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Tag: Elizabeth I

Burghley Road, SW19

30 April 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and 2nd Baron Burghley (May 5, 1542 – February 8, 1623) already…

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Filed under: Cecil family, Elizabeth I, Merton, streets named 1901, Thomas Cecil, Village, Wimbldeon

Honor Oak Road, SE23

26 February 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional, the road leading from Forest Hill to Honor Oak. There was indeed an oak tree, on One…

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Filed under: Elizabeth I, Forest Hill, Lewisham, streets named after a boundary marker, streets named after plants, streets named after trees

Ducks Hill Road, HA4

15 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Not named after the water fowl but after a William Duck, who lived here in the 16th Century.…

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Filed under: Elizabeth I, Hillingdon, Ruislip

Bear Gardens, SE1

11 June 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name After the theatre of animal cruelty that once stood here. For it was here that bears and bulls…

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Filed under: Borough and Bankside, Elizabeth I, Southwark, sport, streets named after sports connections

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