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Pentonville is an area in North London, located in the London Borough of Islington. It is located north-northeast of Charing Cross on the Inner Ring Road. Pentonville developed in the northwestern edge of the ancient parish of Clerkenwell on the New Road. It is named after Henry Penton, the developer of the area.

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UK place.country
England
UK place.region
London
UK place.official_name
Pentonville
UK place.os_grid_reference
TQ315835
UK place.london_borough
Islington
UK place.post_town
LONDON
UK place.postcode_area
N
UK place.postcode_district
N1
UK place.dial_code
020
UK place.constituency_westminster
Islington South and Finsbury
UK place.charingX_distance_mi
1.75
UK place.charingX_direction
SSW
UK place.static_image_name
Calshot Street, Pentonville - geograph.org.uk - 1603724.jpg

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Pentonville is an area in North London, located in the London Borough of Islington. It is located north-northeast of Charing Cross on the Inner Ring Road. Pentonville developed in the northwestern edge of the ancient parish of Clerkenwell on the New Road. It is named after Henry Penton, the developer of the area.

==History== thumb|left|A map showing Pentonville ward of Finsbury Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1952. The area is named after Henry Penton, who developed a number of streets in the 1770s in what was open countryside adjacent to the New Road. Pentonville was part of the ancient parish of Clerkenwell, and was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury by the London Government Act 1899. It has been part of the London Borough of Islington since 1965. There was a Pentonville ward from 1965 to 1978, electing three councillors to Islington London Borough Council.

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