Place Name Directional, the lane leading to Old Oak Common from East Acton. First written as Eldeholt in 1380 from…
Place Name First written as Eldeholt in 1380 from the Old English words elde meaning old (which survives today in the…
Place Name Named after the Leaden Hall, a large manor house owned by Sir Hugh Neville in the 14thCentury, that…
Place Name Peter of Abingdon, presumably a native of Abingdon in Oxfordshire, was the first Warden of Merton College, Oxford,…
Place Name The former Twyford Abbey was not a religious house, but the name of a Gothic property built in…
Place Name Directional the road that passes by Twyford Abbey. The former Twyford Abbey was not a religious house, but…
Place Name Lesnes Abbey was founded in 1178 by Richard de Luci the Chief Justiciar of England and first Canon…
Place Name Named after the former Twyford Abbey, which was not in fact a religious house, but the name of…
Place Name Actaeon was a famous hero in ancient mythology. The myth of Diana and Actaeon, found in Ovid’s Metamorphoses…
Place Name Bourchier Cleve (1715 – 1760) was a London pewter manufacturer and writer on finance who in 1755 commissioned…