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Vauxhall is named from the Norman Falkes de Breaute who obtained the manor of Lambeth by his marriage to the heiress Margaret de Riparus (or Redvers) in с. 1220, the manor being granted to him in 1233. Recorded as Faukeshale in 1279, corrupted to Fox Hall then eventually to Vauxhall.
The Undergound station opened as VAUXHALL on 23 July 1971.