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Tag: Lambeth

Lord Holland Lane, SW9

27 July 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Baronial name of Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (November 21, 1773 – October 22, 1840), who was…

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Filed under: Lambeth, Myatt's Fields, slavery, streets named after Whigs, Vauxhall

Romero Close, SW9

26 July 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Garden Close. Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (August 15, 1917 – March 24, 1980) was Archbishop of…

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Filed under: Brixton, Brixton North, Lambeth, name change, Roman Catholic, streets named after priests, streets with a Central American connection

Fiveways Road, SW9

25 July 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally part of Overton Road and later Wiltshire Road, part of the Lambeth Wick estate and dating from…

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Filed under: Brixton, Brixton North, Lambeth, name change

Foxley Square, SW9

25 January 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland of Holland, and 3rd Baron Holland of Foxley (November 21, 1773 – October 22,…

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Filed under: Camberwell, Lambeth, slavery, streets named after Whigs

Orient Street, SE11

19 November 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Along with West Square and Austral Street this is a reference to a compass point. The term Orient derives…

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Filed under: Bermondsey, Kennington, Lambeth, names that come from Latin words, St George's, streets named after compass points

Teignmouth Close, SW4

23 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (October 5, 1751 – February 14, 1834) worked as the Governor-General of Bengal from…

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Filed under: Clapham, Clapham Common, Clapham East, Clapham Sect, East India Company, Harrow School, Lambeth, slavery

Van Gogh Walk, SW9

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Place Name Originally Isbael Street. Vincent Willem Van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who became…

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Filed under: Dutch, Kennington, Lambeth, name change, Stockwell, streets named after a Dutch connection, streets named after artists, streets named after people who were insane, Vassall

Albert Embankment, SE1

23 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861) was consort to Queen Victoria.…

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Filed under: Lambeth, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, royal, streets named after royals, streets names after German connection, Vauxhall, victorian

Natal Road, SW16

16 February 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Potters Lane. The First Boer War ended in 1881, this name was introduced within two years, to…

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Filed under: Boer War, Lambeth, name change, St Leonard's, Streatham, Streatham St Leonard's, streets named after a South African connection

Gipsy Road, 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: Crystal Palace, Gipsy Hill, Gypsies, Gypsy, Lambeth

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