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Tag: Barking and Dagenham

Becontree Avenue, RM8

6 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out over the estate of Valence House, when the Becontree Estate was built by the London County…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Barking and Dagenham, Becontree, Dagenham, streets named after trees, Valence House

Beam Avenue, RM10

5 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A reference to the nearby River Beam, which is a continuation of the River Rom flowing through the…

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Filed under: Barking and Dagenham, Beam, Medieval, River Beam, streets named after rivers

Ripple Road, IG11

25 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Formerly Ripple Street. A ripple was a strip of land, in this case referring to the narrow stretch…

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Filed under: Abbey, Barking and Dagenham, field name

Abbey Road, IG11

7 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional, leading to Barking Abbey, which had been in ruins for around 400 years by the time this…

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Filed under: Barking and Dagenham, Dissolution of the monasteries, Gascoigne, streets named after abbeys

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