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Anerley Station Road, SE20

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Place Name Originally plain Station Road. The name itself means the lonely place and comes from some Scottish and Northern…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bromley, name change, Penge and Cator, Railway

America Street, SE1

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Place Name This was still agricultural land when John Rocque was drawing his 1746 map of London, although development was…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: America, Borough and Bankside, Southwark, streets with a North American connection

Alma Place, NW10

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Place Name Named the first battle of the Crimean War, in which Britain and France joined Turkey to block Tsarist…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensal Green, Kensal Rise, Kensington and Chelsea, streets named after battle sites, streets named after places in Ukraine, streets named after rivers, victorian

Alma Street, E15

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Place Name This road was still being laid out when it was being surveyed for the Ordnance Survey in 1867.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Maryland, Newham, Stratford, streets named after battle sites, streets named after places in Ukraine, West Ham

Alma Road, N10

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Place Name Named after the first battle of the Crimean War, in which Britain and France joined Turkey to block…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnet, Friern Barnet, streets named after battle sites, streets named after places in Ukraine, streets named after the Crimean War, victorian

Alma Avenue, E4

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Place Name Originally Lyndhurst Road. Named after the first battle of the Crimean War, in which Britain and France joined…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hale End and Highams Park, Highams Park, name change, Waltham Forest

Alma Grove, SE1

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Place Name Originally Alma Road. Named the first battle of the Crimean War, in which Britain and France joined Turkey…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: South Bermondsey, Southwark, streets named after battle sites, streets named after places in Ukraine, streets named after the Crimean War, victorian

Allfarthing Lane, SW18

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Place Name This was previously the site of the manor of Alferthyng, which means half of a fouth part, in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Old English, Wandle, Wandsworth

Palace Road, N11

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Place Name Like neighbouring Park Road, this takes its name from the nearby Alexandra Park and Palace, which was never…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bounds Green, Haringey, royal

Park Road, N11

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Place Name With Springfield Community Park running beside this road, you may think that explains the street’s name. But in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bounds Green, Haringey, streets named after the unexpected

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