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Robin Hood Road, SW15

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Place Name The connections with the local area go back to the early 16thCentury but this would seem to be…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Henry VIII, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Richmond Park, Robin Hood, streets named after legends

Robin Hood Way, SW20

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Place Name The connections with the local area go back to the early 16thCentury but this would seem to be…

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Emerald Court, WC1N

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Place name London’s narrowest alleyway, a mere 67cm (26.5in) at its narrowest point, it appears on John Rocque’s 1746 map…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: bloomsbury, Camden, name change, streets named after colours

The Hale, N17

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Place Name With reference to Tottenham meaning Totta’s village which was written down as Toteham in 1086 and Totenham in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Haringey, Tottenham

Hillrise Road, N19

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Place Name Literal it leads up Crouch Hill. Originally Upper Hornsey Rise between 1853 and 1936, presumably changed as part…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Islington, name change

Slades Hill, EN2

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Place Name Originally part of East Barnet Road. The present name was in use by 1874, a local farmer called…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Enfield, name change

Yeading Lane, UB4

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Place Name Directional. Originally Yeading Road. Yeading is very early Saxon and was originally Geddingas or Geddinges, meaning the people…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Hillingdon, name change

Monck Street, SW1P

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Place Name Henry Monck was an early 18thCentury benefactor to the local parish serving as an Overseer to the Poor. In…

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Surbition Hall Close, KT1

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Place Name From the mid-18thCentury until the early 1930s a large house stood on the south-west side of what is…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Kingston-Upon-Thames, streets named after houses, Surbiton

Mohmmad Kahn Road, E11

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Place Name Previously called Edgecombe Road as part of an alphabetical sequence – Aylmer Road, Barfield Road, Carlton Road, Dacre…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Asian, Bushwood, Leytonstone, Muslim, name change, named after councillor/council employee, Waltham Forest

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