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A map showing the Victoria ward of Westminster Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916. The area formed part of the parish of St George Hanover Square.. Long before Cardinal Place opposite the cathedral came into being there was a huge brewery (Stag Brewery) based at the western end of Victoria Street.
Queen Victoria Street, named after the British monarch who reigned from 1837 to 1901, is a street in London that runs east by north from its junction with New Bridge Street and Victoria Embankment in the Castle Baynard ward of the City of London, along a section that divides the wards of Queenhithe and Bread Street, then lastly through the middle of Cordwainer ward, until it reaches Mansion ...
The Albert is a Grade II listed pub located at 52 Victoria Street in Victoria, London, about 0.4 miles (0.64 km) southwest of Westminster Abbey.Built in 1862 by the Artillery Brewery, the pub retains its striking façade and Victorian features that were undamaged during The Blitz in World War II.
Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail. [3] Named after the nearby Victoria Street , [ 4 ] the mainline station is a terminus of the Brighton Main Line to Gatwick Airport and Brighton and the ...
The Victoria Palace Theatre is a West End theatre in Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster.The theatre was designed by Frank Matcham in 1911 and was the last London theatre he designed before his retirement.
St Nicholas Cole Abbey is a church in the City of London located on what is now Queen Victoria Street.Recorded from the twelfth century, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and rebuilt by the office of Sir Christopher Wren.
Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and river-walk along the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. Built in the 1860s, it runs from the Palace of Westminster to Blackfriars Bridge in the City of London , and acts as a major thoroughfare for road traffic between the City of Westminster and the City of London.
This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Westminster.The Westminster area (as distinct from the Council area) has no formally defined boundaries - those utilised here are the generally accepted boundaries of: The Mall and Northumberland Avenue to the north, the river Thames and Victoria Embankment/Millbank to the east, Vauxhall Bridge Road to the south and ...