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Tag: Medieval

Chapter Way, SW19

1 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A reference to what was once one of the most important buildings in England, the chapter house of…

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Filed under: Collier's Wood, Medieval, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, streets named after religious houses

Lower Bedfords Road, RM1

30 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally plain Bedfords Road it runs to the south of Bedfords Park. There have been several reasons put…

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Filed under: Havering, Heaton, Marshalls and Rise Park, Medieval, name change, Romford, unknown origin

Beam Avenue, RM10

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Place Name A reference to the nearby River Beam, which is a continuation of the River Rom flowing through the…

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Filed under: Barking and Dagenham, Beam, Medieval, River Beam, streets named after rivers

Baston Manor Road, BR2

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Place Name Although a John de Bastane was recorded living here in the tax roll for Hayes in 1301, it…

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Filed under: Bromley, Hayes, Hayes and Coney Hall, Medieval, Old English

Bassishaw Highwalk, EC2V

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Place Name Named after the powerful Basing family who were prominent in the City at the beginning of the 13thCentury.…

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Filed under: Barbican, Bassishaw, City of London, Henry III, Medieval, streets named after Lord Mayors

Barwell Lane, KT9

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Place Name This is an access road to Barwell Court, which was first mentioned Berewelle in 1242 from the Old…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Chessington, Chessington South and Malden Rushett, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Medieval, Old English

Barnsbury Square, N1

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Place Name This square began to be laid out on the site of the former Reed Moat Field, a medieval…

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Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, Medieval, Middle Ages, Middle English, Middlesex, names from Norman French, streets named after a French connection

Friern Barnet Road, N11

27 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was road ran along the northern boundary of the County Lunatic Asylum. Friern comes from the Middle…

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Filed under: Barnet, Friern Barnet, Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, Medieval

Friern Barnet Lane, N20

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Place Name This was, in the Middle Ages, once part of the Great North Road. Friern comes from the Middle…

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Filed under: Barnet, Great North Road, Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, Medieval, Whetstone

Friern Barnet Lane, N11

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Place Name This was, in the Middle Ages, once part of the Great North Road. Friern comes from the Middle…

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Filed under: Barnet, Friern Barnet, Great North Road, Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, Medieval

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