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Tag: Medieval name

Bayswater Road, W2

5 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was once the main route out of the City to Oxford and it was here that travellers…

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Filed under: Bayswater, Medieval name, street names connected with horses, street names connected with transport, Westminster

Basing Court, SE15

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Place Name Previously called Basing Place when it was developed in 1936 this is a lonely reminder of the old…

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Filed under: Basynges Manor, Medieval name, name change, Rye Lane, Southwark, streets with a Hampshire connection

Barnsbury Terrace, N1

30 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Mount Pleasant, changed during one of the regular clean ups of London’s street names to avoid confusion…

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

Barnsbury Street, N1

29 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was originally Batters Lane, sometime around 1735. Until 1791 this was only a narrow passage leading from…

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Filed under: Islington, Medieval name, Middle English, name change, names from Norman French, St Mary's and St James', streets named after a French connection

Friern Park, N12

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Place Name Friern comes from the Middle English word freren meaning of the brothers and is a reference to the…

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

Abbs Cross Lane, RM12

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Place Name Previously called South End Lane or South End Road. Tradition claims it is a corruption of the name…

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Filed under: Havering, Medieval name, name change, St Andrew's

Abbs Cross Gardens, RM12

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Place Name Tradition claims it is a corruption of the name St Ebba who founded a monastery of which she became…

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Filed under: Havering, Medieval name, St Andrew's

Kingswood Avenue, CR2

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Place Name The local area King’s Wood does not get its name from any royal connection but rather a local…

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Filed under: Croydon, Medieval name, Sanderstead, South Croydon

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