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Shernhall Street, E17

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Place Name Our ancestors were not known for their subtlety, and this name was derived from a literal description of…

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Hale End Road, E17

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Place Name Directional, the road leading to Hale End. The settlement after which this road is named was first recorded…

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Salisbury Road, E17

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Place Name Named after Adam de Salesbury and his ancestors who took possession of a large part of Higham manor…

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Valognes Avenue, E17

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Place Name Named after the medieval Lord of the Manor of Higham Peter de Valognes, a Norman nobleman. Between 1070 and…

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Monoux Grove, E17

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Place Name Walthamstow born George Monoux (c. 1465 – February 8, 1544) was a merchant in Bristol and London and…

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Hoe Street, E17

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Place Name For a short while called Greenleaf Lane and renamed Hoe Street North in 1887. The name was first…

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Woodford New Road, E17

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Place Name Directional, this is the road that leads to Woodford. Woodford appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as…

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Yunus Khan Close, E17

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Place Name Commemorating the four members of an Asian family murdered in a racist attack in the early hours of…

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Gamuel Close, E17

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Place Name There was a Gamuel Road which was situated between Beaconsfield Road and Alexandra Road but despite surviving the…

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Fleeming Road, E17

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Place Name Named after Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, née Clementina Elphinstone Fleeming (June 1, 1822 – January 19, 1865), also…

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