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Kew Road, TW8

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Place Name A trunk road leading to the third (and current) Kew Bridge. Kew comes, appropriately enough, from the Old…

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Clitherow Avenue, W7

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Place Name A reference to the Clitherow family which held the Boston Manor estate for nearly 300 years. James Clitherow…

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Clitherow Road, TW8

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Place Name James Clitherow (1618 – 1681), the younger son of Sir Christopher Clitherow, was the first of a long-line…

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Great Marlborough Street, W1B, W1F

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Place Name John Churchill (May 26, 1650 – June 16, 1722), 1st Duke of Marlborough, was one of England’s greatest…

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Little Argyll Street, W1F, W1S

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Place Name John Campbell (October 10, 1680 – October 4, 1743), 2nd Duke of Argyll, the statesman and army officer…

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Argyll Street, W1D, W1F

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Place Name John Campbell (October 10, 1680 – October 4, 1743), 2nd Duke of Argyll, the statesman and army officer…

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Archer Street, W1D

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Place name First appears in the parish rate books in 1675, when it is called Arch Street, presumed to be…

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Sloane Court West, SW3

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Place Name Sir Hans Sloane (April 16 1660 – January 11, 1753) was an Anglo-Irish physician and naturalist whose collections formed…

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Sloane Court East, SW3

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Place Name Sir Hans Sloane (April 16 1660 – January 11, 1753) was an Anglo-Irish physician and naturalist whose collections formed…

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Sloane Gardens, SW1W

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Place Name Sir Hans Sloane (April 16 1660 – January 11, 1753) was an Anglo-Irish physician and naturalist whose collections formed…

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