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Tag: name change

Battle Bridge Place, NW1

December 4, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place name Previously Suffolk Street West and, more recently, Battle Bridge Road. As names go few evoke a sense of…

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Filed under: Camden, fake history, King's Cross, lost streets, name change, St Pancras

Battersea High Street, SW11

December 3, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally plain High Street. The name Battersea was first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon charters of AD693 as Badrices…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Battersea, name change, St Mary's, Surrey, Wandsworth

Battersea Park Road, SW11

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Place Name Originally called Battersea Road, the western section of this thoroughfare was at one time called Lower Wandsworth Road…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Battersea, Battersea Park, name change, Surrey, Wandsworth

Basing Court, SE15

December 2, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

November 30, 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

November 29, 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

Barnet Hill, EN5

November 25, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally called North Road. A great wood once covered Middlesex and Hertfordshire, and until the late 11thCentury it…

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Filed under: Barnet, High Barnet, name change, Old English

Barnet Lane, EN5

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Place Name Barnet Lane originally started at Totteridge Village and ended at Dollis Brook, where it continued as Totteridge Lane.…

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Filed under: Barnet, name change, Old English, Underhill

East Barnet Road, EN5

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Place Name There has been a hamlet to the east of Barnet village since around 1275 when it was recorded…

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Filed under: Abbey of St Albans, Barnet, East Barnet, name change, Old English

Ardleigh Close, RM11

October 25, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was originally part of Ardleigh Green Road and was the route across the railway line. That changed…

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Filed under: Havering, Middle English, name change, Old English, Squirrels Heath

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