Rochester Row
Names
- Rochester Row
Street/Area/District
- Rochester Row
Descriptions
from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)
Rochester row, Tothill fields.
from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)
Rochester-Row, Tothill-Fields, Westminster,—by the Grey-coat-school, near the W. end of Great Peter-st. extending towards the Willow-walk.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
Rochester-Row, Westminster, is in Tothill-fields, by the Grey-coat-school, near the west end of Great Peter-street.
from London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and Peter Cunningham (1891)
Rochester Row, Westminster, so called after the Bishops of Rochester, several of whom (Sprat and Atterbury, for instance) held the deanery of Westminster at the same time with the see of Rochester. On the south side is the fine church of St. Stephen, erected and endowed, with the adjoining school-buildings for 400 children, by Miss (now the Baroness) Burdett-Coutts, 1847–1848; architect, Mr. B. Ferrey, F.S.A. Near it is the Westminster Police Court. On the north side are Hill's Almshouses, the Western Dispensary, and the Grenadier Guards' Hospital.