Place Name Industrial heritage. A mill is said to have stood on the spot from 1782, when George Ansell, a…
Place Name Industrial heritage. A reference to the former paper mill that once straddled the River Wandle. It is thought…
Place Name This road overlooks the original sand pits that were excavated in the area for local brick manufacture. So,…
Place Name This road overlooks the original sand pits that were excavated in the area for local brick manufacture. So,…
Place Name This road runs through the original sand pits that were excavated in the area for local brick manufacture.…
Place Name Like many of the roads around this area it is a reference to the sand pits, chalk pits…
Place Name Like many of the roads around this area it is a reference to the sand pits, chalk pits…
Place Name Like many of the roads around this area it is a reference to the sand pits, chalk pits…
Place Name Well, this was agricultural land, but the farm being referred to here didn’t grow any crops or raise…
Place Name Directional, the road leading from Canning Town to Barking. John Field in his book Place Names of Greater…