- Vincent Square
Vincent Square is a large grass-covered square in
Westminster ,London ,England , covering 13 acres (making it the largest privately owned square in LondonFact|date=May 2008). It provides playing fields forWestminster School .It was created by Dean Vincent of Westminster School, a few hundred yards away, who, on seeing that development was beginning to encroach on the wastelands of
Tothill Fields (which was a formerplague pit ), paid for a bank and ditch to enclose a suitable playing area for the schoolboys Fact|date=July 2007.After the
Second World War , the School resisted the efforts of the local authority to make the Square available for public use Fact|date=July 2007.There is a cricket pavilion on the Square [http://www.flickr.com/photos/malcnhg/846533472/] .
There are also two properties on the square, one of which is the home of the Groundsman.
The names of the football pitches, working clockwise are, Pavilion, Battlefield, Bonfire and Park.
It used every weekday by
Westminster Under School during breaks. Although it is Private property many members of the public do not see the sign and walk into the square, especially when the gate is left open during breaks.ee also
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List of eponymous roads in London External links
* [http://www.londontown.com/LondonStreets/vincent_square_31d.html LondonTown.com information]
* [http://www.westminster.org.uk/tours/vincent/ Vincent Square Playing Fields] virtual tour (360° view)
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/malcnhg/846533472/ Cricket Pavilion, Vincent Square] photograph onFlickr
* [http://www.westminster.gov.uk/policingandpublicsafety/crimeandlawenforcement/civicwatch/areas/vincentsquare.cfm Vincent Square CivicWatch area] information fromCity of Westminster local government
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