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Tag: Hillingdon

Yeading Lane, UB4

27 August 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional. Originally Yeading Road. Yeading is very early Saxon and was originally Geddingas or Geddinges, meaning the people…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Hillingdon, name change

Cranmer Close, HA4

27 February 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

PLACE NAME Thomas Cranmer (July 2, 1489 – March 21, 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and former…

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Filed under: Davis Estates, Eastcote, Hillingdon, Ruislip, Ruislip Northwood and Pinner, streets named after Archbishops of Canterbury, Tudor

Wildcat Road, TW6

18 February 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes it name from the American built Grumman F4F Wildcat a carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service during…

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Filed under: Heathrow Airport, Heathrow Villages, Hillingdon, streets named after a connection to aircraft

Nelson Road, TW6

11 November 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was laid out as part of Heathrow Airport’s development. As for the name, you could be forgiven…

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Filed under: cluster, Heathrow Airport, Heathrow Villages, Hillingdon, RAF, streets named after a connection to aircraft, streets named after Canadians

Edward’s Avenue, HA4

29 May 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out over agricultural land belonging to Hundred Acres Farm, which was originally part of the much larger…

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Filed under: apostrophe, Hillingdon, Manor of Harrow Rectory, One Hundred Acres Farm, Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Council, South Ruislip, Uxbridge and South Ruislip

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