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Tag: Newham

Barking Road, E16

23 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional, the road leading from Canning Town to Barking. John Field in his book Place Names of Greater…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Canning Town North, former toll road, industry, Newham, West Ham

Barking Road, E14

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Place Name Directional, the road leading from Canning Town to Barking. John Field in his book Place Names of Greater…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Canning Town, East Ham, former toll road, industry, Newham, Wall End

Alma Street, E15

8 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This road was still being laid out when it was being surveyed for the Ordnance Survey in 1867.…

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Filed under: Maryland, Newham, Stratford, streets named after battle sites, streets named after places in Ukraine, West Ham

Abbey Lane, E15

24 September 2023 Jessica Wheeler Leave a comment

Place Name This was, and remains, the main route across the former Stratford Marsh, now largely developed. The road name…

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Filed under: Dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII, Newham, religion, Stratford, streets named after religious houses, West Ham

Maryland Road, E15

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Place Name Named after the US state. It was originally a hamlet, which had grown up around a large house…

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Filed under: Maryland, Newham, Stratford New Town, streets named after royals, streets named after US states, streets named after women, streets with a North American connection

Maryland Square, E15

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Place Name Named after the US state. It was originally a hamlet, which had grown up around a large house…

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Filed under: Maryland, Newham, Stratford New Town, streets named after royals, streets named after US states, streets named after women, streets with a North American connection

Maryland Street, E15

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Place Name Named after the US state. It was originally a hamlet, which had grown up around a large house…

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Filed under: America, Maryland, Newham, streets named after royals, streets named after US states, streets named after women, streets with a North American connection, USA

Ladysmith Road, E16

18 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after the 118 day Siege – or perhaps more accurately the Relief – of Ladysmith, which took…

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Filed under: Boer War, Canning Town North, military, Newham, streets named after a South African connection, streets named after an African connection, streets named after Empire

Chestnut Avenue, E12

5 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out as one of the service roads in the City of London Cemetery and like Poplar Road…

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Filed under: Ilford and Aldersbrook, Newham, streets named after plants, streets named after trees

Olympic Park Avenue, E20

2 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named in reference to the London 2012 Olympics Games. East Village was built on the site of the…

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Filed under: London 2012, Newham, Olympic Park Ward, Olympics, sport, Stratford

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