Place Name Named after local landholders the Dames family, who owned the western part of Forest Gate, between Woodford Road and…
Place Name There are two churches on this road but the church referred to in this street name is, by…
Place Name Remembering Frederick John Redman, who was awarded the George Medal (the highest honour of civilians) during the Second World…
Place Name Named in honour of scholar and journalist, Samuel Harvey Reynolds (1831 – February 7, 1897) who lived in…
Place Name Built on the former grounds of Plashet Hall, by Cameron Corbett, a large scale Victorian developer responsible for much…
Place Name Directional. Taken from the hamlet of Little Ilford, which although still exists, is now better known as Manor…
Place Name The road leading to the nearby station of the same name. The conventional story has it that Manor…
Place Name This and The Warren which is nearby are thought to be literal references to the rabbits that lived…
Place Name One of a cluster of streets named after famous playwrights and poets, others include Shakespeare Crescent, Ruskin Avenue,…
Place Name This off-shoot from Shakespeare Crescent is clearly a literary joke. Anne Hathaway (1556 – August 6, 1623) being the…