
Allington Street, SW1E Allington Street was named after Allington in Lincolnshire (Victoria)
Apsley Way, SW1X Apsley Way is the formal name for the pathway which runs under Wellington Arch (Hyde Park Corner)
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 Mews North, SW1X Belgrave Mews North is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)
Belgrave Mews South, SW1X Belgrave Mews South - as similar names - derives from local landowners the Grosvenor family (titled Viscounts Belgrave). (Belgravia)
Belgrave Mews West, SW1X Belgrave Mews West is home to the Star Tavern, former rendezvous of the Great Train Robbers (Belgravia)
Belgrave Place, SW1X Belgrave Place is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)
Belgrave Square, SW1X Thomas Cubitt’s greatest achievement, Belgrave Square, is the grandest and largest of his squares, and is the centrepiece of Belgravia (Belgravia)
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)
Belgravia House, SW1X Belgravia House is a block on Halkin Place (Belgravia)
Bolebec House, SW1X Bolebec House is sited on Lowndes Street (Belgravia)
Boscobel Place, SW1W Boscobel Place’s name is derived from the story of Charles II (Belgravia)
Bressenden Place, SW1E Bressenden Place dates from 1962 (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)
Cadogan Lane, SW1X Cadogan Lane is built on land acquired by Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan on his marriage to Sir Hans Sloane’s daughter. (Belgravia)
Capeners Close, SW1X Capeners Close is a narrow, gated mews-style courtyard off Kinnerton Street (Belgravia)
Chapel Street, SW1X Chapel Street runs south-west to north-east from Belgrave Square to Grosvenor Place (Belgravia)
Chesham Close, SW1X Chesham Close is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)
Chesham House, SW1X Chesham House is a block on Chesham Place (Belgravia)
Chesham Mews, SW1X Chesham Mews is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)
Chesham Place, SW1X Chesham Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
Chesham Street, SW1X Chesham Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
Chester Close, SW1X Chester Close lies off of Chester Street (Belgravia)
Chester House, SW1X Chester House is a block on Belgrave Mews South (Belgravia)
Chester Mews, SW1X Chester Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (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)
Chester Street, SW1X Chester Street dates from 1805 (Belgravia)
Cobham Court, SW1X Cobham Court is a block on Chester Close (Belgravia)
Constitution Hill, SW1A Constitution Hill connects Buckingham Palace with Hyde Park Corner (Green Park)
Duke of Wellington Place, SW1X Duke of Wellington Place is the official name for the road which skirts the central Hyde Park Corner island on the south and east sides (Hyde Park Corner)
Eaton Lane, SW1W Eaton Lane is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)
Eaton Mews North, SW1W Eaton Mews North is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
Eaton Mews South, SW1W Eaton Mews South runs across Eccleston Street (Belgravia)
Eaton Place, SW1X Eaton Place was developed by Thomas Cubitt between 1826 and 1845 (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)
Eccleston Street, SW1W Eccleston Street derives its name from Eccleston in Cheshire, where the Grosvenor family own property (Victoria)
Eland House, SW1E Eland House is an office building on Bressenden Place (Victoria)
Evelyn Mansions, SW1P Evelyn Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
Forbes House, SW1X Forbes House is located on Halkin Street (Hyde Park Corner)
Groom Place, SW1X Groom Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
Grosvenor Crescent Mews, SW1X Grosvenor Crescent Mews is a gated mews (Knightsbridge)
Grosvenor Crescent, SW1X Grosvenor Crescent is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Knightsbridge)
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)
Grosvenor Place, SW1X Grosvenor Place is the main road connecting Hyde Park Corner with Victoria (Belgravia)
Halkin Street, SW1X Halkin Street is named after a Grosvenor family property - Halkyn Castle in Wales (Belgravia)
Headfort Place, SW1X Headfort Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
Hobart Place, SW1W Hobart Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)
Hudsons Place, SW1V Hudsons Place is named after the Hudson’s furniture depository formerly located here, founded by William Hudson (Victoria)
Kinnerton Street, SW1X Kinnerton Street - a small winding street - was originally the service road for Wilton Place and Wilton Crescent. (Belgravia)
Kinnerton Yard, SW1X Kinnerton Yard is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
Little Chester Street, SW1X Little Chester Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
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)
Lowndes House, SW1X Lowndes House is a block on Lowndes Place (Belgravia)
Lowndes Street, SW1X Lowndes Street was built by Thomas Cubitt and Seth Smith (Belgravia)
Lyall Mews West, SW1X Lyall Mews West is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)
Lyall Mews, SW1X Lyall Mews is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)
Lyall Street, SW1X Lyall Street extends southward from Chesham Place to Eaton Square, transitioning into Elizabeth Street at Eaton Square (Belgravia)
Montrose House, SW1X Montrose House is a block on Headfort Place (Belgravia)
Montrose Place, SW1X Montrose Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
Motcomb House, SW1X Motcomb House can be found on Motcomb Street (Belgravia)
Motcomb Street, SW1X Motcomb Street is a now pedestrianised street in Belgravia (Belgravia)
Neathouse Place, SW1V Neathouse Place commemorates an early settlement here of small cottages called ‘Neat Houses (Victoria)
Old Barrack Yard, SW1X Old Barrack Yard is a narrow street of terraced cottages (Knightsbridge)
Pembroke Close, SW1X Pembroke Close is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Hyde Park Corner)
Pembroke Mews North, SW1X Pembroke Mews North is the former name of an extension to the current Pembroke Close (Hyde Park Corner)
Phipps Mews, SW1W Phipps Mews is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)
Pont Street, SW1X Pont Street is a fashionable street in Knightsbridge/Belgravia, not far from the Knightsbridge department store Harrods (Belgravia)
Portland House, SW1E Portland House is a block 101 metres tall with 29 floors (Victoria)
Roberts Mews, SW1X Roberts Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
Seaford House, SW1X Seaford House is a block on Belgrave Square (Belgravia)
Sir Simon Milton Square, SW1E Sir Simon Milton Square (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)
Upper Belgrave Street, SW1X Upper Belgrave Street was constructed in the 1840s to connect Belgrave Square with the King’s Road (Belgravia)
Victoria Arcade, SW1V Victoria Arcade is one of the streets of London in the SW1V 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)
Warwick House, SW1W Warwick House is a block on Buckingham Palace Road (Victoria)
Warwick Row, SW1E Warwick Row is one of the streets of London in the SW1E postal area (Victoria)
West Eaton Place Mews, SW1X West Eaton Place Mews is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)
West Eaton Place, SW1W West Eaton Place lies off Eaton Place (Belgravia)
West Halkin Street, SW1X West Halkin Street is named after Halkyn Castle, originally a Grosvenor family property in Flintshire, Wales (Belgravia)
Willow Walk, SW1P A street within the SW1V postcode (Victoria)
Wilton Crescent, SW1X Wilton Crescent is notable for its affluent and politically important list of residents, present and historic (Belgravia)
Wilton Mews, SW1X Wilton Mews commemorates the local landowners, the Grosvenor family (titled Viscounts Belgrave) (Belgravia)
Wilton Place, SW1X Wilton Place was built in 1825 to connect Belgravia with Knightsbridge. (Knightsbridge)
Wilton Row, SW1X Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton was the second son of Robert Grosvenor, the local landowner (Knightsbridge)
Wilton Street, SW1X Wilton Street was built in 1817 (Belgravia)
Wilton Terrace, SW1X Wilton Terrace ultimately commemorates local landowners the Grosvenors (titled Viscounts Belgrave) (Belgravia)


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