Lorrimore Square

The name Lorrimore Square comes from a corruption of the term Lower Moor, which appeared on seventeenth century maps of the area when it was still a vast expanse of open common land. This land was owned for centuries by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral, who used the proceeds from the estate to clothe their monks. By the mid nineteenth century, the common had vanished, replaced by dense rows of Victorian terraces and a new Gothic church that became a focal point for the neighborhood.