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Tag: Middle Ages

Barnsbury Grove, N7

1 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Number 7 Barnsbury Grove is where, in 1866, a Sandemanian Chapel (Pococks Fields) stood, so there may have…

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

Barnsbury Park, N1

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Place Name Agricultural heritage. Today, there isn’t much of a park to see and yet, there were several references to…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Barnsbury, Islington, Middle Ages, Middle English, Middlesex, names from Norman French, streets named after a French 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 Square, N1

29 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

Barnsbury Road, N1

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Place Name Like so many big landowners of the medieval period, first and surnames have been passed down the ages…

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

Baber Bridge Parade, TW14

29 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name It remembers an Old English name, first recorded in 1268 as Babbewrth and, a few years later as…

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Filed under: Feltham, Feltham North, Hounslow, Middle Ages

Baber Drive, TW14

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Place Name This street was laid out between the wars. It remembers an Old English name, first recorded in 1268…

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Filed under: Feltham, Feltham North, Hounslow, Middle Ages

Bartholomew Lane, EC2R

24 March 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name At the northern end of this lane stood the church of St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange (the Royal Exchange), which was…

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Filed under: City of London, Medieval, Middle Ages, street named after a church, streets named after saints, Walbrook

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