History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue du Timon

In Dutch: Disselstraat

Rue du Timon, in Brussels, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 12 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 82% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19449
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life
Named in
1924

Le timon est la structure (en bois ou en métal) qui permet d'atteler une ou plusieurs bêtes à un véhicule agricole. Dénomination dont l’origine est inconnue (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives