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Kingston Hill, SW15

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Place Name Literal. Leading from Kingston Vale (valley) into Kingston itself. Kingston-Upon-Thames has had royal connections for more than a…

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Vale Crescent, SW15

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Place Name A reference to Kingston Vale, which was first marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1876,  but was…

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Weller Street, SE1

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Place Name Originally Little Lant Street. One of a small cluster of local streets named after characters from the novels…

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Chisholm Road, TW10

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Place Name This road like others nearby was given to the Vestry, a prototype parish council, by King George III…

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Ireton Close, N10

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Place name Henry Ireton (1611 – November 26, 1651) was a Parliamentarian General during the English Civil War, and the son-in-law…

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Effra Parade, SW2

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Place Name The now hidden River Effra, which rises in Upper Norwood and flows out into the River Thames, close…

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Effra Road, SW2

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Place Name The now hidden River Effra, which rises in Upper Norwood and flows out into the River Thames, close…

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Ayrton Road, SW7

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Place Name Named either after William Edward Ayrton (September 14, 1847 – November 8, 1908) the physicist and electrical engineer whose work…

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Bexley High Street, DA5

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Place Name Bexley means a wood or grove of box trees from the Old English words byxe and lēah. Box…

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Kinfauns Road, IG3

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PLACE NAME This street, which takes its name after the 19thCentury Kinfauns Castle in Perthshire, is like many built by…

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