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Tag: Hounslow

Grove Park Bridge, W4

17 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally was part of Sutton Lane (today’s Sutton Court Road). There bridge, which crosses the railway track didn’t…

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Filed under: Chiswick Grove, Chiswick Riverside, Duke of Devonshire, Hounslow, name change, Old English

Grove Park Road, W4

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Place Name Takes its name from Chiswick Grove, which was first mentioned sometime around 1210 as Grava, from the Old…

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Filed under: Chiswick Grove, Chiswick Riverside, Duke of Devonshire, Hounslow, Old English, streets named after houses

Mawson Lane, W4

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Place Name Thomas Mawson (died 1714), founded what was to become Fuller’s Brewery. He was living in Chiswick by at…

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Filed under: breweries, Chiswick, Chiswick Homefields, Hounslow, streets named after publicans, streets named after pubs

Bedfont Lane, TW13

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Place Name Directional, running from the south side of the River Longford between Feltham and East Bedfont. The name itself…

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Filed under: Feltham, Feltham West, Hounslow, names with a Celtic origin, Old English

Bedfont Green Close, TW14

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Place Name This was originally a continuation of Bedfont Road, but when the road was extended and the area redeveloped…

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Filed under: Bedfont, Feltham, Hounslow, name change, names with a Celtic origin, Old English

Bedfont Close, TW14

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Place Name A reference to the village of East Bedfont, where this road is sited. The name itself was originally…

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Filed under: Bedfont, Hounslow, names with a Celtic origin, Old English

Bedfont Lane, TW14

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Place Name Directional, running from the south side of the River Longford between Feltham and East Bedfont. The name itself…

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Filed under: Feltham West, Hounslow, names with a Celtic origin, Old English

Bedfont Road, TW13

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Place Name Directional, the road between Lower Feltham and East Bedfont. The name itself was originally written as pre-Norman Conquest…

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Filed under: Feltham, Feltham West, Hounslow, names with a Celtic origin, Old English

Van Gogh Close, TW7

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Place Name Vincent Willem Van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who became one of the…

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Filed under: Dutch, Holland, Hounslow, Isleworth, streets named after a Dutch connection, streets named after artists, streets named after people who were insane

Gunnersbury Mews, W4

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Place Name This was originally access to a works. The name Gunnersbury has its roots in an old Scandinavian name.…

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Filed under: Chiswick Gunnersbury, Hounslow, Middle English, streets named after women, streets with a Scandinavian connection, women

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