Belgrave, Cheshire
| Belgrave | |
| Cheshire | |
|---|---|
 Entrance Gates to Belgrave Avenue | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SJ385610 |
| Location: | 53°8’36"N, 2°55’12"W |
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Belgrave is a village in Cheshire: it is part of the estates owned the Dukes of Westminster, who have their seat at Eton Hall in the village.[1]
The village is small: a few houses and the Grosvenor Garden Centre.[2] Eaton Hall is at the end of an approach road a mile and a half long known as Belgrave Avenue. Belgrave Lodge stands at the western end of the avenue.[3]
The name 'Belgrave' is a mixture of Norman French ('Bel') and Old English ('-grave'), the latter meaning 'grove'. The old name 'Medregrave' suggested to French ears 'filth grove', and so it became "Belgrave", suggesting 'beautiful grove' after the Norman Conquest.
The village provides one of the Duke of Westminster's subsidiary titles, Viscount Belgrave (granted in 1784) which is the source of the name of Belgravia in London;[4] a suburb developed for the Marquess of Westminster in the 1820s by Thomas Cubitt,[5] and now one of the capital's most expensive districts, characterised by grand terraces of white stucco properties.[6] Many of the street names of Belgravia have a local connection to Cheshire such as 'Eaton Square' from Eaton Hall, Chester Square (from Chester), Kinnerton Street (from Lower Kinnerton), and Eccleston Place (from Eccleston).[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Mayfair and Belgravia Public Realm Handbook". https://www.grosvenorlondon.com/home/the-london-estate/public-realm/resources/resources/mayfairandbelgraviapublicrealmhandbookintroduction.
- ↑ "Garden Centre". https://www.bluediamond.gg/garden-centre/grosvenor-garden-centre.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1129922: Belgrave Lodge and storesheds and domestic offices (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "The western suburbs: Belgravia". https://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol5/pp1-14.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1001675: The Grosvenor Estate: Chester Square (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "The Architecture of the Estate: The Reign of the Cundys". https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol39/pt1/pp127-140.
- ↑ Fairfield, Sheila (1972). The Streets Of London: A Dictionary Of The Names And Their Origins. BT Batsfrd Ltd.
- ↑ *Bebbington, Gillian (1983). London Street Names. Papermac. ISBN 978-0-333-28649-4.