Place Name Takes its name from Byegrove House and Byegrove Cottage, both shown in historical maps. The former was a…
Place Name A corrupted reference to Dunsford, a former manor, meaning a ford in the valley, in this case crossing…
Place Name Recalls the much flipped (to use estate agent parlance) ancient manor of Durnsford, in Wandsworth. Originally owned by…
Place Name This was, and remains, the main route across the former Stratford Marsh, now largely developed. The road name…
Place Name Laid out over the extensive lands of the former Bloomsbury town house of the dukes of Bedford. The…
Place Name Laid out over the extensive lands of the former Bloomsbury town house of the dukes of Bedford. The…
Place Name Formerly East Street, by association with New North Street. As a young man of humble origins from Bedford, William…
Place Name Henry Chichele also spelt Checheley and Chicheley (born sometime around 1364 – April 12, 1443) served as Archbishop of Canterbury…
Place Name Henry Chichele also spelt Checheley and Chicheley (born sometime around 1364 – April 12, 1443) served as Archbishop of Canterbury…
Place Name St Augustine of Canterbury (early 6thCentury – sometime around May 26, 604AD) was a monk who became the first…