London’s street name origins revealed. Find your street, and click on the link to find out how the street got its name. A gazetteer or dictionary of street names across every London borough, with many more to follow. To use scroll through the A to Z to find a place name you are interested in and click on the link to find a brief history of its origin, how the road, street, path or avenue got its name and what it means. From the strange to the mundane, the obvious to the sublime, the weird and wonderful from ancient by-ways to modern estates, revealing short histories of the area, its people and their connection (if there is one) with the local district. And if you have any information of a missing street or even of one already featured please let us know so that we can update the website. Now with over 2,500 streets.
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Catherine Griffiths Court, EC1R
Crystal Palace Park Road, SE26
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Duke’s Road, WC1H
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Jack Dash Way, E6
Jack Cornwell Street, E12
Jackson Road, BR2
Jackson Road, EN4
Jackson’s Lane, N6
James Voller Way, E1
James Watt Way, DA8
Jamuna Close, E14
Jenner Close, DA14
Jenningtree Way, DA8
Jenny Hammond Close, E11
Jennys Way, CR5
Jessett Close, DA8
John Austin Close, KT2
John Carpenter Street, EC4Y
John Drinkwater Close, E11
John Fisher Street, E1
John Fisher Street, E1W
John Milton Passage, EC4M
Johnson’s Court, EC4A
John Wesley Close, E6
John Williams Close, KT2
Joyden’s Wood Road, DA5
Juglans Way, BR6
Jules Thorn Avenue, EN1
Jute Lane, EN3
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New Oxford Street, WC1A
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