Place Name Takes its name from a publican, one John Ball, who around the middle of the 17thCentury kept an…
Place Name Name change originally Broughton Road. Anna Letitia Barbauld (June 20, 1743 – March 9, 1825) was prominent member of…
Place name This was originally Paradise Street (Paradise is frequently used for roads on the south side of churches) from…
Place Name Like Clapham (village on a hill or slope), Clapton means a farm on a hill, in this case…
Place Name Like Clapham (village on a hill or slope), Clapton means a farm on a hill, in this case…
Place Name This was being laid out across Hackney Marsh at the turn of the 20thCentury linking Stratford with Hackney…
Place Name Named after members of the the Pritchard family. Andrew Pritchard, a “tilemaker of Hackney Road” in 1789, began…
Place Name Thought to be a corruption of an ancient name for the River Lea which is nearby. The name…
Place Name Sir Thomas Abney (January 1640 – February 6, 1722) was a merchant and banker, serving as one of…