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Belgrave Square in the 19th century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Margaret Harcourt Williams*
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College Archivist Royal College of Psychiatrists, 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG
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The district of London known today as Belgravia was developed in the 1820s. Previously it was called the Five Fields and was a rural area between Westminster and the village of Knights-bridge. Hay, herbs and vegetables are said to have been grown here and it was considered a difficult and dangerous area to cross on the journey to the west of London.

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