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Millbank (other)
Millbank, London is a street in the City of Westminster, or its immediate area. Millbank may also refer to: People * Aaron Millbank (born 1995), English footballer * Joe Millbank (1919–2002), English footballer * Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen of Millbank (1869–1939), British art dealer Places Australia * Millbank, Queensland, a suburb of Bundaberg * Millbank, New South Wales, a suburb in Nambucca Shire Canada * Millbank, New Brunswick, a rural community * Millbank, Ontario, a village United Kingdom * Millbank, London ** Millbank Tower, skyscraper at 21–24 Millbank ** Millbank Prison, open 1821–86, now the location of Tate Britain art gallery ** Millbank, metonym for MI5 * Millbank, Kent, a List of United Kingdom locations: Mill, location in Hoath parish, England * Millbank, County Antrim, a village in Northern Ireland * Millbank, Aberdeenshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: Mill, location in Scotland * Millbank, Highland, an List of United Kingdom locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millbank
Millbank is an area of central London in the City of Westminster. Millbank is located by the River Thames, east of Pimlico and south of Westminster. Millbank is known as the location of major government offices, Burberry headquarters, the Millbank Tower and prominent art institutions such as Tate Britain and the Chelsea College of Art and Design. History The area derives its name from a watermill owned by Westminster Abbey that once stood at a site close to present day College Green, London, College Green. John Norden, Norden's survey, taken during the reign of Elizabeth I in 1573, records the existence of such a mill although much of the area that comprises Millbank today, was referred to by Samuel Pepys and others as Tothill Fields. Described as a place of plague pits and a "low, marshy locality" suitable for shooting snipe in the nearby "bogs and quagmires". After Cromwell's victory at the Battle of Worcester in September 1651, some 4,000 defeated Royalists were imprisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
