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Stuart Road, EN4

1 April 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Lady Arbella (also spelt Arabella) Stuart (November 10, 1575 – September 25, 1615) was a great-great-granddaughter of Henry…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, James I, streets named after people who have been in prison, streets named after women, Stuarts, Union of the Crowns

St James Close, EN4

30 March 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from the nearby St James’s Church, New Barnet – although not directly, given that the…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, Church of England, Cockfosters, East Barnet, East Barnet ward

Eton Avenue, EN4

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Place Name Laid out as part of the Littlegrove Estate development of 1931. This is not named after the school,…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, Littlegrove estate, streets with a Berkshire connection

East Walk, EN4

27 March 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name So named as it lies on the east bank of the nearby Pymmes Brook, a small tributary of…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, Brunswick Park ward, East Barnet

Doggetts Close, EN4

25 March 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out in 1966 the name recalls the Doggett family, 13thCentury landowners whose eponymous farm once gave the…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: 13thCentury, Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, streets named 1966

Daneland, EN4

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Place Name This is not a reference to ancient Norse ownership, as the name might imply. Rather, it is a…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: 13thCentury, Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, field name, Medieval name

Crescent Rise, EN4

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Place Name Although there is a slight bend in the road, it could hardly be decided a crescent. It in…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward

Crescent Road, EN4

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Place Name Named due to its shape, a wide arc that follows the bend of Pymme’s Brook. The road was…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward

Botany Close, EN4

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Place Name Laid out over land that had formerly been used as a long-standing plant nursery, which was knocked down…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, industry, street named in the 1990s

Clarence Close, EN4

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Place Name George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (October 21, 1449 – February 18, 1478), was the much undecided brother of…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, streets named after criminals, streets named after people who have been in prison, War of the Roses

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