Agar Town

Agar Town

Agar Town (or Agar-Town or Agar-town) was a short-lived area of St Pancras, London, England. It was named after William Agar, a wealthy lawyer who lived at Elm Lodge, a villa in large grounds near to the Regent's Canal roughly where Barker Drive is now. Agar Town consisted of low-quality housing for poor people, built of the lowest quality materials on 21 year leases, and was generally considered a slum. The neighborhood was started in 1841 with Agar's widow leasing out small plots, and was demolished by the Midland Railway to make way for St Pancras railway station from 1866.

ee also

*St Pancras railway station

External links

* [http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/economicHistory/pdf/FACTSPDF/0906Swensen.pdf Mapping Poverty in Agar Town: Economic Conditions Prior to the Development of St. Pancras Station In 1866]


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