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Facts About Vauxhall

Vauxhall ( ( listen) VOKS-(h)awl) is a mixed commercial and residential district of southwest London in the London Borough of Lambeth. Vauxhall formed part of Surrey until 1889 when the County of London was created.
Vauxhall has given its name to the Vauxhall parliamentary constituency, which extends to include all of Stockwell and parts of Brixton and Clapham all to the south, and to the Vauxhall Motors car manufacturer, which originated in the area, and possibly to the Russian word for a large railway station.
From the Victorian period until the mid 20th century, Vauxhall was a mixed industrial and residential area. This consisted of predominantly manual workers' homes (many later demolished and replaced by Lambeth Council social housing after the Second World War) and business premises, including large railway works, gasworks and water supply works. The industry of the area contrasted with the mostly residential areas of neighbouring districts, particularly Kennington and Pimlico. In recent decades and similar to neighbouring areas in Battersea and Nine Elms, riverside redevelopment has converted most former industrial sites into residential properties and new office space.