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Abbey Wood Lane, RM13

30 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name As the name suggests, it leads to Abbey Wood, which was just a small part of the extensive…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Havering, Rainham, Rainham & Wennington, streets named after religious houses, streets named after woods

Abbey Street, SE1

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Place Name A religious house of one sort or the other existed in the area from before AD715 but is…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bermondsey, London Bridge and West Bermondsey, Southwark, streets named after religious houses

Abbey Road, SW19

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Place Name As with the nearby Abbey Recreation Ground the name references the large Augustinian Priory of Merton which was…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Abbey, Merton, streets named after abbeys, streets named after religious houses

Canonbury Grove, N1

29 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out around 1823 it was originally called Willow Grove and for a time Willow Terrace. By 1837…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Canonbury, Islington, name change, streets named after religious houses

Canonbury Square, N1

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Place Name A reference to the canons of St Bartholomew’s Church, Smithfield, who held the manor here after land in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Islington, Laycock, streets named after religious houses

Canonbury Lane, N1

28 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A reference to the canons of St Bartholomew’s Church, Smithfield, who held the manor here after land in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Canonbury, Islington, streets named after religious houses

Canonbury Street, N1

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Place Name A reference to the canons of St Bartholomew’s Church, Smithfield, who held the manor here after land in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Canonbury, Islington, streets named after religious houses

Thorne Close, E11

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Place Name Much redeveloped. This once formed the eastern section of the much longer Langthorne Road, from where it got…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cathall Ward, Leyton, lost streets, name change, streets named after trees, Waltham Forest

Langthorne Road, E11

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Place Name Previously Union Road it was renamed in 1948 although it apparently had many other names Blind Lane; Irish…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Cathall Ward, Leytonstone, name change, streets named after abbeys, streets named after buildings, streets named after trees, Waltham Forest

Angel Mews, N1

22 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This cul-de-sac was built behind the former site of the Angel Inn, which was first recorded here in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, streets named after buildings, streets named after pubs, streets with a Christmas connection

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