Place Name Frank Whittaker Bush (January 8, 1825 – March 21, 1903), was an Oxford-educated barrister, who lived at 75…
Place Name It is often mistakenly believed that this road was named after a friend of William Shakespeare who lived…
Place Name George Bessant (1840 – February 23, 1875) was a local market gardener. Married to Mary Cotter, he was…
Place Name The Blue Anchor public house stood on the corner of Kew Road and Lower Mortlake Road since at…
Place Name John Marchmont’s Legacy was a critically acclaimed novel published in 1863 by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, wife of publisher…
Place Name Named after the barracks of the 1st Surrey Militia that stood near here. On Thursday, May 25, 1854,…
Place Name This street was named after Branstone, Leicestershire, it was here that Reverend William Selwyn (1805 – 1875) took…
Place Name Built on the estate of local landowners the Selwyn family, this street was named after one of the…
Place Name General Charles George Gordon (January 28, 1833 – January 26, 1885), an adventurer killed in Sudan. Gordon came…
Place Name This ancient route, far older than Soho itself, has carried the name Wardour Street since about 1690 when…