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Tag: Napoleonic Wars

Thornton Hill, SW19

22 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was an extension of Thornton Road, and was laid out sometime around 1863. As with Thornton Road,…

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Filed under: Hillside, Leathersellers Company, Merton, Napoleonic Wars, Richard Thornton, streets named after philanthropists

Thornton Road, SW19

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Place Name Richard Thornton (September 20, 1776 – June 20, 1865) is probably the richest man you’ve never heard of.…

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Filed under: Hillside, Leathersellers Company, Merton, Napoleonic Wars, street named 1859, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, Wimbledon

Telegraph Road, SW15

1 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Commemorates the telegraph signal station which was set up here by the Admiralty in 1796 to convey messages…

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Filed under: communications, military, Napoleonic Wars, Putney, Royal Navy, Wandsworth, West Putney

Armoury Way, SW18

24 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was once a quiet backwater known as Wandsworth Plain, gentile enough for royal mistress Elizabeth “Jane” Shore,…

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Filed under: Edward IV, military, Napoleonic Wars, River Wandle, Wandle, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Trafalgar Terrace, HA1

13 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This comes off of Nelson Terrace and is part of a trio of streets, the third being Wellington…

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Filed under: Harrow, Harrow on the Hill, Horatio Nelson, Napoleonic Wars, Royal Navy, Streets named after a Spanish connection, streets named after battle sites

Trafalgar Street, SE17

10 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The first significant development appears to have begun during the later years of, or immediately after the end…

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Filed under: Camberwell and Peckham, Faraday, Horatio Nelson, Napoleonic Wars, Royal Navy, Southwark, Streets named after a Spanish connection, Walworth

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