Place Name Directional, leading to Blackheath. First mentioned in records as Blachehedfeld in 1166. It was Blakehetfled in 1226 and…
Place Name Directional, leading to Blackheath. First mentioned in records as Blachehedfeld in 1166. It was Blakehetfled in 1226 and…
PLACE NAME Directional, leading to Blackheath. First mentioned in records as Blachehedfeld in 1166. It was Blakehetfled in 1226 and…
Place Name Directional, leading to Blackheath. First mentioned in records as Blachehedfeld in 1166. It was Blakehetfled in 1226 and…
Place Name Joseph René Bellot (March 18, 1826 – August 18, 1853), the French sailor and Arctic explorer who disappeared in…
Place Name Originally called Union Wharf, no doubt so named as it connected Greenwich Wharf, Port of London Wharf and…
Place Name Showing the sort of originality of thought that developers through the ages have shown for place names this…
Place Name Previously Conduit Lane. Named after Sir John Vanbrugh (January 1664 – March 26, 1726) the architect-in-charge at Greenwich…
Place Name Thought to be named after Sir Algernon May (died July 25, 1704). As the fifth son of Sir…
Place Name Marine history. John Harrison (April 3, 1693 – March 24, 1776) was a self-educated carpenter and clockmaker who…
Place Name Named after Sir John Morden, of Wricklemarsh, Charlton, a businessman who made large sums trading in Turkey and…