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Tag: Lambeth

Leigham Court Road, SW16

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Place Name Features on Stanford’s 1964 Library Map of London and its Environs as Leigham Court Road or St Julian’s…

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Filed under: Dulwich and West Norwood, Knight's Hill, Lambeth, Leigham Court Manor, Old English, Streatham, Streatham Wells

Estreham Road, SW16

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Place Name Called Ellison Road when first laid out in the late 19thCentury, it originally ran from Natal Road (then…

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Filed under: Domesday Book, Lambeth, name change, Old English, St Leonard's, Streatham, Streatham St Leonard's, streets named after a Roman connection

Lewin Road, SW16

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Place Name According to John W Brown in the Streatham Heritage Trail: Greyhound Lane this road was “laid out in…

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Filed under: Lambeth, Streatham and Croydon North, Streatham St Leonard's

Gipsy Hill, SE19

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Place Name Gypsies were a frequent feature of the sparsely populated Dulwich and Norwood woods before the 19thCentury, eking a…

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Filed under: Gipsy Hill, Gypsies, Gypsy, hills, Lambeth

Rommany Road, SE27

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Place Name Gypsies were a frequent feature of the sparsely populated Dulwich and Norwood woods before the 19thCentury, eking a…

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Filed under: Gipsy Hill, Gypsies, Gypsy, Lambeth

Gipsy Road, SE27

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Place Name Gypsies were a frequent feature of the sparsely populated Dulwich and Norwood woods before the 19thCentury, eking a…

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Filed under: Gipsy Hill, Gypsies, Gypsy, Lambeth

Bedford Hill, SW12

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Place Name The land on which this road was laid over was once owned by the dukes of Bedford. The…

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Filed under: Balham, Duke of Bedford, Heaver estate, Howland, Lambeth, St Leonard's, Streatham, streets with a connection to the East India Company, Wandsworth

Bedford Hill, SW16

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Place Name The land on which this road was laid over was once owned by the dukes of Bedford. The…

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Filed under: Balham, Duke of Bedford, East India Company, Heaver estate, Howland, Lambeth, St Leonard's, Streatham, Wandsworth

Angell Road, SW9

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Place Name The Angell family owned estates around Lambeth from the late 17thCentury after William Angell, originally from Crowhurst in…

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Filed under: Brixton North, Coldharbour, Lambeth, streets named after developers

Electric Avenue, SW9

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Place name Today it may look a little rundown but Electric Avenue, Brixton, was once known as the ‘Oxford Street…

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Filed under: Brixton, Brixton Windrush, Lambeth, markets, streets named after technology

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