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Paradise Road, TW9

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Place Name Paradise is frequently used for roads on the south side of churches and was also a common land or…

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Burdett Road, TW9

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Place Name Sir Francis Burdett (March 23, 1813 – May 31, 1892) who for a long time served as a…

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Charing Cross Road, WC2H

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Place Name Built on top of an ancient highway in 1887 and so-named as it led to the long-lost cross…

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Kew Green, TW9

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Place Name Kew is thought to come from Old English meaning a neck of land by a landing place, it…

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Kew Gardens Road, TW9

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Place Name Directional, leads from the London Underground station to the park’s Cumberland Gate. The name Kew comes from the…

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Kreisel Walk, TW9

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Place Name Kurt Kreisel Kilstock (December 15, 1924 – October 18, 2016) was the chief executive of Ladbroke Properties Ltd…

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Gainsborough Road, TW9

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Place Name Thomas Gainsborough (May 1727 – August 2, 1788) was one of the most important British artists of the second…

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Bridge Street, TW9

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Place Name Directional, this street leads to Richmond Bridge, which was built between 1774 and 1777, during which time the…

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St Leonard’s Gardens, TW5

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Place Name The parish church, St Leonard’s is nearby and this road was laid out over glebe land (property, usually…

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Carnaby Street, W1F

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PLACE NAME After Karnaby House, built in about 1683 by 17thCentury bricklayer Richard Tyler, which stood on the east side…

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