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Kilmartin Way, RM12

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Place Name John Ignatius Kilmartin (July 8, 1913 – October 1, 1998) was born in Dundalk, Ireland, in a large family.…

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Undershaft, EC3A

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Place Name This street leads to the church of St Andrew Undershaft where each May Day a maypole (or shaft)…

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Mayfair Row, W1J

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Place Name Named after the summer celebrations held on the eve of St James’s Day (May 1st, the feast of…

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Mayfair Place, W1J

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Place Name Named after the district where summer celebrations were held in the 17th and 18thCenturies on Brook Field (written…

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Brick Lane, UB5

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Place Name Named after the Brick Field on which this road was laid out. Brickearth deposits were exploited following the opening…

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Bell Close, HA5

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Place Name The former Bell public house stood on Pinner Green from 1866. It was rebuilt in 1931 and later…

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Pinner Green, HA5

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Place Name Literal. So-called on the Ordnance Survey map of 1822. First written down as Pinnora, from the original Anglo-Saxon…

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Horseshoe Lane, EN2

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Place Name Takes its name from the Crown and Horseshoes public house, a 19thCentury Grade II listed building by the canal, the New…

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Kingston Road, SW19

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Place Name Literal. Directional from Wimbledon into Kingston itself. Kingston-Upon-Thames has had royal connections for more than a millennia. It…

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Kingston Road, KT1

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Place Name Literal. Directional from New Malden into Kingston itself, although the original road only ran to Norbiton. Kingston-Upon-Thames has had…

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