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Pinner, originally a hamlet, with records reportedly going back to the Early 13th Century was originally named Pinnora. The already archaic – ora, relating to hill, intimates that its origins lie no later than the 10th century. Pinner formally in Middlesex, now forms part of the greater London Area a great place to visit with one of our tempting London escorts.

The most ancient part of the village lays around the fourteenth-century parish church of St John the Baptist, located at the junction of the present day Paines Lane, High Street and Church Lane. The foremost surviving private dwelling, East End Farm Cottage, dates from the late fifteenth-century.

Pinner has held an annual street fair since 1336 when it was originally granted through Royal Charter by Edward III; it still remains extremely popular today, being the last of its kind in Middlesex. The street fair featured in Sir John Betjeman's BBC TV documentary Metro-land. The village expanded briskly between 1923 and 1939 when encouraged by the Metropolitan Railway a series of garden estates where developed. During this period, Pinner grew around its historic core and at this time assumed much of its present day suburban character. Pinner now forms a continuous sprawl, with neighbouring suburban districts, which include Rayners Lane, Hatch End, and Eastcote.

The vast majority of the older properties in Pinner were built by the Ellement family who were the local building and joinery company in the area. Through diversification their company expanded into other areas of which their last company is still operating in the area and it is the funeral directors on Pinner High Street.

Pinner can boast many famous residents through its history, and include: the poet laureate Henry James Pye who retired to East End House at the end of his career in 1811, the novelist Ivy Compton-Burnett who was born in the village in 1884 and Samuel and Isabella Beeton, who lived on the Woodridings estate between 1856 and 1862, during which Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management was published.

More recently Pinner has played host to many famous entertainers and include the musicians Sir Elton John and Simon LeBon, who all grew up locally and attended Pinner County Grammar School before moving away, actor David Suchet and comedian Ronnie Barker, both one time owners of 17th century Elmdene in Church Lane and not forgetting the Monster Raving Loony Party leader Screaming Lord Sutch, who lived in nearby South Harrow, and is now buried in Pinner New Cemetery.