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Tag: Islington

Prideaux Place, WC1X

January 30, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Previously Vernon Street and later Upper Vernon Street. Arthur Robert Prideaux (1857 – May 9, 1932) was a director…

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Filed under: Clerkenwell, Islington, name change, New River Company

Aberdeen Lane, N5

October 30, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place name Originally Aberdeen Mews between 1915 and 1960 – it was extended twice in 1924 and 1930. It has…

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Filed under: Aberdeen Park, Highbury, Islington, name change

Cloudesley Place, N1

October 15, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Elizabeth Terrace (1821) it was re-named by 1882 Sir Richard Cloudesley (1465 – 1518) was a Tudor…

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Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, streets named after killers, streets named after philanthropists, Tudor

Cloudesley Road, N1

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Place Name Sir Richard Cloudesley (1465 – 1518) was a Tudor landowner who was buried at St Mary’s, Islington. He…

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Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, streets named after killers, streets named after philanthropists, Tudor

Cloudesley Square, N1

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Place Name Sir Richard Cloudesley (1465 – 1518) was a Tudor landowner who was buried at St Mary’s, Islington. He…

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Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, streets named after killers, streets named after philanthropists, Tudor

Cloudesley Street, N1

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Place Name Sir Richard Cloudesley (1465 – 1518) was a Tudor landowner who was buried at St Mary’s, Islington. He…

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Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, streets named after killers, streets named after philanthropists, Tudor

Landseer Road, N19

October 14, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Landseer Villas, named in honour of the great artist and the country’s foremost animal painter, was built sometime around…

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Filed under: Islington, streets named after artists, streets named after people who were insane, Tollington

Jim Veal Drive, N7

September 28, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place name Jim Veal (1931 – 2006) was chairman of the Tenants & Residents Association whose long-running campaign for the…

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Filed under: Holloway, Islington, streets named after local heroes

Fortuna Close, N7

September 21, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place name Fortuna is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion. It is one of a…

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Filed under: fake history, Islington, Laycock, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after gods

Centurion Close, N7

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Place name Originally Ponder Street. A centurion was the principal professional officer in the armies of ancient Rome and its empire,…

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Filed under: fake history, Islington, Laycock, military, name change, streets named after a Roman connection

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