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Tag: name change

Maiden Lane, WC2E

February 3, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This ancient path was once a trackway leading from the City, where it ran through Cripplegate, Aldersgate and…

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Filed under: Holborn and Covent Garden, name change, streets named after dung heaps, Westminster

Floral Street, WC2E

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Place Name Previously called Little Hart Street (from Conduit Court to James Street) and Great Hart Street (from James Street…

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Filed under: Holborn and Covent Garden, name change, streets named after buildings, Westminster

Prideaux Place, WC1X

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Place Name Previously Vernon Street and later Upper Vernon Street. Arthur Robert Prideaux (1857 – May 9, 1932) was a director…

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Filed under: Clerkenwell, Islington, name change, New River Company

Harpur Mews, WC1N

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Place Name Formerly East Street, by association with New North Street. As a young man of humble origins from Bedford, William…

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Filed under: Camden, Dissolution of the monasteries, Holborn & Covent Garden, Lord Mayor, name change, Nicholas Barbon, streets named after Lord Mayors

Bedfont Green Close, TW14

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Place Name This was originally a continuation of Bedfont Road, but when the road was extended and the area redeveloped…

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Filed under: Bedfont, Feltham, Hounslow, name change, names with a Celtic origin, Old English

Alderney Street, SW1V

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Place Name Without a doubt this street name has one of the most complicated back stories in London. Originally called…

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Filed under: Muslim, name change, names with a Welsh connection, Pimlico, Pimlico North, Westminster

Stockley Road, UB7

October 31, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Stockley Park takes its name from the former hamlet of Stockley, which is believed to be a portmanteau…

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Filed under: Hillingdon, industry, name change, portmanteau, West Drayton, Yiewsley

Stockley Farm Road, UB7

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Place Name Stockley Park takes its name from the former hamlet of Stockley, which is believed to be a portmanteau…

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Filed under: Hillingdon, industry, name change, portmanteau, West Drayton, Yiewsley

Aberdeen Lane, N5

October 30, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place name Originally Aberdeen Mews between 1915 and 1960 – it was extended twice in 1924 and 1930. It has…

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Filed under: Aberdeen Park, Highbury, Islington, name change

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

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