Place Name Legend has it that the area was named after a brave Mother Superior who defied Henry VIII as…
Place Name The area was referred to as Oxegate as early as 1250, although the 1000 acre Manor of Oxgate owned by…
Place Name This lane was originally the main access from the main road (Watling Street) to the ancient farm. The…
Place Name An access road to an industrial estate. The area was referred to as Oxegate as early as 1250, although…
Place Name John Kitto (December 4, 1804 – November 25, 1854) was a self-taught biblical scholar of Cornish descent. He…
Place Name Formerly Ripple Street. A ripple was a strip of land, in this case referring to the narrow stretch…
PLACE NAME One of a quartet of streets commemorating a phase of local history, in this case starting with a…
Place Name The city of Aden, an ancient port city, became a British colony in 1839, when the East India Company…
Place Name After nearby Tottenham Court Road, which took its name from the former manor of Tottenham (Tottenhall) which stood…
Place Name After nearby Tottenham Court Road, which took its name from the former manor of Tottenham (Tottenhall) which stood…