Pinner - Definition and Overview

Alternative meanings: A pinner is someone whose trade is making pins.

Pinner is a town in the London Borough of Harrow, north-west London.

Pinner was originally a hamlet dating back to at least medieval times. Pinner has a yearly street fair, which is the last of its kind in Middlesex. The fair was granted by royal charter in 1336 by Edward III.

In the centre of the town, Pinner has a church dating back from at the least the early 1200s as well as some tudor buildings. Pinner tube station is situated nearby.

Famous residents:

• The singer Elton John was born in Pinner in 1947 and attended Pinner County Grammar School.
• The cartoonist Heath Robinson spent several years living in Pinner.
• The actor and presenter Bob Holness lives in Pinner.
• Henry James Pye, Poet Laureate from 1790 died in Pinner.
• The astronomer Patrick Moore was born in Pinner in 1923.
• Sir Christopher Clitherow Lord Mayor of London 1635 built a mansion on Pinner Hill.

Nearest areas:

• Hatch End
• Ruislip
• Northwood
• Wealdstone
• North Harrow

Nearest London Underground stations:

• Pinner tube station (Metropolitan Line)
• Eastcote tube station ( Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines)
• North Harrow tube station (Metropolitan Line)
• Northwood Hills tube station (Metropolitan Line)
• Rayners Lane tube station ( Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines)

Nearest National Rail stations:

• Harrow & Wealdstone station
• Harrow-on-the-Hill station

References

• [ http://www.pinnerlhs.freeserve.co.uk/ Pinner Local History Society]

External links

• [ http://www.pinnerassociation.co.uk/ The Pinner Association]
• [ http://www.harrow.gov.uk London Borough of Harrow ]