Place    From 1595 

Pimlico Tavern & Pimlico Pleasure Gardens, Hoxton

Place

It seems likely that this tavern and pleasure gardens took the name of a publican with the foreign name 'Pimlico'. There were many places of entertainment nearby and the whole area became known as Pimlico. Later another area of London also gained a reputation for its places of entertainment and so that acquired the same name, Pimlico, and never lost it.

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Pimlico Tavern & Pimlico Pleasure Gardens, Hoxton

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Pimlico Hostelry and Pleasure Gardens

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Thomas Earnshaw

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garment and textile industries in the East End

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