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Waxwell Lane, HA5

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Place Name A reference to ancient Holy Well or Sacred Spring situated on the corner of the Uxbridge Road and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, Pinner

Waxwell Close, HA5

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Place Name A reference to ancient Holy Well or Sacred Spring situated on the corner of the Uxbridge Road and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, Pinner, streets named after ancient monuments

Brondesbury Villas, NW6

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Place Name The villas were built sometime around 1862. An advert in The Times from that year stated: “KILBURN, Brondesbury…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brent, Kilburn, prebend estate, St Paul's Cathedral, streets named after buildings

Brondesbury Road, NW6

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Place Name The road leading onto Brondesbury Park, the main route from Kilburn to Brondesbury. The name Brondesbury was first…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brent, Kilburn, prebend estate, St Paul's Cathedral, Willesden

Tabard Street, SE1

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Place name Formerly Kent Street or, as it would have been known to Geoffrey Chaucer author of the Canterbury Tales…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer, literature, Southwark, streets named after pubs

Lower Ham Road, KT2

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Place Name The main road that follows the River Thames, leading from Kingston-Upon-Thames to the village of Ham. The name…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Canbury Gardens, Kingston-Upon-Thames

Ham Street, TW10

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Place Name This is the main street through the village of Ham. The name itself (like East and West Ham…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Ham, Old English, Petersham and Richmond Riverside, Richmond-On-Thames

Kingston Lane, TW11

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Place Name The road leading from Teddington High Street in the direction of Kingston. Kingston-Upon-Thames had been in royal hands…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Hampton Wick and South Teddington, Richmond-On-Thames, Teddington

Cloudesley Place, N1

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Place Name Originally Elizabeth Terrace (1821) it was re-named by 1882 Sir Richard Cloudesley (1465 – 1518) was a Tudor…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, streets named after killers, streets named after philanthropists, Tudor

Cloudesley Road, N1

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Place Name Sir Richard Cloudesley (1465 – 1518) was a Tudor landowner who was buried at St Mary’s, Islington. He…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, streets named after killers, streets named after philanthropists, Tudor

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