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Arnold Close, HA3

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Place Name Matthew Arnold (December 24, 1822 – April 15, 1888) was a  poet and critic who later worked as…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Harrow, Harrow School, Kenton, literature, streets named after literary figures, streets named after Oxford graduates

Alma Row, HA3

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Place Name Named after the first battle of the Crimean War, fought on September 20, 1854 when the allied expeditionary force…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Harrow, Harrow Weald, streets named after battle sites, streets named after places in Ukraine, streets named after the Crimean War

Aston Avenue, HA3

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Place Name After the Gloucestershire village Cold Aston (also known as Aston Blank) near Bourton-on-the-Water. This is one of a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cluster, Cotswolds, Harrow, Kenton, Northwick Park, streets named after places in Gloucestershire

Donnington Road, HA3

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Place Name After the Gloucestershire village a mile or so north of Stow-on-the-Wold. This is one of a number of…

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Churchill Avenue, HA3

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Place Name Captain Edward George Spencer Churchill (May 21, 1876 – June 24, 1964) was a cousin to Sir Winston Churchill, the wartime…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Harrow, Kenton, Northwick Park, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after Oxford graduates

Duncannon Street, WC2N

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Place Name Laid out as part of the slum clearance scheme made law under the Strand Improvement Act of 1829,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Charing Cross, St James's, streets named after Whigs, Westminster

Ponsonby Place, SW1P

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Place Name John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (August 31, 1781 – May 16, 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Pimlico, streets named after Whigs, Vincent Square, Westminster

Ponsonby Terrace, SW1P

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Place Name John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (August 31, 1781 – May 16, 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Pimlico, streets named after Whigs, Vincent Square, Westminster

Bessborough Place, SW1V

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Place Name John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (August 31, 1781 – May 16, 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Pimlico, Pimlico South, streets named after Whigs, Westminster

Bessborough Street, SW1V

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Place Name John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (August 31, 1781 – May 16, 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Pimlico, streets named after Whigs, Vincent Square, Westminster

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