Place Name John Flamsteed (August 19, 1646 – December 31, 1719) was the first Astronomer Royal at the Royal Observatory, in…
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Place Name John Flamsteed (August 19, 1646 – December 31, 1719) was the first Astronomer Royal at the Royal Observatory, in…
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Place name As with Leda Road, Swan Road is named after the protagonists in the Greek myth Leda and the…
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Place Name Actaeon was a famous hero in ancient mythology. The myth of Diana and Actaeon, found in Ovid’s Metamorphoses…
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Place Name The main road leading from Blackheath to Charlton. Charlton itself was first mentioned as Cerletun in the Domesday…
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Place Name Originally Charlton Road. This runs alongside the south side of Greenwich Park between Blackheath and Charlton. Charlton itself…
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Place Name Elizabeth Fry (May 21, 1780 – October 21 1845), was a prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist. She was born…
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Place Name Directional, the road leading from Lee to Eltham. There are numerous suggestions about where the name Eltham comes…
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Place Name Bernard John Ashley (born April 2, 1935) is an award-winning author of books for children and young adults…
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Place Name Named after Newmilns and Greenholm, a small burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Newmilns meaning new mills to the…
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