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Tag: Havering

Lower Bedfords Road, RM1

30 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally plain Bedfords Road it runs to the south of Bedfords Park. There have been several reasons put…

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Filed under: Havering, Heaton, Marshalls and Rise Park, Medieval, name change, Romford, unknown origin

Hardley Crescent, RM11

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Place Name This street was laid out between the wars. It is a reference to the former name of the…

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Filed under: Havering, Old English, Squirrels Heath

Ardleigh Close, RM11

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Place Name This was originally part of Ardleigh Green Road and was the route across the railway line. That changed…

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Filed under: Havering, Middle English, name change, Old English, Squirrels Heath

Ardleigh Green Road, RM11

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Place Name Directional this is the road that leads out of Hornchurch to the hamlet. The name itself is a…

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Filed under: Havering, Hornchurch, Middle English, name change, Old English, Squirrels Heath

Albyns Lane, RM4

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Place Name The name can be traced back to 1257 when it was the manorial home of Walter Albyn, it…

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Filed under: Brizes and Doddinghurst, Essex, Havering, Romford, Stapleford Tawney

Abbey Wood Lane, RM13

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Place Name As the name suggests, it leads to Abbey Wood, which was just a small part of the extensive…

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Filed under: Havering, Rainham, Rainham & Wennington, streets named after religious houses, streets named after woods

Stubbers Lane, RM14

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Place Name Yeoman William (died 1484) and Alice Stubber bought land in North Ockendon that was to form the Stubbers…

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Filed under: Havering, streets named after houses, Upminster

Folkes Lane, RM14

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Place Name Originally the northern section of Moor Lane. The name of the lane is relatively modern although it refers…

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Filed under: agriculture, Cranham, Harold Wood, Havering, name change, Upminster

Plough Rise, RM14

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Place Name Commemorates the original location of the early 19thCentury timber-framed public house The Plough, that once stood in 2…

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Filed under: Cranham, Havering, streets named after pubs, Upminster

Abbs Cross Lane, RM12

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Place Name Previously called South End Lane or South End Road. Tradition claims it is a corruption of the name…

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Filed under: Havering, Medieval name, name change, St Andrew's

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