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Davies Street, W1K

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Place Name Mary Davies (also spelt Davis) (January 1665 – 1730) was only-child of Alexander Davies, the great-nephew of Hugh…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Grosvenor Estate, streets named after people who were insane, streets named after women, West End, Westminster, women

Grosvenor Street, W1K

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Place Name Part of the development of Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (June 26, 1689 – July 12, 1732) who…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cheshire, Eton, Grosvenor Estate, Sir Richard Grosvenor, streets named after Eton connection, West End, Westminster

Grosvenor Crescent, SW1X

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Place Name Richard Grosvenor (January 27, 1795 – October 31, 1869), become the 2nd Marquess of Westminster, in 1845. Richard, the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: 2nd Marquess of Westminster, Belgravia, Knightsbridge and Belgravia, Richard Grosvenor, streets named after Westminster School connection, Westminster

Grosvenor Cottages, SW1W

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Place Name In 1824 Robert Grosvenor, employed Thomas Cundy, and then his son, as architect and surveyor, and Thomas Cubitt,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: 2nd Earl Grovesnor, Grosvenor Estate, Harrow School, Kensington and Chelsea, Robert Grosvenor, Royal Hospital, streets named after Cambridge graduates

Grosvenor Square, W1K

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Place Name Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (June 26, 1689 – July 12, 1732) was the third son, and eldest…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cheshire, Eton, Grosvenor Estate, Sir Richard Grosvenor, streets named after Eton connection, West End, Westminster

Grosvenor Road, SW1V

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Place Name There has been a road or tow path alongside the River Thames since at least John Rocque’s 1746…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: 2nd Earl Grovesnor, Chester, Grosvenor Estate, Knightsbridge and Belgravia, name change, Pimlico, streets named after Cambridge graduates, Westminster

Grosvenor Place, SW1X

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Place Name Overlooking Buckingham Palace’s gardens, this certainly counts as one of the most exclusive addresses in London. It was…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: 1st Earl Grosvenor, George III, Grosvenor Estate, Knightsbridge and Belgravia, names from Norman French, streets named after Oxford graduates, Westminster

Pickwick Road, SE21

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Place Name Samuel Pickwick is the eponymous leader of the Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens’s widely successful first novel – originally told…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Charles Dickens, dickens, Dulwich, Dulwich Village, literature, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters, streets named after literary figures

Pickwick Way, BR7

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Place Name The Pickwick Papers was Charles Dickens’s widely successful first novel – originally told as a part work –…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bromley, Charles Dickens, Chislehurst, cluster, dickens, streets named after fictional characters

Copperfield Street, SE1

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Place Name Originally Orange Street. It is named after the eponymous hero of Charles Dickens’s novel David Copperfield whose ever…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Borough and Bankside, Charles Dickens, dickens, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters

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