Pentonville, Middlesex

Historical Description

Pentonville, a district in Clerkenwell parish, Middlesex. It forms a compact portion of the metropolis; lies 1½ miles NNE of St Paul's; adjoins the King's Cross terminus of the G.N.R; is in the Northern Postal District; comprises all th& section of Clerkenwell parish N of Penton Place and New Road, from Hamilton Row to High Street, Islington; occupies ground given by the Mandevilles to Clerkenwell Nunnery; was begun to be built by the Pentons about 1773-80; and consists chiefly of straight and well-built streets. See also- CLERKENWELL, ISLINGTON, and LONDON.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Pentonville from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Pentonville)

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Middlesex is online.

Maps

Online maps of Pentonville are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)