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Lavender Road, EN2

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Place Name The Birkbeck Freehold Land Society bought land north of Lancaster Road sometime before 1880 and by 1887 had…

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The Warren, E12

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Place Name This and Rabbits Road which is nearby are thought to be literal references to the rabbits that lived…

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Gough Road, EN1

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Place Name Captain Harry Gough (April 2, 1681 – July 13, 1751), was a merchant and politician who sat in…

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Hankey Place, SE1

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Place Name Originally Chapel Place. Donald William Alers Hankey (October 27, 1884 – October 12, 1916) was a prominent member…

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Chinbrook Crescent, SE12

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Place Name From the Chin Brook a former name for the River Quaggy along this stretch from at least the 12thCentury…

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Chinbrook Road, SE12

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Place Name From the Chin Brook a former name for the River Quaggy along this stretch from at least the 12thCentury…

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Primrose Street, EC2A

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Place Name Originally Primrose Alley. It has been suggested that Primrose Street was named after the flowers which used to…

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Lambton Road, SW20

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Place name John George Lambton (April 12, 1792 – July 28, 1840) was 1st Earl of Durham who was known as…

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Hatton Green, TW14

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Place Name Descriptive. This leads to the village green. The name Hatton itself comes from Anglo-Saxon Hǣþtūn made up of…

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Hatton Road, TW14

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Place Name Directional. This was the main road leading from East Bedfont to Hatton. The name itself comes from Anglo-Saxon…

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