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Tag: apostrophe

St Marys Road, EN4

4 April 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out over a former footpath that led to the Church Farm Industrial School. The street itself is…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: apostrophe, Barnet, Church of England, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, street named after a church

St Johns Avenue, SW15

18 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally St John’s Road. The name changed shortly after the Second World War. The Polish Church of St…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: apostrophe, Church of England, East Putney, Putney, roads named after saints, Roman Catholic, street named after a church, Wandsworth

Tibbets Close, SW19

9 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A reference to the nearby Tibbets Corner the A3 rotatory system were the main London to Portsmouth Road…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: apostrophe, Crime, London legend, Putney, Wandsworth, West Hill

Baron’s Court Road, W14

2 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Will street sign writers ever get a break? So often when they miss an apostrophe they get complaints…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: apostrophe, Barons Court, grammar, Hammersmith and Fulham, West Kensington

Edward’s Avenue, HA4

29 May 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out over agricultural land belonging to Hundred Acres Farm, which was originally part of the much larger…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: apostrophe, Hillingdon, Manor of Harrow Rectory, One Hundred Acres Farm, Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Council, South Ruislip, Uxbridge and South Ruislip
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