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Prince Albert Road, NW8

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Place Name This was originally plain Albert Road when it was built sometime before the 1820s, it was renamed after…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: name change, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, royal, streets name after Germans, streets named after royals, streets names after German connection, vict, victorian

Albert Gate, SW1X

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Place Name One of the gates leading into Hyde Park and named after Prince Albert following his marriage to Queen…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Knightsbridge and Belgravia, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, royal, streets name after Germans, streets named after royals, streets names after German connection, victorian, Westminster

Albert Bridge Road, SW11

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Place Name Leads, unsurprisingly, to Albert Bridge. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861)…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Battersea Park, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, royal, streets name after Germans, streets named after royals, victorian, Wandsworth

Albert Road, E17

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Place Name Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861) was consort to Queen Victoria.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, royal, streets name after Germans, streets named after royals, victorian, Waltham Forest, Walthamstow

Albert Embankment, SE1

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Place Name Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861) was consort to Queen Victoria.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Lambeth, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, royal, streets named after royals, streets names after German connection, Vauxhall, victorian

Thomas Doyle Street, SE1

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Place Name Previously called Earl Street. Father Thomas Doyle (December 21, 1793 – June 6, 1879), was a key figure…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: names with an Irish connection, Roman Catholic, Southwark, St George's

Mead Way, BR4

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Place Name The Middle English word mede, itself from Old English mæd, means meadow, and before development there was indeed agricultural…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Bromley, field name, West Wickham

Starveall Close, UB7

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Place Name Recalls the former name of the local area of Starveall Bridge, in Yiewsley, a crossing over the Grand…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Agricultural, Hillingdon, joke names, West Drayton, Yiewsley

Fortuna Close, N7

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Place name Fortuna is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion. It is one of a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: fake history, Islington, Laycock, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after gods

Centurion Close, N7

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Place name Originally Ponder Street. A centurion was the principal professional officer in the armies of ancient Rome and its empire,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: fake history, Islington, Laycock, military, name change, streets named after a Roman connection

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