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Tag: Edward IV

Edward Road, EN4

7 April 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name King Edward IV, who won the Battle of Barnet. Born on April 28, 1442, in Rouen, Normandy, he…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, Edward IV, New Barnet, streets named after royals, War of the Roses

Edward Grove, EN4

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Place Name Leads off from Edward Road. King Edward IV, who won the Battle of Barnet. Born on April 28,…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, Edward IV, New Barnet, streets named after royals, War of the Roses

Armoury Way, SW18

24 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was once a quiet backwater known as Wandsworth Plain, gentile enough for royal mistress Elizabeth “Jane” Shore,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Edward IV, military, Napoleonic Wars, River Wandle, Wandle, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Gaynesford Road, SM5

20 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The Gaynesfords were an important and powerful Carshalton family around the time of the Wars of the Roses…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Carshalton South and Clockhouse, Edward IV, Henry VI, Henry VII, Richard III, streets named after people who have been in prison, Sutton, War of the Roses

Kings College Road, HA4

17 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Henry VI gave the Manor of Ruislip to King’s College, Cambridge, (originally called the College of St. Mary and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cambridge University, Eastcote, Edward IV, Henry VI, Hillingdon, Ruislip
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