Roberts Mews, SW1X

Roberts Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

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Wilton Crescent, SW1X

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Violet Trefusis, writer, cosmopolitan intellectual and patron of the Arts was born at 2 Wilton Crescent SW1X.

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Ebury Street, SW1W

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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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Ann’s Close, SW1X

Astaire House, SW1X Astaire House is a block on Sloane Street (Belgravia)

Astaire House, SW1X

Basil Mansions, SW1X Basil Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Knightsbridge)

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Basil Street, SW1X Basil Street is split into two by Hans Crescent (Knightsbridge)

Basil Street, SW1X

Belgrave House, SW1W Belgrave House is sited on Buckingham Palace Road (Victoria)

Belgrave House, SW1W

Belgrave Mews North, SW1X Belgrave Mews North is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)

Belgrave Mews North, SW1X

Belgrave Mews South, SW1X Belgrave Mews South - as similar names - derives from local landowners the Grosvenor family (titled Viscounts Belgrave). (Belgravia)

Belgrave Mews South, SW1X

Belgrave Mews West, SW1X Belgrave Mews West is home to the Star Tavern, former rendezvous of the Great Train Robbers (Belgravia)

Belgrave Mews West, SW1X

Belgrave Place, SW1X Belgrave Place is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)

Belgrave Place, SW1X

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 Square, SW1X

Belgrave Yard, SW1W Belgrave Yard lies off Lower Belgrave Street and dates from the 1820s (Victoria)

Belgrave Yard, SW1W

Belgravia Court, SW1W Belgravia Court is a block on Ebury Street (Victoria)

Belgravia Court, SW1W

Belgravia House, SW1X Belgravia House is a block on Halkin Place (Belgravia)

Belgravia House, SW1X

Bolebec House, SW1X Bolebec House is sited on Lowndes Street (Belgravia)

Bolebec House, SW1X

Boscobel Place, SW1W Boscobel Place’s name is derived from the story of Charles II (Belgravia)

Boscobel Place, SW1W

Buckingham Palace Road, SW1W Buckingham Palace Road runs from the south side of Buckingham Palace towards Chelsea (Victoria)

Buckingham Palace Road, SW1W

Cadogan Gardens, SW1X Cadogan Gardens is a complicated series of interlinked streets (Sloane Square)

Cadogan Gardens, SW1X

Cadogan Gate, SW1X Cadogan Gate is a transition between the busy, commercial Sloane Street and the quieter, residential, red brick terraces of Cadogan Square (Chelsea)

Cadogan Gate, SW1X

Cadogan House, SW1X Cadogan House is a block on Sloane Street (Belgravia)

Cadogan House, SW1X

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)

Cadogan Lane, SW1X

Cadogan Place, SW1X Cadogan Place was named after Earl Cadogan and runs parallel to the lower half of Sloane Street. (Belgravia)

Cadogan Place, SW1X

Cadogan Square, SW1X Cadogan Square was built between 1877 and 1888, largely on the grounds of the Prince’s Club - it was briefly known as Pavilion Square (Chelsea)

Cadogan Square, SW1X

Capeners Close, SW1X Capeners Close is a narrow, gated mews-style courtyard off Kinnerton Street (Belgravia)

Capeners Close, SW1X

Chapel Street, SW1X Chapel Street runs south-west to north-east from Belgrave Square to Grosvenor Place (Belgravia)

Chapel Street, SW1X

Charles Street, SW1X Charles Street was a short-lived street on the Cadogan Estate (Belgravia)

Charles Street, SW1X

Chelsea House, SW1X Chelsea House is a block on Lowndes Street (Belgravia)

Chelsea House, SW1X

Chesham Close, SW1X Chesham Close is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)

Chesham Close, SW1X

Chesham House, SW1X Chesham House is a block on Chesham Place (Belgravia)

Chesham House, SW1X

Chesham Mews, SW1X Chesham Mews is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)

Chesham Mews, SW1X

Chesham Place, SW1X Chesham Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Chesham Place, SW1X

Chesham Street, SW1X Chesham Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Chesham Street, SW1X

Chester Close, SW1X Chester Close lies off of Chester Street (Belgravia)

Chester Close, SW1X

Chester House, SW1X Chester House is a block on Belgrave Mews South (Belgravia)

Chester House, SW1X

Chester Mews, SW1X Chester Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Chester Mews, SW1X

Chester Square Mews, SW1W Chester Square Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)

Chester Square Mews, SW1W

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 Square, SW1W

Chester Street, SW1X Chester Street dates from 1805 (Belgravia)

Chester Street, SW1X

Clabon Mews, SW1X Clabon Mews, Lennox Gardens, Lennox Gardens Mews were laid out on a former cricket field (Chelsea)

Clabon Mews, SW1X

Cliveden Place, SW1W Cliveden Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Sloane Square)

Cliveden Place, SW1W

Cliveden Place, SW1W Cliveden Place continues Eaton Gate southwestwards (Sloane Square)

Cliveden Place, SW1W

Cobham Court, SW1X Cobham Court is a block on Chester Close (Belgravia)

Cobham Court, SW1X

Colette Court, SW1X Colette Court is a block on Sloane Street (Sloane Square)

Colette Court, SW1X

Dorchester Court, SW1X Dorchester Court is a building on Sloane Street (Chelsea)

Dorchester Court, SW1X

Durley House, SW1X Durley House is a block on Sloane Street (Belgravia)

Durley House, SW1X

D’Oyley Street, SW1W D’Oyley Street is the southern extension of Cadogan Lane (Belgravia)

D’Oyley Street, SW1W

Earl Street, SW1X Earl Street was a short-lived street in Hans Town (Belgravia)

Earl Street, SW1X

Eaton Gate, SW1W Eaton Gate is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Sloane Square)

Eaton Gate, SW1W

Eaton Gate, SW1W Eaton Gate leads southwest from Eaton Square (Belgravia)

Eaton Gate, SW1W

Eaton Mews North, SW1W Eaton Mews North is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Eaton Mews North, SW1W

Eaton Mews South, SW1W Eaton Mews South runs across Eccleston Street (Belgravia)

Eaton Mews South, SW1W

Eaton Mews West, SW1W Eaton Mews West is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)

Eaton Mews West, SW1W

Eaton Place, SW1X Eaton Place was developed by Thomas Cubitt between 1826 and 1845 (Belgravia)

Eaton Place, SW1X

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 Row, SW1W

Eaton Square, SW1W Eaton Square is one of the jewels in Belgravia’s crown. (Belgravia)

Eaton Square, SW1W

Ebury Mews, SW1W Ebury Mews is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)

Ebury Mews, SW1W

Ebury Street, SW1W Ebury Street runs from the Grosvenor Gardens junction south-westwards to Pimlico Road (Victoria)

Ebury Street, SW1W

Eccleston Bridge, SW1W Eccleston Bridge derives its name from Eccleston in Cheshire, where the Grosvenor family own property (Victoria)

Eccleston Bridge, SW1W

Eccleston Place, SW1W Eccleston Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)

Eccleston Place, SW1W

Eccleston Street, SW1W Eccleston Street derives its name from Eccleston in Cheshire, where the Grosvenor family own property (Victoria)

Eccleston Street, SW1W

Eccleston Yard, SW1W Eccleston Yard lies off Eccleston Place (Victoria)

Eccleston Yard, SW1W

Edgo House, SW1X Edgo House is a block on Sloane Street (Belgravia)

Edgo House, SW1X

Elizabeth Street, SW1W Elizabeth Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)

Elizabeth Street, SW1W

Ellis Street, SW1X Ellis Street originated in 1791 (Belgravia)

Ellis Street, SW1X

Forbes House, SW1X Forbes House is located on Halkin Street (Hyde Park Corner)

Forbes House, SW1X

Fordie House, SW1X Fordie House is sited on Sloane Street (Chelsea)

Fordie House, SW1X

Frederic Mews, SW1X Frederic Mews is a mews off Kinnerton Street (Knightsbridge)

Frederic Mews, SW1X

Greville House, SW1X Greville House is a block on Halkin Arcade (Belgravia)

Greville House, SW1X

Groom Place, SW1X Groom Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Groom Place, SW1X

Grosvenor Cottages, SW1W Grosvenor Cottages is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Sloane Square)

Grosvenor Cottages, SW1W

Grosvenor Court, SW1X Grosvenor Court is a block on Sloane Street (Belgravia)

Grosvenor Court, SW1X

Grosvenor Crescent, SW1X Grosvenor Crescent is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Knightsbridge)

Grosvenor Crescent, SW1X

Grosvenor Gardens House, SW1W Grosvenor Gardens House is sited on Grosvenor Gardens (Victoria)

Grosvenor Gardens House, SW1W

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 East, SW1W

Grosvenor Gardens Mews North, SW1W Grosvenor Gardens Mews North is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)

Grosvenor Gardens Mews North, SW1W

Grosvenor Gardens, SW1W Grosvenor Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)

Grosvenor Gardens, SW1W

Grosvenor Place, SW1X Grosvenor Place is the main road connecting Hyde Park Corner with Victoria (Belgravia)

Grosvenor Place, SW1X

Halkin Arcade, SW1X Halkin Arcade is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Halkin Arcade, SW1X

Halkin Street, SW1X Halkin Street is named after a Grosvenor family property - Halkyn Castle in Wales (Belgravia)

Halkin Street, SW1X

Hans Crescent, SW1X Hans Crescent forms part of an area informally called Hans Town which dates back to the 18th century (Knightsbridge)

Hans Crescent, SW1X

Hans Place, SW1X Hans Place, a square, is named after Sir Hans Sloane, physician and collector, whose bequest became the foundation of the British Museum (Chelsea)

Hans Place, SW1X

Hans Street, SW1X Hans Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Hans Street, SW1X

Harriet Street, SW1X Harriet Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Harriet Street, SW1X

Harriet Walk, SW1X Harriet Walk is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Harriet Walk, SW1X

Headfort Place, SW1X Headfort Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Headfort Place, SW1X

Herbert Crescent, SW1X Herbert Crescent is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Knightsbridge)

Herbert Crescent, SW1X

Hobart Place, SW1W Hobart Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)

Hobart Place, SW1W

Hugo House, SW1X Hugo House is a block on Sloane Street (Belgravia)

Hugo House, SW1X

Jefferson House, SW1X Jefferson House is a residential block on Basil Street (Knightsbridge)

Jefferson House, SW1X

Kinnerton Street, SW1X Kinnerton Street - a small winding street - was originally the service road for Wilton Place and Wilton Crescent. (Belgravia)

Kinnerton Street, SW1X

Kinnerton Yard, SW1X Kinnerton Yard is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Kinnerton Yard, SW1X

Knightsbridge Court, SW1X Knightsbridge Court is a small alleyway off Sloane Street (Knightsbridge)

Knightsbridge Court, SW1X

Knightsbridge Court, SW3 Knightsbridge Court is a block on Pavilion Road (Knightsbridge)

Knightsbridge Court, SW3

Knowsley House, SW1X Knowsley House can be found on Sloane Street (Belgravia)

Knowsley House, SW1X

Little Chester Street, SW1X Little Chester Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Little Chester Street, SW1X

Lower Belgrave Street, SW1W Lower Belgrave Street connects Buckingham Palace Road with Eaton Square (Victoria)

Lower Belgrave Street, SW1W

Lowndes House, SW1X Lowndes House is a block on Lowndes Place (Belgravia)

Lowndes House, SW1X

Lowndes Square, SW1X Lowndes Square is named after the Secretary to the Treasury William Lowndes (Belgravia)

Lowndes Square, SW1X

Lowndes Street, SW1X Lowndes Street was built by Thomas Cubitt and Seth Smith (Belgravia)

Lowndes Street, SW1X

Lyall Mews West, SW1X Lyall Mews West is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)

Lyall Mews West, SW1X

Lyall Mews, SW1X Lyall Mews is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)

Lyall Mews, SW1X

Lyall Street, SW1X Lyall Street extends southward from Chesham Place to Eaton Square, transitioning into Elizabeth Street at Eaton Square (Belgravia)

Lyall Street, SW1X

Montrose House, SW1X Montrose House is a block on Headfort Place (Belgravia)

Montrose House, SW1X

Montrose Place, SW1X Montrose Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Montrose Place, SW1X

Motcomb House, SW1X Motcomb House can be found on Motcomb Street (Belgravia)

Motcomb House, SW1X

Motcomb Street, SW1X Motcomb Street is a now pedestrianised street in Belgravia (Belgravia)

Motcomb Street, SW1X

Oakley House, SW1X Oakley House is a building on Sloane Street (Belgravia)

Oakley House, SW1X

Pavilion Road, SW1X Pavilion Road is London’s longest mews and runs parallel to Sloane Street (Chelsea)

Pavilion Road, SW1X

Phipps Mews, SW1W Phipps Mews is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)

Phipps Mews, SW1W

Pont Street, SW1X Pont Street is a fashionable street in Knightsbridge/Belgravia, not far from the Knightsbridge department store Harrods (Belgravia)

Pont Street, SW1X

Richmond Court, SW1X Richmond Court is a block on Sloane Street (Knightsbridge)

Richmond Court, SW1X

Roberts Mews, SW1X Roberts Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)

Roberts Mews, SW1X

Seaford House, SW1X Seaford House is a block on Belgrave Square (Belgravia)

Seaford House, SW1X

Shelton House, SW1X Shelton House is a block on Sloane Street (Belgravia)

Shelton House, SW1X

Sloane House, SW1X Sloane House is located on Sloane Street (Belgravia)

Sloane House, SW1X

Sloane Street, SW1X Sloane Street runs north to south, from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square, taking its name from Sir Hans Sloane, who purchased the surrounding area in 1712 (Belgravia)

Sloane Street, SW1X

Sloane Terrace, SW1W Sloane Terrace is the location of Cadogan Hall (Sloane Square)

Sloane Terrace, SW1W

South Eaton Place, SW1W South Eaton Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)

South Eaton Place, SW1W

Stackhouse Street, SW1X Stackhouse Street is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Knightsbridge)

Stackhouse Street, SW1X

Thorburn House, SW1X Thorburn House is a block on William Mews (Belgravia)

Thorburn House, SW1X

Upper Belgrave Street, SW1X Upper Belgrave Street was constructed in the 1840s to connect Belgrave Square with the King’s Road (Belgravia)

Upper Belgrave Street, SW1X

Victoria Place, SW1W Victoria Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)

Victoria Place, SW1W

West Eaton Place Mews, SW1X West Eaton Place Mews is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)

West Eaton Place Mews, SW1X

West Eaton Place, SW1W West Eaton Place lies off Eaton Place (Belgravia)

West Eaton Place, SW1W

West Halkin Street, SW1X West Halkin Street is named after Halkyn Castle, originally a Grosvenor family property in Flintshire, Wales (Belgravia)

West Halkin Street, SW1X

Whaddon House, SW1X Whaddon House is a block on William Mews (Belgravia)

Whaddon House, SW1X

Wilbraham House, SW1X Wilbraham House is located on D’Oyley Street (Sloane Square)

Wilbraham House, SW1X

Wilbraham Place, SW1X Wilbraham Place is a road to the rear of Cadogan Hall (Sloane Square)

Wilbraham Place, SW1X

William Mews, SW1X William Mews is a partially redeveloped, private Mews off Lowndes Square (Knightsbridge)

William Mews, SW1X

Wilton Crescent, SW1X Wilton Crescent is notable for its affluent and politically important list of residents, present and historic (Belgravia)

Wilton Crescent, SW1X

Wilton Mews, SW1X Wilton Mews commemorates the local landowners, the Grosvenor family (titled Viscounts Belgrave) (Belgravia)

Wilton Mews, SW1X

Wilton Row, SW1X Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton was the second son of Robert Grosvenor, the local landowner (Knightsbridge)

Wilton Row, SW1X

Wilton Street, SW1X Wilton Street was built in 1817 (Belgravia)

Wilton Street, SW1X

Wilton Terrace, SW1X Wilton Terrace ultimately commemorates local landowners the Grosvenors (titled Viscounts Belgrave) (Belgravia)

Wilton Terrace, SW1X

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The White Hart Inn stood on Knightsbridge on the eastern bank of the River Westbourne, after the river emerged from the Serpentine. It was demolished in the 1840s to make way for Albert Gate. TUM image id: 1616534671 Licence:	Pakenham Tavern (1875) The tavern was situated at the eastern end of Raphael Street, just off Knightsbridge. It was known for its wild evenings but was pulled down in the 1950s. Credit: British History Online TUM image id: 1616533836 Licence:	Cadogan Hall (2017) Cadogan Hall is a former Scientology church which fell into disuse. Completed in 1907 to designs in the Byzantine Revival style, it became a concert hall in 2004. Credit: Wiki Commons/Paul the Archivist TUM image id: 1670597886 Licence:	Orange Square Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1585745295 Licence: CC BY 2.0	View of the old Rose and Crown in Knightsbridge (1857). Watercolour displayed at the British Museum. Credit: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd TUM image id: 1616543806 Licence:
Knightsbridge Chapel came into existence in association with the Leper Hospital there. Being on the London boundary, a legal loophole allowed it to perform many (sham) marriages, these declining after the 1670s. TUM image id: 1616535340 Licence:	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. Credit: Wiki Commons/oxyman TUM image id: 1647016056 Licence:	Boscobel Oaks, 1804 TUM image id: 1487173198 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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. Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1621590589 Licence:	Belgrave Square - this was classed in contemporary reports as "Thomas Cubitt’s greatest achievement". Belgrave Square, is the grandest and largest of his squares. Credit: Thomas Shepherd TUM image id: 1586353394 Licence: