Place Name New Barn Street was first recorded in 1527, taking its name from New Barns Farm, the ancient rectorial…
Place Name Named in honour of the much admired Matilda of Scotland (1080 – May 1, 1118), whose marriage to…
Place Name This lane is said to have led to a field called Shillingshaw, or Chargeables, on account of the fact…
Place Name First written down as Placet in 1578, however it was mentioned earlier in the surname John atte Plass(c)het…
Place Name Named after the point where the old Roman road between London and Colchester crossed the River Lea –…
Place Name Directional, the road leading to Plaistow. The name of the area is believed to come from Sir Hugh…
Place Name Originally New Road. Named in commemoration of Admiral Nelson’s victory over the French Fleet on August 1, 1798…
Place Name Formerly the East Ham and Barking By-pass which replaced the old Beckton Road. The name Newham was established…
Place Name Named after General Charles George Gordon’s mission in Sudan to evacuate Egyptians in 1883. Sudan was under Egyptian rule…
Place Name Named in honour of George Peabody (February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869), the American financier who is widely…