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Rochdale Road, E17

31 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name One of six roads that when put together reveal a secret in their names. This estate was developed on…

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Filed under: cluster, joke names, Lea Bridge Ward, Waltham Forest, Walthamstow

Salcombe Road, E17

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Place Name One of six roads that when put together reveal a secret in their names. This estate was developed on…

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Filed under: cluster, joke names, Lea Bridge Ward, portmanteau, street names with a secret, Waltham Forest, Walthamstow

Starveall Close, UB7

22 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Recalls the former name of the local area of Starveall Bridge, in Yiewsley, a crossing over the Grand…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Hillingdon, joke names, West Drayton, Yiewsley

Onra Road, E17

2 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name One of six roads that when put together reveal a secret in their names. This estate was developed on…

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Filed under: joke names, Lea Bridge Ward, Waltham Forest

Thetis Terrace, TW9

14 July 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Something of a joke name – although possibly not for the people who live there. Thetis was a…

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Star Road, UB10

2 May 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Gutteridge Street as it led to towards Gutteridge Wood. It was later changed to Star Road after the…

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Uneeda Drive, UB6

26 March 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out on agricultural land that was formerly Greenford farm. It was developed sometime between the First and…

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Filed under: Ealing, Greenford, joke names

Shillibeer Walk, IG7

7 June 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This is one of those play on words that officials occasionally liked to employ in the naming of…

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Elf Row, E1W

14 September 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Once the far more prosaically named Elm Row. The minor name change may have been something of a…

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Botany Bay Lane, BR7

1 June 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Often used as a popular joke name, it can also be found in Enfield, alluding as it does…

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