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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

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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

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

Barn Hill, HA9

27 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. Quite literally named after a barn on a hill, it was first recorded as Barnhills in…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Barnhill, Brent, cluster, Middlesex

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