Place Name George Canning (April 11, 1770 – August 8, 1827) was a Tory statesman – whose principle claim to fame…
Place Name George Canning (April 11, 1770 – August 8, 1827) was a Tory statesman – whose principle claim to fame…
Place Name Refers to the osier beds that were nearby close to the banks of the River Lea. Osiers were…
Place Name Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (March 7, 1802 – October 1, 1873) was a painter and sculptor who is probably best…
Place Name Charles Robert Darwin (February 12, 1809 – April 19, 1882), was the naturalist, geologist and biologist, famous for…
Place Name The Pickwick Papers was Charles Dickens’s widely successful first novel – originally told as a part work –…
Place Name One of a cluster of streets named after Kent villages. Nurstead comes from the Old English hnutu meaning…
Place Name Ascot racecourse was founded by Queen Anne in 1711 when it hosted a race called Her Majesty’s Plate.…
Place Name This was laid out as part of Heathrow Airport’s development. As for the name, you could be forgiven…