Pimlico by kate 27 June 2005can anyone tell me where the area of brighton calle pimlico was8 replies Re: Pimlico by Ian Gray 27 June 2005I think it was south of North Road. Have a look at: http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/orange_row_personal.htm Re: Pimlico by Bob 28 June 2005Tim Carder’s encyclopaedia of Brighton says (under the heading Tichbourne Street and Bread Street):Mid 19thcentury Church Street was the haunt of beggars, brawlers, drunkards and prostitutes and thieves…. Some of the worst housing in the town lay to the north between Gardner Street and Bread Street in the alleys and courtydrs of PIMLICO, Orange Row and Pym’s Gardens where the thousand or so inhabitants libved in apalling conditions in 175 dwellings. In the 1870s this area was the subject of the corporation’s first slum clearnace scheme resulting in the construction of Tichbourne Street.So the answer seems to be Pimlico was between Church Street and North Road above Gardner’s Street. I think Bread Street no longer exists -it was between Tichbourne Street and Spring Gardens, opposite what is now the multistory carpark in Church Street. Re: Pimlico by maralyn eden 28 June 2005There is a tiny part of Bread Street still there,I checked that out just a couple of months ago(my grandfather was born there. Re: Pimlico by Peter Crowhurst 4 July 2005Pimlico was a narrow alley which led from the end of Thomas St (where Tichborne St now stands) to North Rd. It was demolished in the 1870’s, one of the first areas of the town to be cleared for re-development by the council. There are references to Pimlico in the Cresy Report on Sewarage, 1849, in which the alley is described as having two roomed houses, with no water supply, bad privies, cesspool;s rarely emptied,and where fevers rage frequently.The alley is also mentioned in Jenks report, where the alley is described as having a dilapidated pavement,uncovered cesspool and miserable dwellings Re: Pimlico by Steve E 9 January 2007Hi there all :-)) Happy new year Now then, Thanks to Peter Crowhurst’s entry, I do not need to ask where Pimlico was. BUT, what I would like to ask you good people is, Has anyone got any photos of Pimlico. I am either pushing the wrong buttons on my pooter, or there are none to be had on the net. Can anyone help me out. My reason for asking is a family connection. MY G/Gfather’s first wife was born there, and i am attempting to get photos of birth places, along with burial plots. Morbid, aint it ?? Steve Re: Pimlico by Roy Grant 15 February 2008No photos because the slum was cleared long before it was thought worth recording. However, apart from having a lengthy description of Pimlico itself, Edward Crey’s 1849 “Sanitary report on the town of Brighton” also contains a very detailed map which even numbers every house. Further info can be found in Dr William Kebbell’s “Popular lectures on Diseases of Towns,” and another book of his, “The Climate of Brighton.” They were published in the late 1840’s & early 1850s, but the later publication reflects the fact that by then Kebbell had also become a town councilor and no longer saw the the local authority to blame for the horendous conditions. He now suggested they were more due to the intemperate habits of the poverty stricken people who were obliged to live there.All 3 publications are well worth a selective read and they will make you wonder how on earth Brighton ever achieved its status as a thriving health resort.Roy Grant Re: Pimlico by jeannette locorriere 8 December 2020 9:58 AMMy great grandfather was born at 44 Pimlico. It sounds an abject place to have lived, thank God the worst slums were cleared so early. Re: Pimlico by Paul Kaye 14 November 2021 11:50 PM zoomI have just visited Highgate Cemetery in London, where one of the notable graves is of a Thomas Sayers, a well-known prize fighter in the 19th century. The grave says he was born at Pimlico, Brighton, which intrigued me as I spent three years as a student there and had never heard of of a Pimlico. Thanks for the answer to the mystery here. His Wikipedia page also mentions the location: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sayers Add your replyHiddenAdd your title Add your wordsWould you like to add some images (optional)? If so, how many images would you like to add? 1 2 3 4 5 6Your image files will be uploaded when you submit this form. They should be .jpg or .png files. The maximum filesize is 5Mb.First imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleSecond imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleThird imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleFourth imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleFifth imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleSixth imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleAbout youFinally, please tell us a few details about you, so we can contact you about your contribution if we need to. We won't use your contact details for any other purpose.Your name First Last Your e-mail address* SubmitThat's all. Thanks very much. 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