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Sloane Square
Public square in Kensington and Chelsea, London / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the London Underground station, see Sloane Square tube station.
Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the central London[1] districts of Belgravia and Chelsea, located 1.8 miles (2.9 km) southwest of Charing Cross, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The area forms a boundary between the two largest aristocratic estates in London, the Grosvenor Estate and the Cadogan.[2][n 1] The square was formerly known as 'Hans Town', laid out in 1771 to a plan of by Henry Holland Snr. and Henry Holland Jnr. Both the square and Hans Town were named after Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), an Anglo-Irish doctor who, jointly with his appointed trustees, owned the land at the time.[3]
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Former name(s) | Hans Town |
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Namesake | Sir Hans Sloane |
Maintained by | Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
Location | Chelsea, London, England |
Postal code | SW1 |
Coordinates | 51.492521°N 0.157188°W / 51.492521; -0.157188 |
Construction | |
Completion | c. 1771 |
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Designer | Henry Holland Snr. and Henry Holland Jnr. |
Website | visitlondon.com |
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