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5 unusual facts about Belgravia


Belgravia, Edmonton

The McKernan-Belgravia LRT station is located adjacent to the neighbourhood at the northwest corner of 114 Street and 76 Avenue in neighbouring McKernan.

Belgravia is one of two neighbourhoods served by the new McKernan/Belgravia LRT Station.

My Generation

Townshend reportedly wrote the song on a train and is said to have been inspired by the Queen Mother who is alleged to have had Townshend's 1935 Packard hearse towed off a street in Belgravia because she was offended by the sight of it during her daily drive through the neighbourhood.

St. James-Belgravia Historic District

The Belgravia area features houses inspired by its namesake in London, England, and has no immediate street access, as it is a "walking court" with a green area instead of a street where the main entrances face.

Whittaker Street

Whittaker Street is a London street in the district of Belgravia near Sloane Square, SW1.


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Duncan Lawrie

The bank has several offices across the United Kingdom, including a branch in Bristol, a country estate in Kent, and international banking, investment and fiduciary business in the Isle of Man as well as its head office in Belgravia, London.

Embassy of Italy, London

Italy also maintains a number of other buildings in the capital: a Consular Section at 83-86 Farringdon Street, Farringdon, a Cultural Section at 39 Belgrave Square, Belgravia, a Defence Section at 7-10 Hobart Place, Belgravia, a Financial Section at 2 Royal Exchange, City of London and a Trade Commission at 14 Waterloo Place.

Grosvenor Group

A few generations later, in the 1820s, their focus moved south - to what is now Belgravia - developing Eaton Square, Chester Square and other famous addresses.

Jaguar SS100

The unnamed owner of the Belgravia vintage car dealer in James Leasor's 'Aristo Autos' novels, 'They Don't Make Them Like That Any More', 'Never Had a Spanner on Her' and 'Host of Extras' drives an SS100, and the car features prominently in the books.

McKernan, Edmonton

McKernan is one of two neighbourhoods served by the new McKernan/Belgravia LRT Station.

Patrick Bowes-Lyon

Patrick Bowes-Lyon (5 March 1863 in Belgravia, Middlesex – 5 October 1946 in Westerham, Kent) was a British tennis player, barrister and uncle of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, mother of Queen Elizabeth II.

Seddon, Victoria

The suburb was earlier known as Belgravia but is now called Seddon after Richard Seddon, the New Zealand Prime Minister from 1893 to 1906, who resided there before he moved to Bendigo and later to New Zealand.


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