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Ripple Road, IG11

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Place Name Formerly Ripple Street. A ripple was a strip of land, in this case referring to the narrow stretch…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Abbey, Barking and Dagenham, field name

Danes Road, IG1

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PLACE NAME One of a quartet of streets commemorating a phase of local history, in this case starting with a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Essex, Ilford, Loxford, Redbridge, streets connected with ancient monuments, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after a Viking connection, streets named after buildings

Aden Road, IG1

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Place Name The city of Aden, an ancient port city, became a British colony in 1839, when the East India Company…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: East India Company, Empire, Gants Hill, Ilford, streets named after Empire, streets with a connection to the East India Company, Valentines

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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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, bloomsbury, Camden, streets named after buildings

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

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