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Tag: Anglo-Saxon

Aldermanbury, EC2V

25 March 2020 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, Bassishaw, City of London

Barking Road, E13

9 February 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional, the road leading from Canning Town to Barking. John Field in his book Place Names of Greater…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Canning Town, Canning Town North, former toll road, industry, Newham, Plaistow South

Waddington Close, CR5

18 June 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Remembering the hamlet which was subsumed into Kenley in the 20thCentury. The name Waddington goes back to Saxon…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Croydon, Croydon South, Old Coulsdon

Beddington Lane, CR0

6 June 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional, this was the main route between Mitcham and the village of Beddington. This street takes its name…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Beddington, Croydon, Sutton

Hengist Way, BR2

6 May 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Hengist, the name is Old English and means Stallion, who along with his brother Horsa (Horse), was hired…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Bromley, Dark Ages, Shortlands and Park Langley

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