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Woodland Rise, N10

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Place Name A reference to Enfield Chase, hardly surprising since the wider area Wood Green alludes to the forest named…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Haringey, Mussel Hill, Wood Green

Tilloch Street, N1

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Place Name Alexander Tilloch (February 28, 1759 – January 26, 1825) was a Scottish journalist and inventor who after leaving…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Glasgow, inventor, Islington, journalism, journalist, printing, Scotland

Woodside Grove, N12

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Place Name Literally a hamlet or farmland next to woodland, although as early spellings of the area reveal this would…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnet, field name, Finchley Wood

Woodside Lane, N12

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Place Name Literally a hamlet or farmland next to woodland, although as early spellings of the area reveal this would…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnet, field name, Finchley Wood

Lofting Road, N1

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Place Name John Lofting (1659 – June 15, 1742), originally Jan Loftingh, was a highly inventive engineer and entrepreneur from…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnsbury, Dutch, Islington, name change

Academy Road, SE18

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Place Name Originally Woolwich Road. The Royal Military Academy was near here between 1741 and 1939. It was, as the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Greenwich, military, Woolwich

Academy Place, SE18

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Place Name The Royal Military Academy was near here between 1741 and 1939. It was, as the name gives away, a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Greenwich, military, Woolwich

Affleck Street, N1

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Place Name The name for this street, which is in honour of Admiral Sir Edmund Affleck (April 19, 1725 –…

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De Beauvoir Square, N1

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Place Name There are no doubt countless family trees that demonstrate just how fragile life was to our ancestors –…

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De Beauvoir Crescent, N1

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