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Dickens Square, SE1

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Place Name Previously Union Square. Charles John Huffam Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870) was an author, journalist, and…

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

Little Dorrit Court, SE1

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Place Name Previously the site of Falcon Court. Charles Dickens wrote extensively about the notorious Marshalsea  debtors’ prison where his…

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

Dorrit Street, SE1

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Place Name Ironic name since Little Dorrit Court not far away is far larger. Charles Dickens wrote extensively about the notorious…

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Camden Street, NW1

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Place Name Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (March 1714 – April 18, 1794) was a leading lawyer, judge, and Whig…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Camden, Camden Town, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Eton connection, William Pitt the Younger

Camden Gardens, NW1

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Place Name Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (March 1714 – April 18, 1794) was a leading lawyer, judge, and Whig…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: America, Camden, Camden Town, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Eton connection, William Pitt the Younger

Yester Drive, BR7

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Place Name This was laid out on Yester Park, a four acre plot of the much larger estate Camden Estate,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bromley, Chislehurst, names with a Celtic origin, Scotland

Yester Road, BR7

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Place Name This was laid out on Yester Park, a four acre plot of the much larger estate Camden Estate,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bromley, Chislehurst, names with a Celtic origin, Scotland

Jim Veal Drive, N7

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Place name Jim Veal (1931 – 2006) was chairman of the Tenants & Residents Association whose long-running campaign for the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Holloway, Islington, streets named after local heroes

Beckenham Place Park, BR3

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Place Name Beckenham Place is the Palladian-style Grade II* Georgian mansion set in 96 hectares of stunning parkland which was…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Beckenham, Bromley, Bromley Town, Cator

Beckenham Road, BR3

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Place Name Beckenham was first recorded in the Anglo Saxon charter as Biohhahema mearcin in AD862 (mearc meaning boundary or mark…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Beckenham, Clock House

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