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West Ham Lane, E15

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Place Name Marked on Rocque’s 1746 map as the Road to Leytonstone. This is directional. The name West Ham goes…

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Tom Hood Close, E15

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Place Name A father and son are the inspiration behind this street name, although Thomas Hood junior (January 19, 1835…

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Tramway Avenue, E15

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Place Name Named after the tram lines that led to the depot located here until the start of the 20thCentury.…

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Maryland Park, E15

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Place Name Named after the US state. It was originally a hamlet, which had grown up around a large house…

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Manbey Road, E15

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Place Name An alternative spelling to Manby, owners of the Cann Hall manor estate. This road name most likely remembers…

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Leyton Road, E15

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Place Name Directional, the main road to Leyton. The area first appeared on record on the eve of the Norman…

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Atherton Road, E15

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Place Name Like many of the streets around the Wanstead Slip this was laid out on the Cann Hall manorial…

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Edward Temme Avenue, E15

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Place Name In honour of Edward Harry Temme (September 16, 1904 – June 26, 1977), the first man to swim across…

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Hall Road, E15

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Place Name This street, which follows the lay out of the once much longer Dunmow Road, changed its name in…

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Arthingworth Street, E15

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Place Name The family seat of the Rokeby family was Arthingworth Hall in Northamptonshire, who held it from December 1700 when…

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