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Ellerker Gardens, TW10

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Place Name Harriet Mainwaring Ellerker (1760 – September 23, 1842) was the younger sister of Charlotte Ellerker, wife of George Townshend,…

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Sudbrook Gardens, TW10

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Place Name A stream running on the south near Petersham was recorded here in 1332 as Suthbrok which gave the…

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Old Compton Street, W1D

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PLACE NAME Henry Compton (1632 – July 7, 1713), Bishop of London in the 1670s, who was also Dean of…

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Dean Street, W1D

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Place Name Probably, by connection with Old Compton Street, named after Henry Compton (1632 – July 7, 1713), Bishop of…

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Hobart Place, TW10

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Place Name Henry Hobart, brother of the Earl of Buckingham, was a Justice of the Peace who in 1772 led…

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Heron Square, TW9

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Place Name Recalls the original name Herring Court which was first mentioned in 1716, not long after the site had…

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Hanover Close, TW9

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Place Name One of a cluster of roads named after a connection with George III and his family. The inter-marriages…

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Patten Alley, TW10

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Place Name Originally part of the much longer Church Way which wend its way through agricultural fields from St Mary…

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Lorne Road, TW10

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Place Name This is one of Richmond’s celebrated The Alberts, a small network of streets named after connections with Prince…

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Lorne Road, N4

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Place Name One of a cluster of roads named after members of the Victorian Royal household. Louisa Caroline Alberta Saxe-Coburg…

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