Nobody knows for sure where the name 'Pimlico' comes from.
One popular theory links it to Ben Pimlico, an innkeeper famous for his ale, but his tavern was in Hoxton, on the other side of London. The station opened with the Victoria line in 1972.
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Sources
- Pimlico Wikipedia
- Pimlico tube station Wikipedia
- How the Victoria line stations got their names Londonist
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