Place Name John Berkeley, (1602 – August 26, 1678) the 1st Lord Berkeley of Stratton, a Royalist commander in the…
Place Name John Berkeley, (1602 – August 26, 1678) the 1st Lord Berkeley of Stratton, a Royalist commander in the…
Place Name Lady Elizabeth Bentinck (July 27, 1735 – December 12, 1825), was the daughter of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke…
Place Name Formerly Granville Place. Eleanor Gwyn (February 2, 1650 – November 14, 1687) more popularly known to history as Nell…
Place Name Originally Snead’s Court. Francis Charles Seymour-Conway (March 11, 1777 – March 1, 1842) was 3rd Marquess of Hertford, but…
Place Name Originally Charles Street the name was changed by the London County Council in 1938. This was laid out…
Place Name Takes its name from the local area Stamford Hill. The name is a corruption of Sanford, recorded from…
Place Name Derives its name either from Cran Brook, a tributary of the Roding river which once supplied Barking Abbey…
Place Name Descriptive. Local historian David Clark says it is named after its position, literally south of Norbury Brook which…
Place Name Literal. A hill in Balham. John Field in his study Place Names of Greater London speculates that it…