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Bury Court, EC3A

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Place Name Recalling the Abbots of Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk who were given a property here sometime before 1160,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Aldgate, City of London, religion, streets named after religious houses

Elizabeth Fry Place, SE18

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Place Name Elizabeth Fry (May 21, 1780 – October 21 1845), was a prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist. She was born…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: former hospital site, Greenwich, Quakers, streets named after women

Dingley Road, EC1V

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Place name Charles James Dingley, who proposed a link road to reduce journey times between the new Pentonville Road and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Islington, St Peter's

Charterhouse Mews, EC1M

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Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bunhill, Islington, religion, streets named after religious houses

Charterhouse Square, EC1M

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Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Charterhouse Street, EC1M

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Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Charterhouse Buildings, EC1M

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Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bunhill, City of London, religion, streets named after religious houses

Homerton Road, E9

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Place Name This was being laid out across Hackney Marsh at the turn of the 20thCentury linking Stratford with Hackney…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hackney, King's Park, streets named after women

Fairways, CR8

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Place Name This is one of a small cluster of streets in the area named after golfing terms, the others…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Croydon, Kenley, streets named after sports connections

Pear 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: streets named after food, Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust

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