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Tag: Anglo-Saxon

Sipson Lane, UB3

20 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The road leading from Harlington to Sipson. The village was first recorded as Sibwineston sometime around the mid-12thCentury. It…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harlington, Hayes and Harlington, Hillingdon

Sipson Road, UB7

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Place Name Connecting Sipson Green with he village of Sipson. The village was first recorded as Sibwineston sometime around the mid-12thCentury.…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Hayes and Harlington, Hillingdon, West Drayton

Botwell Common Road, UB3

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Place Name Named after the local area. First mentioned in the Anglo Saxon Charter as Botewœlle as early as AD831,…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Botwell, Hayes, Hillingdon

Botwell Crescent, UB3

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Place Name Named after the local area. First mentioned in the Anglo Saxon Charter as Botewœlle as early as AD831,…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Botwell, Hillingdon, Wood Green

Balham Hill, SW12

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Place Name Literal. A hill in Balham. John Field in his study Place Names of Greater London speculates that it…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Balham, Wandsworth

Carshalton Road, SM5

6 February 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

PLace name The road leading to Carshalton, this is the main road that leads between Sutton and Carshalton. The original…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Carshalton and Wallington, Carshalton Central, River Wandle, Sutton, Wandle

Beddington Gardens, SM5

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Place Name Laid out over agricultural land called Wallington Fields. Development began in the 1890s to capitalise on the nearby…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Carshalton, Sutton, Wallington South

Battersea Bridge Road, SW11

29 September 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name First mentioned in Anglo-Saxon charters of AD693 as Badrices īeg or Badrices ege or even Batrices ege (according…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Battersea, Battersea Park, streets named after buildings, Surrey, Wandsworth

Finchley Way, N3

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Place Name Directional, leads to Finchley. Thought to be named after the birds that nested in the grove or wood…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Barnet, Old English, streets named after birds, streets named after places, streets named after woods, West Finchley

Crooked Usage, N3

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Place Name This unusual name is thought to date back to Anglo-Saxon times when a usage was a strip of…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Barnet, Finchley and Golders Green, Finchley Church End, unusual street name

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