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Elgin Street, IG3

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Place name This street, which takes its name after the former cathedral city of Elgin in Moray, is like many…

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Sutton Court Road, W4

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Place Name Named after a former home of  Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl of Fauconberg, Sutton Court. The house of which…

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Sutton Lane North, W4

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Place Name This was originally plain Sutton Lane leading to Sutton Court Road. The lane was broken up by the…

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Sutton Lane South, W4

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Place Name This was originally plain Sutton Lane leading to Sutton Court Road. Preserves the name of the old manor…

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Brompton Square, SW3

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Place Name Named after the nearby area, which was a hamlet in Anglo-Saxon times. The name itself means broom farm,…

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Old Brompton Road, SW5

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Place Name Directional it used to lead to the hamlet of Brompton in Kensington Parish. West Brompton was marked Old…

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Jack Walker Court, N5

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Place name Jack Walker (April 26, 1922 – September 6, 1975) was a former councillor Islington Council, he died a few…

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Stepney High Street, E1

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Place Name The name Stepney pre-dated the Norman Conquest of 1066, being recorded sometime around the first millennium as StybbanhyÞe…

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Coomassie Road, W9

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Place Name An historic spelling for the Ghanian town of Kumasi (also spelled Comassie and usually Kumase in Twi) a stronghold…

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Hook Hill, CR2

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Place Name This is thought to be a literal reference to hook shaped hill. Although it was marked on Ordnance…

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