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Crownfield Road, E11

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Place Name An old road shown on the Chapman and Andre map of 1777. At one time it was called…

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Corbicum, E11

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Place Name This or the alternative spelling Corpechum was the original, presumably ancient name for Wallwood Forest. Corbicum was revived for…

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Cookes Close, E11

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Place Name Named after a former resident of the mansion property Park House, John Cookes or Cook (August 4, 1668…

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Queen’s Road, E11

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Place Name This was developed by Charles Sansom as part of the Fillebrook Estate on the land that was originally…

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Poppleton Road, E11

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Place Name Developed as part of the Walwood Park Building Estate by a partnership which included R Dickson Poppleton of…

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Harvey Road, E11

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Place Name Named after Henry Martin Harvey, who was a churchwarden of St John’s the Baptist Church, Leytonstone, who lived…

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Snaresbrook Road, E11

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Place Name Previously called Eagle Road, after a coaching inn that was here up until at least 1890, it became…

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Vernon Road, E11

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Place Name Named, along with the adjacent Harold Road, in honour of the Reverend Harold Vernon, who was the second…

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Union Close, E11

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Place Name Named after the West Ham Union Workhouse which was completed in 1841 and ran until 1930 when the West…

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Woodford Road, E11

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Place Name Directional. Woodford appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wdefort, having previously been recorded as Wudeford four…

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