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Tag: name change

Ardleigh Green Road, RM11

25 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional this is the road that leads out of Hornchurch to the hamlet. The name itself is a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Havering, Hornchurch, Middle English, name change, Old English, Squirrels Heath

Anerley Grove, SE19

10 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally New Road. The name itself means the lonely place and comes from some Scottish and Northern dialects.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bromley, Crystal Palace and Anerley, Lewisham, name change, Scotland

Anerley Hill, SE19

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Place Name Originally part of Anerley Road. The name itself means the lonely place and comes from some Scottish and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bromley, Crystal Palace and Anerley, Lewisham, name change, Scotland, streets named after the landscape

Anerley Station Road, SE20

9 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally plain Station Road. The name itself means the lonely place and comes from some Scottish and Northern…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bromley, name change, Penge and Cator, Railway

Alma Avenue, E4

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Place Name Originally Lyndhurst Road. Named after the first battle of the Crimean War, in which Britain and France joined…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hale End and Highams Park, Highams Park, name change, Waltham Forest

Aldgate High Street, EC3N

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Place Name Originally plain High Street. The western end became Aldgate High Street and from Aldgate Station east Whitechapel High…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, City of London, name change, Portsoken, streets named after a Roman connection

Aldgate, EC3N

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Place Name Previously Aldgate Street (Alegatestrete), a name that ran all the way down to Lime Street. Aldgate is a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Aldgate, Anglo-Saxon street name, City of London, name change, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after pubs

Agar Grove, NW1

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Place Name Previously known as St Paul’s Road, it was renamed Agar Grove in the first half of the 20thCentury,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Camden, Camden Square, name change, Regent's Canal, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, streets named after slum landlords, streets named after Unitarians

Addington Village Road, CR0

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Place Name Previously part of Featherbed Lane. The name Addington is a corruption of Eddintone, which was recorded in the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Croydon, name change, Selsdon and Addington Village

Canonbury Grove, N1

29 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out around 1823 it was originally called Willow Grove and for a time Willow Terrace. By 1837…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Canonbury, Islington, name change, streets named after religious houses

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