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Melon Road, E11

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Place Name An area much redeveloped throughout the 20thCentury. This is one of a cluster of streets redeveloped by the Waltham…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cathall Estate, Cathall Ward, streets named after food, Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust

Magnolia Close, E10

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Place Name A relatively new development built by the Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust between 1995 and 2001 on the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Leyton, streets named after plants, streets named after trees, Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust

Leckwith Avenue, DA7

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Place Name Named after a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan, just west of Cardiff, it is an anglicisation of the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bexley, Bexleyheath, names with a Welsh connection, roads named after towns

Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach, E14

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PLACE NAME So called after the embankment that was built to hold back the black river, the Thames. The wall…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bromley By Bow, Tower Hamlets

Chingford Lane, E4

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Place Name The road leading from Woodford to Chingford Hatch. There are at least two interpretations of the name Chingford.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hatch Lane, Waltham Forest

Chestnut Avenue, E12

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Place Name Laid out as one of the service roads in the City of London Cemetery and like Poplar Road…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Ilford and Aldersbrook, Newham, streets named after plants, streets named after trees

Chapel Road, DA7

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Place Name After the Bexleyheath Congregational Church, a Baptist Chapel erected on the corner of Market Place and Chapel Road…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bexley, Bexleyheath

Bridewell Place, EC4V

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Place name The church of St Bride or St Bridget in Fleet Street has the remains of an ancient spring…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Castle Baynard, City of London

Camomile Street, EC3A

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Place Name Like its near neighbour Wormwood Street, this is named after the wild flowers that grew in the wasteland…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: City of London, Lime Street, streets named after plants

Tufton Street, SW1P

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Place Name Originally Bowling Alley or Bowling Street. Sir Richard Tufton (1585 – October 4, 1631), who lived in Tothill…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: James I, St James's, streets named after MPs, Westminster

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