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Honor Oak Road, SE23

February 26, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional, the road leading from Forest Hill to Honor Oak. There was indeed an oak tree, on One…

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Filed under: Elizabeth I, Forest Hill, Lewisham, streets named after a boundary marker, streets named after plants, streets named after trees

Kyiv Road, W2

February 24, 2023 Jessica Wheeler Leave a comment

Place Name Previously part of Bayswater Road, this small stretch of road between Ossington Street and Palace Court was renamed…

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Filed under: Bayswater, Campden, Kensington and Chelsea, name change, Westminster

Arne Street, WC2E

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Place Name Originally Dirty Lane and later Charles Street. Dr Thomas Augustine Arne (March 12, 1710 – March 5, 1778), was…

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Filed under: Covent Garden, Eton, St James's, streets named after composers, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after musicians, Westminster

Conduit Court, WC2E

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Place Name The name suggests it was connected with a water channel but in fact it comes from an innkeeper…

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Filed under: Covent Garden, St James's, streets named after landlords, Westminster

Bow Street, WC2E

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Place name Descriptive. Laid out with a slight curve between 1633 and 1677. As John Strype explained in 1740: “So called…

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Filed under: Covent Garden, St James's, Westminster

Long Acre, WC2E

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Place Name Agricultural heritage. This was originally a field owned by Westminster Abbey but had, at the time of development,…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Covent Garden, St James's, Westminster

Slingsby Place, WC2E

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Place Name Previously Chapel Alley. Sir William Slingsby (29 January 1563 – August 1634), was an adventurer and property speculator.…

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Filed under: Mercer's Company, St James's, streets named after MPs, Westminster

Maiden Lane, WC2E

February 3, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This ancient path was once a trackway leading from the City, where it ran through Cripplegate, Aldersgate and…

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Filed under: Holborn and Covent Garden, name change, streets named after dung heaps, Westminster

Floral Street, WC2E

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Place Name Previously called Little Hart Street (from Conduit Court to James Street) and Great Hart Street (from James Street…

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Filed under: Holborn and Covent Garden, name change, streets named after buildings, Westminster

Prideaux Place, WC1X

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Place Name Previously Vernon Street and later Upper Vernon Street. Arthur Robert Prideaux (1857 – May 9, 1932) was a director…

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Filed under: Clerkenwell, Islington, name change, New River Company

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