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Yester Park, BR7

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Place Name Yester Park was a four acre plot of the much larger estate Camden Estate, which had been broken…

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Empress Drive, BR7

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Place Name Named in honour of Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox y KirkPatrick, 16th Countess of Teba, 15th…

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Camden Grove, BR7

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Place Name There has been a house here since the early 1600s, but the present house was developed and first…

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Belmont Lane, BR7

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Place Name Belmont comes from the Norman French meaning a fine or beautiful hill. It was a popular name in…

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Botany Bay Lane, BR7

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Place Name Often used as a popular joke name, it can also be found in Enfield, alluding as it does…

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Elmstead Lane, BR7

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Place Name Directional. The area after which this street is named was first mentioned as Elmsted in 1320, it means…

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Red Hill, BR7

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Place Name Descriptive. Named after the distinctive colour of the local soil, which in 1532 was used by John Burdde…

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Mayfield Avenue, BR6

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Place Name This takes its name from a corruption of the family name of Philip de Malevil, variously spelt Mayevil…

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Hartington Close, BR6

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Place Name Named after William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (May 8, 1720 – October 2, 1764), who was styled…

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Lych Gate Road, BR6

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Place Name This was a footpath leading to the ancient All Saints Church, which was first endowed by the Archbishop…

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