Rochester Row

{{Short description|Street in the City of Westminster, London}}

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Rochester Row is a street in the City of Westminster in London that runs between Greycoat Place in the north and Vauxhall Bridge Road in the south.

It is joined by Greycoat Street, Rochester Street, Vincent Square, Emery Hill Street, Vane Street, Stillington Street, and Willow Place.

On 4 May 1927,{{cite web |title=Murder of Minnie Alice Bonati by John Robinson at Rochester Row, SW, on 4 May 1927 |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/record?catid=1807240&catln=6 |website=National Archives |access-date=27 July 2022}} the Charing Cross Trunk Murder took place in a third floor office at 86 Rochester Row.{{cite book |last1=Long |first1=David |title=Murders of London : in the steps of the capitals killers |date=2012 |publisher=Random House |location=London |isbn=9781847946720 |pages=92–95}} On 6 May, John Robinson, a 35-year-old estate agent, took a cab to Charing Cross railway station, where he deposited a large black trunk in the left-luggage office. On 10 May after a "dreadful smell" was noted, the police opened the trunk to find the dismembered body of a woman. Robinson eventually confessed to the murder of prostitute Minnie Bonati, for which he was hanged on 12 August.{{cite web |title=Charing Cross Trunk Murder |url=https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/charing-cross-trunk-murder/ |website=truecrimelibrary |date=5 May 2014 |access-date=25 July 2022}}

It is the location of a number of listed and other notable buildings:

• Pair of K6 telephone kiosks{{National Heritage List for England|num=1265140|desc=Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks|access-date=7 April 2019}}
• St Stephen's Church{{National Heritage List for England|num=1235247|desc=Church of St Stephen|access-date=7 April 2019}}
• United Westminster Almshouses{{National Heritage List for England|num=1235246|desc=United Westminster Almshouses|access-date=7 April 2019}}
• Police station{{National Heritage List for England|num=1271080|desc=Police Station|access-date=7 April 2019}}
• Magistrates Court{{National Heritage List for England|num=1246992|desc=Magistrates Court|access-date=7 April 2019}}