Place Name Born in West Ham into a Christian missionary family, the Reverend Paul Rowntree Clifford (February 21, 1913 –…
Place Name This road takes its name from Sir John Henry Pelly, 1st Baronet (March 31, 1777 – August 13,…
Place Name Named after John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker (June 15, 1724 – April 18, 1803), a leather and furs…
Place Name Named after merchant tailor Nicholas Avenon who in 1599 left a six acre marsh called Withering Mead, to…
Place Name Named after father and son Henry and Neil Haig. In 1870 Haig senior (1818 – 1897) bought an estate…
Place Name New Barn Street was first recorded in 1527, taking its name from New Barns Farm, the ancient rectorial…
Place Name Named in honour of the much admired Matilda of Scotland (1080 – May 1, 1118), whose marriage to…
Place Name This lane is said to have led to a field called Shillingshaw, or Chargeables, on account of the fact…
Place Name First written down as Placet in 1578, however it was mentioned earlier in the surname John atte Plass(c)het…
Place Name Named after the point where the old Roman road between London and Colchester crossed the River Lea –…