Place Name Named after John Smeaton (January 16, 1806 – October 31, 1842), civil engineer to the London Dock Company.…
Place Name A memorial plaque in the street names it in honour of Sir Thomas More (February 7, 1478 –…
Place Name Named after Daniel Asher Alexander (May 6, 1768 – March 2, 1846), architect and surveyor of the London…
Place Name Featuring on John Rocque’s map of 1746, the area was mostly developed except for one field, which would…
Place Name Named after a tavern that was known to have been here between 1741 – 1765, the name became…
Place Name Named in memory of John Fisher (circa October 19, 1469 – June 22, 1535), an English Catholic bishop,…
Place Name Surprisingly not a directional description but named after a man called West who held a considerable amount of…
Place Name Previously called Neptune Street after the Roman sea god. This road leads to Wellclose Square, which was so-called…
Place Name Leading to Wapping Dock Stairs which go down to the River Thames. For many years it was believed…
Place Name After the colony which later became the ninth US state. The first expedition to the colony of Virginia…