In message
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mber.org, Clank writes

Err, Victoria is an area of London - was it ever thus? If I dig up a map
of London in the middle ages will I find an area called Victoria?

No, you will find the Manor of Ebury.

The area is actually Belgravia, after all.

That's as much an upstart as Victoria: Belgravia is named after Viscount
Belgrave (aka Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster) who
developed the area in the 19th century. Belgrave is on the Grosvenor
family estate in Cheshire.
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Paul Terry