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Maiden Lane, WC2E

3 February 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This ancient path was once a trackway leading from the City, where it ran through Cripplegate, Aldersgate and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Holborn and Covent Garden, name change, streets named after dung heaps, Westminster

Floral Street, WC2E

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Place Name Previously called Little Hart Street (from Conduit Court to James Street) and Great Hart Street (from James Street…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Holborn and Covent Garden, name change, streets named after buildings, Westminster

Prideaux Place, WC1X

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Place Name Previously Vernon Street and later Upper Vernon Street. Arthur Robert Prideaux (1857 – May 9, 1932) was a director…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Clerkenwell, Islington, name change, New River Company

Harpur Mews, WC1N

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Place Name Formerly East Street, by association with New North Street. As a young man of humble origins from Bedford, William…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Camden, Dissolution of the monasteries, Holborn & Covent Garden, Lord Mayor, name change, Nicholas Barbon, streets named after Lord Mayors

Wakefield Street, WC1H

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Place Name It was named after the Pindar of Wakefield, an inn that first opened sometime around 1517, on Gray’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Camden, King's Cross, Robin Hood, streets named after pubs

Foxley Square, SW9

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Place Name Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland of Holland, and 3rd Baron Holland of Foxley (November 21, 1773 – October 22,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Camberwell, Lambeth, slavery, streets named after Whigs

Coppock Close, SW11

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Place Name John Bridgeford Maxwell Coppock (1910 – April 4,1981) was a lecturer and research chemist, who taught chemistry and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Battersea, Falconbrook, Kambala Estate, streets named after scientists, Wandsworth

Boutflower Road, SW11

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Place Name Henry Boutflower Verdon (December 8, 1846 – October 10, 1879) was to be the first vicar of the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Battersea, Church of England, Lavender, streets named after Cambridge graduates, Wandsworth

Bolingbroke Grove, SW11

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Place Name Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (September 16, 1678 – December 12, 1751) was a politician and political philosopher…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Battersea, Clapham Junction, Lavender, Northcote, streets named after Tories, Wandsworth

Orient Street, SE11

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Place Name Along with West Square and Austral Street this is a reference to a compass point. The term Orient derives…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bermondsey, Kennington, Lambeth, names that come from Latin words, St George's, streets named after compass points

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