Sloane Square

Sloane Square
	View of the square in 2019
	Location within Central London
Former name(s)	Hans Town
Namesake	Sir Hans Sloane
Maintained by	Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Location	Chelsea, London, England
Postal code	SW1
Coordinates	51°29′33″N 0°09′26″W / 51.492521°N 0.157188°W
Construction
Completion	c. 1771
Other
Designer	Henry Holland Snr. and Henry Holland Jnr.
Website	visitlondon.com

Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the central London^[1] districts of Belgravia and Chelsea, located 1.8 miles (2.9 km) southwest of Charing Cross, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The area forms a boundary between the two largest aristocratic estates in London, the Grosvenor Estate and the Cadogan.^[2]^{[n 1]} The square was formerly known as 'Hans Town', laid out in 1771 to a plan of by Henry Holland Snr. and Henry Holland Jnr. Both the square and Hans Town were named after Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), an Anglo-Irish doctor who, jointly with his appointed trustees, owned the land at the time.^[3]

^ "London's Places" (PDF). London Plan. Greater London Authority. 2011. p. 46. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^ "Geograph:: Sloane Square [12 photos] in TQ2878". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
^ "Settlement and building: From 1680 to 1865, Hans Town: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12, Chelsea". London: Victoria County History. 2004. pp. 47–51. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

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[1] "London's Places" (PDF). London Plan. Greater London Authority. 2011. p. 46. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

[2] "Geograph:: Sloane Square [12 photos] in TQ2878". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[4] "Settlement and building: From 1680 to 1865, Hans Town: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12, Chelsea". London: Victoria County History. 2004. pp. 47–51. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

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