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Tag: name change

Langthorne Road, E11

27 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Previously Union Road it was renamed in 1948 although it apparently had many other names Blind Lane; Irish…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Cathall Ward, Leytonstone, name change, streets named after abbeys, streets named after buildings, streets named after trees, Waltham Forest

Half Moon Lane, SE24

7 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Known from ancient times as Greenstreet, and from the 1720s until about 1800 as Ireland Green (after James…

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Filed under: Dulwich Village, name change, Southwark, streets named after pubs

Magnolia Road, W4

18 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The southern section from Thames Road to Ernest Gardens was originally a path called Dead Donkey Lane which…

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Filed under: Chiswick Riverside, Hounslow, name change, streets named after trees

Grove Park Bridge, W4

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Place Name Originally was part of Sutton Lane (today’s Sutton Court Road). There bridge, which crosses the railway track didn’t…

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Filed under: Chiswick Grove, Chiswick Riverside, Duke of Devonshire, Hounslow, name change, Old English

Hampstead Lane, NW3

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Place Name Originally called Caen Wood Lane. This was an early medieval track dividing Hampstead Manor from the Bishop of…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Bishop of London, Camden, former toll road, Highgate, Medieval, name change

Hampstead Grove, NW3

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Place Name Originally The Grove. This road takes its name from the small woodland, described in the manorial rolls for…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Camden, Hampstead Town, name change, streets named after trees

Folkes Lane, RM14

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Place Name Originally the northern section of Moor Lane. The name of the lane is relatively modern although it refers…

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Filed under: agriculture, Cranham, Harold Wood, Havering, name change, Upminster

India Place, WC2B

9 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Formerly a part of Montreal Place which, along with the corresponding passage Melbourne Place at the other end…

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Filed under: Empire, India, name change, St James's, streets named after an Indian connection, streets named after Empire, Westminster

Barbauld Road, N16

1 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Name change originally Broughton Road. Anna Letitia Barbauld (June 20, 1743 – March 9, 1825) was prominent member of…

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Filed under: Hackney, name change, slavery, Stoke Newington, streets named after a French connection, streets named after women, women

Romero Close, SW9

26 July 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Garden Close. Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (August 15, 1917 – March 24, 1980) was Archbishop of…

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Filed under: Brixton, Brixton North, Lambeth, name change, Roman Catholic, streets named after priests, streets with a Central American connection

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