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Tottenham Street, W1T

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Place Name After nearby Tottenham Court Road, which took its name from the former manor of Tottenham (Tottenhall) which stood…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, bloomsbury, Camden, Tottenham Court Road

Tottenham Mews, W1T

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Place Name After nearby Tottenham Court Road, which took its name from the former manor of Tottenham (Tottenhall) which stood…

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Ravensbourne Park Crescent, SE6

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Place Name Ravensbourne Park Gardens, were originally a private green for the occupiers of Ravensbourne Park Estate which began to be…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Catford, Lewisham, river, River Ravensbourne, Rushey Green, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Ravensbourne Park, SE6

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Place Name Ravensbourne Park Gardens, were originally a private green for the occupiers of Ravensbourne Park Estate which began to be…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Lewisham, river, River Ravensbourne, Rushey Green, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Ravensbourne Place, SE13

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Place Name A reference to the nearby river which was first recorded as Randesbourne in 1360. How the river got…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brockley, Lewisham, river, River Ravensbourne, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Ravensbourne Road, SE6

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Place Name A reference to the nearby river which was first recorded as Randesbourne in 1360. How the river got…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Crofton Park, Forest Hill, Lewisham, river, River Ravensbourne, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Ravensbourne Avenue, BR2

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Place Name A reference to the nearby river which was first recorded as Randesbourne in 1360. How the river got…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bromley, river, River Ravensbourne, Shortlands and Park Langley, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Ravensbourne Avenue, BR3

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Place Name A reference to the nearby river which was first recorded as Randesbourne in 1360. How the river got…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bromley, Bromley Town, river, River Ravensbourne, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Teignmouth Close, SW4

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Place Name John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (October 5, 1751 – February 14, 1834) worked as the Governor-General of Bengal from…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Clapham, Clapham Common, Clapham East, Clapham Sect, East India Company, Harrow School, Lambeth, slavery

Gresse Street, W1T

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Place Name Peter Gaspard Gresse (1715 – 1771), described as a Gentleman of Saint Pancras, is thought to have been…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: bloomsbury, Camden, streets named after a Swiss connection

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