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Tag: Islington

Landseer Road, N19

14 October 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

28 September 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

21 September 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

Vulcan Way, N7

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Place name Vulcan is the Roman and Greek god of fire and the forge, who it was said invented smithing…

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

Atlas Mews, N7

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Place name Originally Barbara Road, the name was changed when the Westbourne estate was developed in 1978. Atlas is a…

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

Jupiter Way, N7

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Place name Originally Lesly Road, the name was changed when the Westbourne estate was developed in 1976. It was named…

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

Gallia Road, N5

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Place name Laid out in 1890 it was named after Gaul a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age occupied…

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

Dingley Road, EC1V

7 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place name Charles James Dingley, who proposed a link road to reduce journey times between the new Pentonville Road and…

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Filed under: Islington, St Peter's

Charterhouse Mews, EC1M

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Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Filed under: Bunhill, Islington, religion, streets named after religious houses

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