Place name Henry Archibald Tufnell (May 15, 1854 – 1898) was one of the last descendants of William Tufnell, to…
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Place Name Named after a former manor that was north of Islington, which took its name from Tolla’s Hill, that…
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Place Name The first mention of the area Ken Wood, after which is this street is named, came in 1543…
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Place Name Sir Roger Cholmeley (sometime around 1485 – June 21, 1565) was the founder of the Highgate Free Grammar School…
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Place Name It has been suggested that the name Highgate derives from a hill-top gateway at the entrance into Hornsey park,…
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Place Name Directional the road that leads to Crouch End. The name is derived from a throw back to the…
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Place Name Named after the River Moselle that runs near here. The name itself is adapted from Muswell Hill which…
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Place Name Although today there is no obvious body of water to which the name may refer, there was in…
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Place Name Directional the road leading to Muswell Hill. It was first mentioned in the mid-12thCentury as Mosewella, meaning a…
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Place Name Thomas Bromwich (1748 – 1787) was a distinguished paper merchant, or more specifically a wallpaper merchant, who bought…
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