Place Name Originally Providence Place. Takes its name from the nearby Shepherd’s Bush Common. The name goes back until at…
Place Name Previously named Church Alley. This was the site of the Royal Wardrobe, a property bought by Edward III…
Place Name Previously George Street. After the official house of the Lord Mayor of London, which was completed in 1752…
Place name This was originally Paradise Street (Paradise is frequently used for roads on the south side of churches) from…
Place Name Originally John Street between 1819 and 1897 when it was changed to Lofting Road. Corruption of Reverend Arthur…
Place name Originally Albert Road and Albert Place when it was first laid out sometime around 1859. It was re-named…
Place name London’s narrowest alleyway, a mere 67cm (26.5in) at its narrowest point, it appears on John Rocque’s 1746 map…
Place Name Literal it leads up Crouch Hill. Originally Upper Hornsey Rise between 1853 and 1936, presumably changed as part…
Place Name Originally part of East Barnet Road. The present name was in use by 1874, a local farmer called…
Place Name Directional. Originally Yeading Road. Yeading is very early Saxon and was originally Geddingas or Geddinges, meaning the people…