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Tag: Empire

India Place, WC2B

9 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Formerly a part of Montreal Place which, along with the corresponding passage Melbourne Place at the other end…

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Filed under: Empire, India, name change, St James's, streets named after an Indian connection, streets named after Empire, Westminster

Berber Road, SW11

18 November 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after General Charles George Gordon’s mission in Sudan to evacuate Egyptians in 1883. Sudan was under Egyptian rule…

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Filed under: Battersea, Clapham, Egypt, Empire, General Gordon, Northcote, streets named after an African connection, streets named after Empire, Sudan, Wandsworth

Aliwal Road, SW11

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Place Name In commemoration of the Battle of Aliwal fought on January 28, 1846 during the First Anglo-Sikh War. The British, led…

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Filed under: Anglo Sikh War, Battersea, Clapham Junction, East India Company, Empire, Falconbrook, India, streets named after Empire, streets with a connection to the East India Company, Wandsworth

Afghan Road, SW11

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Place Name Commemorates the Second Afghan War of 1878 – 1880 fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan.…

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Filed under: Afghan War, Afghanistan, Battersea, Empire, Falconbrook, streets named after Empire, Wandsworth

Aden Road, IG1

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Place Name The city of Aden, an ancient port city, became a British colony in 1839, when the East India Company…

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Filed under: East India Company, Empire, Gants Hill, Ilford, streets named after Empire, streets with a connection to the East India Company, Valentines

Abyssinia Road, SW11

21 February 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after the British Expedition to Abyssinia to rescue several missionaries and two representatives of the British government…

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Filed under: Battersea, Empire, Ethiopia, military, streets named after an African connection, streets named after Empire, Wandsworth

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