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Rochester Row is a street in the
City of Westminster in London that runs between
Greycoat Place in the north and
Vauxhall Bridge Road
The London Inner Ring Road, or Ring Road as signposted, is a route with an average diameter of formed from a number of major roads that encircle Central London. The ring road forms the boundary of the London congestion charge zone, although t ...
in the south.
It is joined by
Greycoat Street,
Rochester Street,
Vincent Square
Vincent Square is a grass-covered square in Westminster, London, England, covering 13 acres, lined with mature trees including London Planes. In among a network of backstreets, it chiefly provides playing fields for Westminster School, who own ...
, Emery Hill Street, Vane Street,
Stillington Street, and Willow Place.
On 4 May 1927,
the
Charing Cross Trunk Murder took place in a third floor office at 86 Rochester Row.
On 6 May, John Robinson, a 35-year-old estate agent, took a cab to
Charing Cross railway station
Charing Cross railway station (also known as London Charing Cross) is a central London railway terminus between the Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster. It is the terminus of the South Eastern Main Line to Dover via Ashfo ...
, where he deposited a large black trunk in the left-luggage office.
On 10 May after a "dreadful smell" was noted, the police opened the trunk to find the dismembered body of a woman.
Robinson eventually confessed to the murder of prostitute Minnie Bonati, for which he was hanged on 12 August.
It is the location of a number of listed and other notable buildings:
* Pair of K6 telephone kiosks
*
St Stephen's Church
*
United Westminster Almshouses
* Police station
* Magistrates Court
References
External links
*
Streets in the City of Westminster
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