Victoria Bus Station

Bus station in/near Victoria, existing between 1861 and now

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Victoria bus station is a bus station outside Victoria Station in Terminus Place.

Victoria Station was built in 1861, after Victoria Street had been built a decade earlier through a slum dubbed "Devil’s Acre" by Charles Dickens. It connected Westminster Abbey with this part of Pimlico which gained the name Victoria instead, after the station which the growing suburb surroounded.

Quickly becoming one of the busiest stations in London, the forecourt outside quickly became an important hub for omnibuses. By the 1930s, it had a substantial roof canopy spanning all lanes - this was demolished in April 2003 as part of a station refurbishment.

Victoria is now London’s busiest bus station. In 2015 it had 19 bus routes using the station, with 200 buses per hour passing through in the peak.

It services bus services managed only by Transport for London, and is not to be confused with Victoria Coach Station, a few hundred metres away.
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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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Added: 9 Jan 2025 18:51 GMT   

Parkers Row, SE1
My great great grandmother, and her soon to be husband, lived in Parker’s Row before their marriage in St James in June 1839. Thier names were - Jane Elizabeth Turner and Charles Frederick Dean. She was a hat trimmer and he was a tailor.

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Lindsay Trott   
Added: 1 Jan 2025 17:55 GMT   

Lockside not on 1939 Register
I have the Denby family living in Lockside in 1938 but it does not appear on the 1939 Register.

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Janelle Robbins   
Added: 27 Dec 2024 18:47 GMT   

Harriet Robbins
Please get in touch re Harriet Robbins


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Dave Hinves   
Added: 27 Nov 2024 03:55 GMT   

he was a School Teacher
Henry sailed from Graves End 1849 on ’The Woodbridge’ arrived South Australia 1850. In 1858 he married Julia Ann Walsh at Burra, South Australia, they had 3 children, and 36 grand children. Died 24 June 1896 at Wilmington, South Australia. He is my 1st cousin 3x removed.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 23 Nov 2024 17:03 GMT   

St Georges Square
This is rather lovely and well worth a visit!

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Simon Chapman   
Added: 22 Nov 2024 17:47 GMT   

Blossom Place
My Great Great Grandmother, Harriett Robbins lived in 2 Blossom Place in 1865 before marrying my Great Great Grandfather. They moved to 23 Spitall Square.

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Mark G   
Added: 26 Oct 2024 21:54 GMT   

Skidmore Street, E1
Skidmore Street was located where present day Ernest Street and Solebay Street now stand. They are both located above Shandy Street and Commodore Street.

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Alan Russell   
Added: 26 Oct 2024 14:36 GMT   

Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969
Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969

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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)
Artillery Row, SW1P Artillery Row skirts a former artillery ground (Westminster)
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)
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 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)
Bressenden Place, SW1E Bressenden Place dates from 1962 (Victoria)
Brewer’s Green, SW1H Brewers Green is one of the streets of London in the SW1H postal area (St James’s Park)
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 nearly completely underneath Victoria station (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)
Chapel Street, SW1X Chapel Street runs south-west to north-east from Belgrave Square to Grosvenor Place (Belgravia)
Chester Close, SW1X Chester Close lies off of Chester Street (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)
Clergy House, SW1 Clergy House is located on Stillington Street (Victoria)
Cobham Court, SW1X Cobham Court is a block on Chester Close (Belgravia)
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)
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)
Ebury Mews, SW1W Ebury Mews is a road in the SW1W postcode area (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, SW1V Eccleston Square is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Pimlico)
Eccleston Street, SW1W Eccleston Street derives its name from Eccleston in Cheshire, where the Grosvenor family own property (Victoria)
Eccleston Yard, SW1W Eccleston Yard lies off Eccleston Place (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)
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)
Groom Place, SW1X Groom Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
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)
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)
Howick Place, SW1P Howick Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Victoria)
Hudsons Place, SW1V Hudsons Place is named after the Hudson’s furniture depository formerly located here, founded by William Hudson (Victoria)
Hugh Street, SW1V Hugh Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Victoria)
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)
Little Chester Street, SW1X Little Chester Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
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)
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)
Mulberry Square, SW1W Mulberry Square is a location in London (Victoria)
Neathouse Place, SW1V Neathouse Place commemorates an early settlement here of small cottages called ‘Neat Houses (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)
Petty France, SW1H Petty France is one of the streets of London in the SW1H postal area (St James’s Park)
Phipps Mews, SW1W Phipps Mews is a road in the SW1W 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)
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)
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)
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 Court, SW1H Vandon Court is a block on Petty France (St James’s Park)
Vandon Passage, SW1H Vandon Passage probably dates from the fifteenth century (St James’s Park)
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)
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)
Wellington House, SW1E Wellington House is located on Buckingham Gate (St James’s Park)
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 commemorates the local landowners, the Grosvenor family (titled Viscounts Belgrave) (Belgravia)
Wilton Road, SW1V Wilton Road was named at the time of Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton, second son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (Victoria)
Wilton Street, SW1X Wilton Street was built in 1817 (Belgravia)


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Boscobel Oaks, 1804
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In the neighbourhood...

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Wood engraving showing mothers, with their children, exercising at Tothill Fields Prison
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The 52 bus
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The Plumbers Arms at 14 Lower Belgrave Street. This pub became briefly famous in 1974 as the place where Lady Lucan burst in after finding the family nanny dead.
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Boscobel Oaks, 1804
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The sign for the "Stage Door", formerly a pub in Allington Street, SW1
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Wellington Arch photographed on 10 January 2017. Wellington Arch was built as an original entrance to Buckingham Palace, later becoming a victory arch proclaiming Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon. Crowned by the largest bronze sculpture in Europe, it depicts the Angel of Peace descending on the ’Quadriga’ - or four-horsed chariot - of War. The pathway that runs underneath the arch has a formal name - Apsley Way.
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Letter to Chuck Berry from Carl Sagan (1986)
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Grosvenor Gardens Mews East
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The Monster Tea Gardens (1820) The Monster was a name which was probably a corruption of ’monastery’. The Monster was, for many years, the start of a line of horse-drawn buses known as the Monster buses. St Georges Row, where it stood, was largely obliterated in a Luftwaffe raid on 17 April 1941. It became known to the people who lived through it as, simply, ’The Wednesday’. 148 people were killed that night in Pimlico and 564 injured. The Monster Tavern was destroyed.
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Newsstand on the District (line/Railway) at Victoria station, London on 23 November 1896. Our nineteenth century ancestors certainly lived in a world designed for left-brained folk. There seems to be an overload of writing on just about every surface - even the wall behind the stall. If you were better with images, it was perhaps not the world for you. Maybe the reverse is true now
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