Place Name A corruption of William Penny Brookes (August 13, 1809 – December 11, 1895), who initiated the Wenlock Games…
Place Name Named in reference to the London 2012 Olympics Games, evoking the national anthems that were played at such…
Place Name Named after the location of the first Olympic Games in ancient Greece, on the Peloponnese. East Village was built on…
Place Name Named after Pierre de Coubertin (January 1, 1863 – September 2, 1937), the founder of the International Olympic…
Place Name Relates to the character of the public realm – a quiet green walkway with trees. East Village was…
Place Name Named after Stratford born, Nina Layard (1853 – August 12, 1935), a botanist, antiquary, archaeologist, poet and prehistorian,…
Place Name Named after the Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, poem published in 1842, the last line of which “To…
Place Name Named in honour of Alan Mathison Turing (June 23, 1912 – June 7, 1954), the mathematician and scientist, widely…
Place Name Stratford underwent a huge amount of new development ahead of the 2012 London Olympic Games. Many new streets…
Place Name Named after Silvanus Grove, a successful quaker merchant who took ownership of the Elmhurst estate after he came to Woodford…