Pinner

Pinner is a town in the London Borough of Harrow in north-west London. It is a suburban development situated 12.5 miles (20.1 km) west north-west of Charing Cross.

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Pinner was originally a hamlet dating back to at least medieval times. The oldest part of the town has

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a church dating back from at the least the early 1200s as well as some Tudor buildings.

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Pinner has had a yearly street fair since 1336, when it was granted by Royal Charter by Edward III. (It is the last of its kind in Middlesex.) The fair started as market-style affair and has over time evolved in to a funfair.

London Borough of Harrow: The London Borough of Harrow is a London borough of outer northwest London. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and other London boroughs: Hillingdon to the west, Ealing to the south, Brent to...

Charing Cross: The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile....

1200s: Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century...