Allington Street is first found in 1827, a year when a rash of new streets and terraces appeared in the future Victoria area.
They were all named, and for no apparent reason, after towns scattered over the country: Allington (Lincs), Stockbridge (Hants), Shaftesbury (Dorset), Bedford, Trelleck (Mon), Pembroke, Hindon (Wilts) and Howick (Lanes). Names of towns were a common source of street names among uninspired builders.
Apart from Allington Street and Howick Place, they have all since disappeared.
