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Finchley Lane, NW4

5 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional leading from Hendon across the River Brent to Finchley. Finchley is thought to be named after the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Barnet, Hendon, Old English, streets named after birds, streets named after woods

Finchley Place, NW8

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Place Name Side road of the main Finchley Road. Finchley is thought to be named after the birds that nested…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Abbey Road, Anglo-Saxon, Old English, streets named after birds, streets named after woods, Westminster

Finchley Road, NW3

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Place Name Directional, this 4.5 mile long road leads from West Hampstead to Finchley. The road is relatively new. Thought…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Camden, Old English, streets named after birds, streets named after woods, Swiss Cottage, West Hampstead

Finchley Road, NW2

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Place Name Directional, this 4.5 mile long road leads from West Hampstead to Finchley. The road is relatively new. Thought…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Barnet, Childs Hill, Old English, streets named after birds, streets named after woods

Finchley Road, NW11

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Place Name Directional, this 4.5 mile long road leads from West Hampstead to Finchley. The road is relatively new. Thought…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Barnet, Golders Green, Old English, streets named after birds, streets named after woods

Finchley Road, NW8

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Place Name Directional, this 4.5 mile long road leads from West Hampstead to Finchley. The road is relatively new. Thought…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Abbey Road, Anglo-Saxon, Old English, Regent's Park, streets named after birds, streets named after woods, Westminster

Barbauld Road, N16

1 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Name change originally Broughton Road. Anna Letitia Barbauld (June 20, 1743 – March 9, 1825) was prominent member of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hackney, name change, slavery, Stoke Newington, streets named after a French connection, streets named after women, women

Cirrus Close, SM6

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Place Name This street is named after the Cirrus series of  light aircraft engines, which were first introduced in 1925,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Croydon Airport, former airfields, Roundshaw Estate, streets named after a connection to aircraft, Sutton, Wallington

Downe Avenue, TN14

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Place Name The village of Downe, of which this street is named, was first mentioned as Dona in 1283, from…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Bromley, Darwin

Citizen Road, N7

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Place name Perhaps surprisingly this isn’t some modern paean to the people but refers to Edward Harvist, an early 17thCentury…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Arsenal, breweries, Brewers' Company, Edward Harvist Trust, Islington, streets named after philanthropists

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