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- Alternative meanings: A pinner is someone whose trade is making pins. A Pinner reaction is a term used in an organic chemical reaction
Pinner is a town in the London Borough of Harrow in north-west London.
Pinner was originally a hamlet dating back to at least medieval times.
Pinner has a yearly street fair, which is the last of its kind in Middlesex. The fair was granted by Royal Charter in 1336 by Edward III.
Pinner has a church dating back from at the least the early 1200s as well as some Tudor buildings. Pinner tube station is situated nearby.
Famous residents:
- The singer Elton John was born in Pinner in 1947 and attended Pinner County Grammar School.
- The cartoonist Heath Robinson spent several years living in Pinner.
- The actor and presenter Bob Holness lives in Pinner.
- Henry James Pye, Poet Laureate from 1790 died in Pinner.
- The astronomer Patrick Moore was born in Pinner in 1923.
- Sir Christopher Clitherow Lord Mayor of London 1635 built a mansion on Pinner Hill.
References
- Pinner Local History Society (http://www.pinnerlhs.freeserve.co.uk/)
External links
- The Pinner Association (http://www.pinnerassociation.co.uk/)
- London Borough of Harrow (http://www.harrow.gov.uk)
- Rotary Club of Pinner (http://www.pinnerrotary.org.uk)
- Pinner Rugby Football Club (http://www.pinner-rugby-club.co.uk/)
- Pinner Synagogue (http://www.pinnersynagogue.com/)
- Pinner Players Theatre Company (http://www.pinnerplayers.org.uk/)
- Pinner Bridge Club (http://www.pinnerclub.fsnet.co.uk/)
- Pinner Cricket Club (http://www.pinnercc.co.uk/)