Cotesbach Road, E5

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One of several roads in the area that are named after connections to the Powell family who were landowners around Clapton. In 1809 Robert Marriott (1774 – 1841), Rector of Cotesbach, a village in Leicestershire, married Anne, daughter of James Powell of Clapton. Other streets in the area were named after places where the Baden Powells owned land.

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