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Hertford Road, EN4

15 May 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name So named because Barnet was historically in Hertfordshire, and Hertford is the county town. The London Borough of…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, cluster, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, roads named after towns, streets named with a Hertfordshire connection

Essex Close, HA4

23 June 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Robert Devereux (November 10, 1565 – February 25, 1601) was a courtier, soldier, statesman and poet, who became a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cluster, Eastcote, Elizabeth I, Hillingdon, Ruislip, Ruislip Northwood and Pinner, streets named after criminals

Lacock Close, SW19

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Place Name Lacock Abbey, in Wiltshire, was founded in 1232 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a nunnery for Augustinian…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Augustinian, cluster, Dissolution of the monasteries, Merton, South Wimbledon, streets named after abbeys, streets named after religious houses, streets with a Wiltshire connection, Wandle, Wimbldeon

Balfour Road, SW19

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Place name Arthur James Balfour (July 25, 1848 – March 19, 1930), 1st Earl of Balfour, was a statesman and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Abbey, cluster, Merton, prime ministers, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Conservatives, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after Trinity College graduates, Wimbledon

Avondale Road, SW19

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Place Name Prince Albert Victor (January 8, 1864 – January 14, 1892), Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cluster, Merton, streets named after royals, Village, Wimbledon Park

Bewley Street, SW19

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Place Name As with many of the streets in South Wimbledon this is named after a former religious house, due…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cistercian, cluster, Merton, South Wimbledon, streets named after abbeys, streets named after religious houses, Wandle, Wimbledon

Lancaster Avenue, SW19

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Place Name This is one of several roads, so named as they come off of Lancaster Road. This was was…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cluster, Horatio Nelson, Merton, streets named after priests, Village, Wimbledon

Kipling Drive, SW19

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Place Name Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cluster, Merton, streets named after poets, Wandle, Wimbledon

Keats Close, SW19

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Place Name John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was, with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, one…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cluster, Collier's Wood, Merton, streets named after poets, Wandle, Wimbledon

Derby Road, SW19

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Place name Edward Smith-Stanley (March 29, 1799 – October 23, 1869) was the 14th Earl of Derby. He was known…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Abbey, cluster, Merton, prime ministers, streets named after Christ Church graduates, streets named after Conservatives, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after Oxford graduates, streets named after Whigs, Wimbledon

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