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Tavistock Square, WC1H

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Place Name Laid out over the extensive lands of the former Bloomsbury town house of the dukes of Bedford. The…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bedford Estate, Camden, Dissolution of the monasteries, Duke of Bedford, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after places in Devon, streets named after religious houses, streets named after Westminster School connection

Magnolia Road, W4

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Place Name The southern section from Thames Road to Ernest Gardens was originally a path called Dead Donkey Lane which…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chiswick Riverside, Hounslow, name change, streets named after trees

Ladysmith Road, E16

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Place Name Named after the 118 day Siege – or perhaps more accurately the Relief – of Ladysmith, which took…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Boer War, Canning Town North, military, Newham, streets named after a South African connection, streets named after an African connection, streets named after Empire

Acre Drive, SE22

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Place Name Laid out over the grounds of a former detached house on Crystal Palace Road, which was demolished to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dulwich, Goose Green, Private Road, Southwark

Acacia Grove, SE21

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Place Name Built in 1866. According to Camberwell Place and Street Names and their Origin there may have been a Masonic…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dulwich, Dulwich Wood, Southwark, streets named after trees

Abbotswood Road, SE22

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Place Name Laid out over the site of the former St Francis’ Hospital, which closed in 1991 and was sold…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Champion Hill, Dulwich, Southwark, street names with a secret

Grove Park Mews, W4

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Place Name Previously garages, this road leads to Lancaster Court a modern development built in 2010 and the road was…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chiswick Riverside, Duke of Devonshire, Hounslow, Old English, Private Road

Grove Park Gardens, W4

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Place name This was laid out in the grounds of a property called Grove Park House. The Grove refers to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chiswick Grove, Chiswick Riverside, Duke of Devonshire, Hounslow, Old English, streets named after houses, woods

Grove Park Bridge, W4

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Place Name Originally was part of Sutton Lane (today’s Sutton Court Road). There bridge, which crosses the railway track didn’t…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chiswick Grove, Chiswick Riverside, Duke of Devonshire, Hounslow, name change, Old English

Grove Park Road, W4

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Place Name Takes its name from Chiswick Grove, which was first mentioned sometime around 1210 as Grava, from the Old…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chiswick Grove, Chiswick Riverside, Duke of Devonshire, Hounslow, Old English, streets named after houses

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