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Watford Road, HA0

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Place Name Directional, this was one of the direct routes to Watford via Bushey Heath. The name comes from Old…

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Peel Road, HA0

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Place Name Sir Robert Peel (February 5, 1788 – July 2, 1850) was a statesman and Conservative Party MP who…

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Gordon Avenue, HA7

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Place Name There are two potential contenders after whom this road may be named. The first is Frederick Gordon of…

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Radnor Avenue, HA1

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Place Name A reference to the positions of Lord Lieutenant of the counties of Hereford and Radnor and steward of…

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Chandos Road, HA1

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Place Name Named after James Brydges, (January 6, 1673 – August 9, 1744) 1st Duke of Chandos, who built Canons Park on land…

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Abercorn Crescent, HA2

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Place Name John James Hamilton (July 1756 – January 27, 1818), 1st Marquess of Abercorn, bought the former Bentley Priory, which…

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Honeypot Lane, HA3

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Place Name Up until the 1930s this was still a rural backwater, unaltered by time in nearly two millennia, surrounded…

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Christchurch Avenue, HA0

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Place Name Takes its name from Christ Church college, Oxford, which in 1546 was granted the estates that had previously…

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Pool Road, HA1

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Place Name Remembering the Charles Crescent or West Harrow Swimming Pool which opened on the site of the former Harrow…

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Haynes Road, HA0

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Place Name Named after Henry Haynes, the son of a local hay-dealer, who ran a local brickworks and was an early…

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