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Canonbury Grove, N1

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Place Name Laid out around 1823 it was originally called Willow Grove and for a time Willow Terrace. By 1837…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Canonbury, Islington, name change, streets named after religious houses

Canonbury Square, N1

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Place Name A reference to the canons of St Bartholomew’s Church, Smithfield, who held the manor here after land in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Islington, Laycock, streets named after religious houses

Canonbury Lane, N1

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Place Name A reference to the canons of St Bartholomew’s Church, Smithfield, who held the manor here after land in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Canonbury, Islington, streets named after religious houses

Canonbury Street, N1

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Place Name A reference to the canons of St Bartholomew’s Church, Smithfield, who held the manor here after land in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Canonbury, Islington, streets named after religious houses

Thorne Close, E11

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Place Name Much redeveloped. This once formed the eastern section of the much longer Langthorne Road, from where it got…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cathall Ward, Leyton, lost streets, name change, streets named after trees, Waltham Forest

Langthorne Road, E11

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Place Name Previously Union Road it was renamed in 1948 although it apparently had many other names Blind Lane; Irish…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Cathall Ward, Leytonstone, name change, streets named after abbeys, streets named after buildings, streets named after trees, Waltham Forest

Abbey Lane, E15

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Place Name This was, and remains, the main route across the former Stratford Marsh, now largely developed. The road name…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII, Newham, religion, Stratford, streets named after religious houses, West Ham

Angel Mews, N1

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Place Name This cul-de-sac was built behind the former site of the Angel Inn, which was first recorded here in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, streets named after buildings, streets named after pubs, streets with a Christmas connection

Bethnal Green Road, E2

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Place Name Directional the road leading from Shoreditch to Bethnal Green. The eastern end of the route has been in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Middle English, St Peter's, Tower Hamlets

Maryland Road, E15

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Place Name Named after the US state. It was originally a hamlet, which had grown up around a large house…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Maryland, Newham, Stratford New Town, streets named after royals, streets named after US states, streets named after women, streets with a North American connection

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