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Tag: King’s Cross

Battle Bridge Place, NW1

4 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place name Previously Suffolk Street West and, more recently, Battle Bridge Road. As names go few evoke a sense of…

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Filed under: Camden, fake history, King's Cross, lost streets, name change, St Pancras

Wakefield Street, WC1H

29 January 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name It was named after the Pindar of Wakefield, an inn that first opened sometime around 1517, on Gray’s…

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Filed under: Camden, King's Cross, Robin Hood, streets named after pubs

Gwynne Place, WC1X

25 August 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Formerly Granville Place. Eleanor Gwyn (February 2, 1650 – November 14, 1687) more popularly known to history as Nell…

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Filed under: Camden, King's Cross, name change, royal, slavery, streets named after royals

Euston Road, WC1H

8 November 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name After Euston Hall in Suffolk, the family seat of the Fitzroy family, the earls of Euston. The name…

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Filed under: Camden, Domesday Book, Duke of Grafton, King's Cross, Suffolk

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