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Tag: gentrification

Welbeck Road, EN4

11 May 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally named Fergusson Road, after a local developer and temperance campaigner called Edward Fergusson Taylor (1849 – March…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Chipping Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, gentrification, name change, street named 1928, streets named after a Nottinghamshire connection, streets named after abbeys

Camp Road, SW19

28 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Previously Workhouse Lane, the name was changed sometime around the turn of the 19thCentury. Comes from the erroneous…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: fake history, gentrification, Merton, name change, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after historical events, Village, Wimbledon

Brookfield Avenue, SM1

20 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Although not featured on any Ordnance Survey map this was originally Brickfield Lane, a clue to its industrial…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, gentrification, industry, name change
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