Place Name Named after the Reverend George Townsend Driffield, originally from Prescott, in Lancashire, who was the rector of the…
Place Name Named after Nellie Frances Cressall (nee Wilson) (November 23, 1882 – 1973), a suffragette, Labour activist and, in…
Place Name Named after the Battle of the Douro fought on May 12, 1809 at Oporto in Northern Portugal between…
Place Name Named after Sir Alfred William Yeo (October 13, 1863 – April 14, 1928), a self-made businessman and Liberal…
Place Name Named in honour of William Henry Guy (1890 – August 1, 1968), better known as Bill Guy, who was…
Place Name Named in 2011 after local campaigner Geoff Cade (1942 – 2005), who was involved with the Poplar Housing and…
Place Name Named in honour of Thomas Fyre (circa 1710 – April 3, 1762), a painter who is best known for…
Place Name Named in honour of Annie Besant (nee Wood) (October 1, 1847 – September 20, 1933), a renowned women’s rights…
Place Name This name recalls the Vyner family, who were fomer lords of the Hackney manor of Kingshold. Sir Robert…
Place Name Thought to be apocryphal this unusual name is said to be a revival of the area’s old name…