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Higham Station Avenue, E4

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Place Name Named after the local district, Higham Hill which means a village on a hill, from the Old English…

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Larkswood Road, E4

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Place Name Named after a local 14thCentury worthy called Laverk or Lark. The name Thomas Laverk was noted in parish…

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Normanshire Drive, E4

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Place Name It comes from the Old English meaning an area of disputed ownership, nän-mann literally meaning no man. The addition…

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Hatch Lane, E4

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Place Name Named after the local area of Suffield Hatch, it means the south field recorded as Suthfeld. The addition…

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South Avenue, E4

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Place Name This street name alludes to its position near Epping Forest. John Field in Place Names of Greater London…

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Mansfield Hill, E4

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Place Name Agricultural heritage. First recorded in 1553 as Manfeld, this was a reference to the common land, used for…

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Pretoria Road, E4

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Place Name Named after the South African city, in commemoration of the Second Boer War which ran from 1899 –…

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Walthamstow Avenue, E4

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Place Name Part of the North Circular, London’s inner ring road and named after the nearby town of Walthamstow, the…

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Messaline Avenue, E3

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Place Name Said to be one of only two streets in the UK to be named after an opera. It…

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Fairfield Road, E3

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Place Name So-called because this was the site of the annual Whitsun Fair which was held in Bow from at…

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