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Pinner View, HA1

8 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from its slightly elevated view over the town of Pinner. The name Pinner was first…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, Headstone South, names that come from Latin words, Pinner Hill, streets named after the landscape

Pinner Road, HA5

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Place Name The name Pinner was first written down as Pinnora in 1231. The first part Pinn may be from…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, Headstone North, names that come from Latin words, Pinner, streets named after the landscape

Pinner Hill Road, HA5

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Place Name Originally Pinnerhill Road. Rising to 126 metres (413 ft), Pinner Hill is the 11th highest natural point in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, names that come from Latin words, Pinner, Pinner Hill, Ruislip Northwood and Pinner, streets named after the landscape

Pinner Hill, HA5

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Place Name Rising to 126 metres (413 ft), Pinner Hill is the 11th highest natural point in London. The name…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, names that come from Latin words, Pinner, Pinner Hill, Private Road, Ruislip Northwood and Pinner, streets named after the landscape

Pinner Road, HA6

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Place Name Directional it is the road that runs from Northwood to Pinner. The name Pinner was first written down…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, names that come from Latin words, Northwood and Pinner, Northwood Hills, Old English, Ruislip, streets named after the landscape

Hengist Way, SM6

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Place Name One of a number of roads commemorating some of the eight biplanes that were used by Imperial Airways,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Croydon Airport, former airfields, South Beddington and Roundshaw, streets named after a connection to aircraft, streets named after technology, streets named after the unexpected, Sutton

Hengist Road, DA8

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Place Name Hengist, the name is Old English and means Stallion, who along with his brother Horsa (Horse), was hired…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Bexley, Dark Ages, Erith, Northumberland Heath

Pierrepont Road, W3

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Place Name Evelyn Pierrepont, (born sometime around 1665 – March 5, 1726) was 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, and created Marquess…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Ealing, George II, North Acton, Scotland

Green Street, EN3

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Place Name Historically directional leading to Ayland Green, a small triangular patch that used to be at the junction of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brimsdown, Enfield, Middle English, streets named after the landscape

Ridler Road, EN1

5 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Joseph Frederick Ridler was a butcher whose shop was on nearby Baker Street. In 1884 he took out…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Enfield, Enfield Town, streets named after butchers, streets named after developers, victorian

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