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Tag: industry

Bankside, SE1

22 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The name itself is self evident, as this street is literally beside the River Thames, it was so-called…

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Filed under: Borough and Bankside, industry, River Thames, Southwark

Trafalgar Way, E14

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Place Name Takes its name not from the battle directly but from the East Indiaman frigate, Trafalgar, which was a…

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Filed under: Canary Wharf, industry, Nelson, Poplar, Poplar and Limehouse, streets made after ships, streets named after an Indian connection, Tower Hamlets

Hammersmith Bridge Road, W6

13 November 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional, this is the northern side approach road to Hammersmith Bridge. The was laid out at roughly the…

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Filed under: Hammersmith and Fulham, Hammersmith Broadway ward, industry, Old English, streets named after buildings

Stockley Road, UB7

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Place Name Stockley Park takes its name from the former hamlet of Stockley, which is believed to be a portmanteau…

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Filed under: Hillingdon, industry, name change, portmanteau, West Drayton, Yiewsley

Stockley Farm Road, UB7

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Place Name Stockley Park takes its name from the former hamlet of Stockley, which is believed to be a portmanteau…

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Filed under: Hillingdon, industry, name change, portmanteau, West Drayton, Yiewsley

Bessemer Place, SE10

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place name Sir Henry Bessemer (January 19, 1813 – March 15, 1898), was an engineer and inventor who developed a…

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Filed under: industry

Barking Road, E13

9 February 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional, the road leading from Canning Town to Barking. John Field in his book Place Names of Greater…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Canning Town, Canning Town North, former toll road, industry, Newham, Plaistow South

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