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Maryland Street, E15

17 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: America, Maryland, Newham, streets named after royals, streets named after US states, streets named after women, streets with a North American connection, USA

Trafalgar Terrace, HA1

13 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This comes off of Nelson Terrace and is part of a trio of streets, the third being Wellington…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Harrow, Harrow on the Hill, Horatio Nelson, Napoleonic Wars, Royal Navy, Streets named after a Spanish connection, streets named after battle sites

Trafalgar Way, E14

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Place Name Takes its name not from the battle directly but from the East Indiaman frigate, Trafalgar, which was a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Canary Wharf, industry, Nelson, Poplar, Poplar and Limehouse, streets made after ships, streets named after an Indian connection, Tower Hamlets

Trafalgar Street, SE17

10 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The first significant development appears to have begun during the later years of, or immediately after the end…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Camberwell and Peckham, Faraday, Horatio Nelson, Napoleonic Wars, Royal Navy, Southwark, Streets named after a Spanish connection, Walworth

Half Moon Lane, SE24

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Place Name Known from ancient times as Greenstreet, and from the 1720s until about 1800 as Ireland Green (after James…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dulwich Village, name change, Southwark, streets named after pubs

Tavistock Place, WC1N

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Place Name Laid out over the extensive lands of the former Bloomsbury town house of the dukes of Bedford. The…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bedford Estate, bloomsbury, Camden, Dissolution of the monasteries, Duke of Bedford, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after places in Devon, streets named after religious houses, streets named after Westminster School connection

Tavistock Square, WC1H

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Place Name Laid out over the extensive lands of the former Bloomsbury town house of the dukes of Bedford. The…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bedford Estate, Camden, Dissolution of the monasteries, Duke of Bedford, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after places in Devon, streets named after religious houses, streets named after Westminster School connection

Magnolia Road, W4

18 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The southern section from Thames Road to Ernest Gardens was originally a path called Dead Donkey Lane which…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chiswick Riverside, Hounslow, name change, streets named after trees

Ladysmith Road, E16

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Place Name Named after the 118 day Siege – or perhaps more accurately the Relief – of Ladysmith, which took…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Boer War, Canning Town North, military, Newham, streets named after a South African connection, streets named after an African connection, streets named after Empire

Acre Drive, SE22

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Place Name Laid out over the grounds of a former detached house on Crystal Palace Road, which was demolished to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dulwich, Goose Green, Private Road, Southwark

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