Place Name Remembering Roger Ascham (c. 1515 – December 30, 1568), an English scholar who was Princess Elizabeth’s (later Queen Elizabeth…
Place Name In 1964 Thomas Alfred Jenkinson (November 28, 1911 – November 1994) was to be the last mayor to…
Place Name Named in honour of Benjamin Tillett (September 11, 1860 – January 27, 1943), a socialist, trade union leader…
Place Name Named after the nearby Gallions Reach, a stretch of the River Thames, which itself was named after Gallions…
Place Name The former Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich was the only local authority to straddle the Thames when it was…
Place Name Named in honour of New Zealander Johnnie Hoskins MBE (1892 – 1987), the man credited with inventing motorcycle speedway who…
Place Name Named after Sir Henry Tate (March 11, 1819 – December 5, 1899), whose sugar refinery at Silvertown is close…
Place Name Industrial heritage. This road is named after the former electrical engineering design and manufacturing business which was based here.…
Place Name Named after the firm of S W Silver and Co, clothing and insulating manufacturers, which opened a factory…
Place Name This wasn’t the first name change for the road. It was originally called Frederick’s Road which ran from…