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Leyton Road, E15

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Place Name Directional, the main road to Leyton. The area first appeared on record on the eve of the Norman…

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Atherton Road, E15

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Place Name Like many of the streets around the Wanstead Slip this was laid out on the Cann Hall manorial…

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Edward Temme Avenue, E15

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Place Name In honour of Edward Harry Temme (September 16, 1904 – June 26, 1977), the first man to swim across…

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Hall Road, E15

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Place Name This street, which follows the lay out of the once much longer Dunmow Road, changed its name in…

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Arthingworth Street, E15

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Place Name The family seat of the Rokeby family was Arthingworth Hall in Northamptonshire, who held it from December 1700 when…

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Durban Road, E15

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Place Name Named after the South African port town, which was founded in 1824 by Francis Farewell and other British…

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Drapers Road, E15

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Place Name This road was previously the western section of Manbey Road but like nearby Amethyst Road, which was the…

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Downsell Road, E15

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Place Name Named after Downsell Hall also known as Downsells or Bawdes Hall, in South Weald, Essex, which was originally part…

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Hopkins Mews, E15

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Place Name Named after Gerard Manley Hopkins (July 28, 1844 – June 8, 1889), a poet and Jesuit priest, who was…

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Canning Road, E15

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Place Name Directional, the road leading to Canning Town, which was first recorded in 1848. There are a number of…

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