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Tag: Anglo-Saxon

Balham High Road, SW17

13 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally plain Balham Road, this follows Stane Street, the great Roman superhighway which ran from Chichester to London.…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, streets named after a Roman connection, Tooting, Trinity, Wandsworth

Balham High Road, SW12

12 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally plain Balham Road, this follows the Roman road of Stane Street, which ran from Chichester to London.…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Balham, streets named after a Roman connection, Wandsworth

Aldermanbury Square, EC2V

4 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The ancient manor after which this street was first recorded was written down as Aldermanesburi sometime around 1124,…

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Filed under: Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Bassishaw, City of London

Lower Addiscombe Road, CR0

1 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

PLACE NAME A reference to the earlier Addiscombe Road, which according to East Croydon Community Organisation (ECCO) first appeared on…

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Filed under: Addiscombe East, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Croydon, Old English

Addiscombe Road, CR0

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Place Name Eadda or Æddi’s estate from an Anglo-Saxon personal name and the word camp, meaning an enclosed area in…

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Filed under: Addiscombe, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Croydon, Old English

Hillingdon Road, UB10

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Place Name Directional, the main road leading from Uxbridge to Hillingdon. The name Hillingdon itself is Old English is thought…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Hillingdon, Hillingdon Hill, Hillingdon West, Middle English

Hillingdon Hill, UB10

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Place Name Descriptive. Hillingdon Hill is 134m (440ft) high and overlooks the Colne valley. The name Hillingdon itself is Old…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Colham & Cowley, Hillingdon, Hillingdon Hill, Middle English, streets named after the landscape, Uxbridge

Pinner View, HA1

8 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from its slightly elevated view over the town of Pinner. The name Pinner was first…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, Headstone South, names that come from Latin words, Pinner Hill, streets named after the landscape

Pinner Road, HA5

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Place Name The name Pinner was first written down as Pinnora in 1231. The first part Pinn may be from…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, Headstone North, names that come from Latin words, Pinner, streets named after the landscape

Pinner Hill Road, HA5

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Place Name Originally Pinnerhill Road. Rising to 126 metres (413 ft), Pinner Hill is the 11th highest natural point in…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, names that come from Latin words, Pinner, Pinner Hill, Ruislip Northwood and Pinner, streets named after the landscape

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