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Undercliff Road, SE13

9 July 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This road runs through the original sand pits that were excavated in the area for local brick manufacture.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brockley, geology, industry, Ladywell, Lewisham

Sandrock Road, SE13

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Place Name Like many of the roads around this area it is a reference to the sand pits, chalk pits…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brockley, geology, industry, Ladywell, Lewisham

Fossil Road, SE13

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Place Name Like many of the roads around this area it is a reference to the sand pits, chalk pits…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brockley, geology, industry, Ladywell, Lewisham

Shell Road, SE13

7 July 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Like many of the roads around this area it is a reference to the sand pits, chalk pits…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brockley, geology, industry, Ladywell, Lewisham

Adolf Street, SE6

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Place Name Today the name Adolf, in the British mindset at least, is synonymous with Hitler, so it is hard…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Bellingham, cluster, Lewisham

Gipsy Hill, SE19

15 May 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Gypsies were a frequent feature of the sparsely populated Dulwich and Norwood woods before the 19thCentury, eking a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Gipsy Hill, Gypsies, Gypsy, hills, Lambeth

Rommany Road, SE27

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Place Name Gypsies were a frequent feature of the sparsely populated Dulwich and Norwood woods before the 19thCentury, eking a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Gipsy Hill, Gypsies, Gypsy, Lambeth

Gipsy Road, SE27

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Place Name Gypsies were a frequent feature of the sparsely populated Dulwich and Norwood woods before the 19thCentury, eking a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Gipsy Hill, Gypsies, Gypsy, Lambeth

Lower Bedfords Road, RM1

30 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally plain Bedfords Road it runs to the south of Bedfords Park. There have been several reasons put…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Havering, Heaton, Marshalls and Rise Park, Medieval, name change, Romford, unknown origin

Bedford Road, W4

29 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place name This road once led to Bedford Park, a Georgian villa that was built by John Bedford in 1793.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chiswick Homefields, Hounslow, streets named after buildings

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