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Bedfont Road, TW13

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Place Name Directional, the road between Lower Feltham and East Bedfont. The name itself was originally written as pre-Norman Conquest…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Feltham, Feltham West, Hounslow, names with a Celtic origin, Old English

Newington Court, SE1

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Place Name An access road to the railway arches, so named in reference to Newington Causeway. Newington is the almost…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chaucer, Old English, Southwark

Newington Butts, SE1

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Place Name Newington is the almost obsolete name for the Elephant and Castle area, it comes from the Old English…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: North Walworth, Old English, Southwark, sport, streets named after sports connections, Tudor

Hammersmith Grove, W6

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Place Name Originally The Grove, this used to be in Fulham Parish, so part of the estate of the Bishops…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hammersmith and Fulham, Hammersmith Broadway ward, Old English

Hammersmith Bridge Road, W6

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Place Name Directional, this is the northern side approach road to Hammersmith Bridge. The was laid out at roughly the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hammersmith and Fulham, Hammersmith Broadway ward, industry, Old English, streets named after buildings

Hammersmith Road, W14

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Place Name Literal, the road leading to Hammersmith. Originally a hamlet of Fulham Parish, so part of the estate of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Avonmore, Hammersmith and Fulham, Old English

Hammersmith Broadway, W6

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Place Name Originally a hamlet of Fulham Parish, so part of the estate of the Bishops of London. The exact…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hammersmith Broadway ward, Old English

Bancroft Road, HA3

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Place Name Richard Bancroft (September 1544 – November 2, 1610) served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1604 until his death,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Church of England, Harrow, Harrow Weald, streets named after Archbishops of Canterbury, streets named after Cambridge graduates

Bancroft Gardens, HA3

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Place Name Richard Bancroft (September 1544 – November 2, 1610) served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1604 until his death,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Church of England, Harrow, Harrow Weald, streets named after Archbishops of Canterbury, streets named after Cambridge graduates

Chichele Road, NW2

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Place Name Henry Chichele also spelt Checheley and Chicheley (born sometime around 1364 – April 12, 1443) served as Archbishop of Canterbury…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brent, Cricklewood and Mapesbury, Oxford University, Roman Catholic, streets named after Archbishops of Canterbury, streets named after Oxford graduates, Willesden

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