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Baltic Street West, EC1Y

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Place Name Previously Baltic Street. This street and others located nearby were built by a timber merchant Thomas Hacker who in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bunhill, City of London, streets named after trade

Baker’s Yard, EC1R

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Place Name Like Baker’s Row, named after Richard Baker, a carpenter from St Pancras who leased the land from a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Clerkenwell, Islington

Arcadian Close, DA5

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Place name One of a cluster of streets relating to Arcadia, a vision of pastorialism and harmony with nature. The…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bexley, Blendon and Penhill

Amen Court, EC4M

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Place Name This is either a reference to the makers of rosaries, known as Pater Nosters (from the Latin for…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: City of London, Farringdon Within

Ada Place, E2

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Place Name Named after members of the the Pritchard family. Andrew Pritchard, a “tilemaker of Hackney Road” in 1789, began…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cambridge Heath, Hackney, streets named after women

Bridgeman Road, N1

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Place Name Originally John Street between 1819 and 1897 when it was changed to Lofting Road. Corruption of Reverend Arthur…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Church of England, Islington, name change, Thornhill Square

Peppermint Place, E11

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Place Name An area much redeveloped throughout the 20thCentury. First laid out and occupied between 1990 and 2001, this is part…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cathall Estate, Cathall Ward, streets named after food, Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust, Walthamstow

Bartholomew Place, EC1A

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Place Name A confusing network of ancient winding streets and irregular combination of squares that were once the enclosed precinct…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: City of London, Henry I, West Smithfield

Onra Road, E17

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Place Name One of six roads that when put together reveal a secret in their names. This estate was developed on…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: joke names, Lea Bridge Ward, Waltham Forest

Olympic Park Avenue, E20

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Place Name Named in reference to the London 2012 Olympics Games. East Village was built on the site of the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: London 2012, Newham, Olympic Park Ward, Olympics, sport, Stratford

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