It is said that Little Venice was used to load ships with pirate loot and that these houses belonged to pirates rather than merchants or sea captains!
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Some say Little Venice was given its name by playwright and poet Robert Browning who lived in the area for more than 25 years. Others say it was poet Lord Byron's likening of the canals to those in Venice that gave one of London's hidden gems its name.
The construction of the Little Venice neighborhood is estimated to have taken place from the 13th to the mid-18th century. During that timeframe, the island used to be under Venetian rule.
The area was bombed in World War I, when enemy planes mistook the canals for the river Thames. This 'Venice' of London began to garner more influence after the World War II, and in the 1950 became known as 'Little' Venice. Browning's Pool is a popular gentrification of the area, in an attempt to up the area's class.
Warwick Avenue (/'w?r?k/ WORR-ik) is a London Underground station in Little Venice in the City of Westminster in northwest London. The station is on the Bakerloo line, between Paddington and Maida Vale stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.