Place Name This was already an early road or footpath before the road was properly developed. It was originally called Billet…
Place Name Takes its name from what was once the site of Becontree Archery, a 19thCentury archery ground with lodge,…
Place Name One of six roads that when put together reveal a secret in their names. This estate was developed on…
Place Name Also spelt Baker’s Avenue and Bakers’ Avenue. This road takes its name from the Master Bakers’ Benevolent Institution (now…
Place Name Remembering Roger Ascham (c. 1515 – December 30, 1568), an English scholar who was Princess Elizabeth’s (later Queen Elizabeth…
Place Name In 1964 Thomas Alfred Jenkinson (November 28, 1911 – November 1994) was to be the last mayor to…
Place Name Named in honour of Benjamin Tillett (September 11, 1860 – January 27, 1943), a socialist, trade union leader…
Place Name Named after the nearby Gallions Reach, a stretch of the River Thames, which itself was named after Gallions…
Place Name The former Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich was the only local authority to straddle the Thames when it was…
Place Name Named in honour of New Zealander Johnnie Hoskins MBE (1892 – 1987), the man credited with inventing motorcycle speedway who…