Pentonville
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Coordinates: 51°32′06″N 0°06′11″W / 51.5350°N 0.1031°W
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 Pentonville
Pentonville shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | TQ315835 |
|---|---|
| London borough | Islington |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | N1 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| EU Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Islington South and Finsbury |
| London Assembly | North East |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
Pentonville is an area of north-central London in the London Borough of Islington, centred on the Pentonville Road. The area is named after Henry Penton, who developed a number of streets in the 1770s in what was open countryside adjacent to the New Road.[1] Pentonville was part of the ancient parish of Clerkenwell, and was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury by the London Government Act 1899. It has been part of the London Borough of Islington since 1965.
Nearby places include Islington, St. Pancras and Finsbury. The closest tube station is Angel.
Pentonville is John Stuart Mill's birthplace (20 May 1806).
In 1902 Lenin and his wife lived just off Pentonville Rd, it was at this time that he first met his fellow exile Trotsky.
Pentonville is not the location of HM Prison Pentonville, which is located on Caledonian Road, some distance north in Barnsbury.
[edit] Pentonville in popular culture
"Pentonville" is an experimental reggae track on the Babyshambles album Down in Albion.
Mr Brownlow, the gentleman whose books were stolen in Oliver Twist, lived in "a quiet shady street near Pentonville" in the novel and most film versions. However, in the musical adaptation, Oliver!, he lives in Bloomsbury Square.
[edit] References
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1952). London except the Cities of London and Westminster. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 232–233.
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