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Tag: Old English

Bedgebury Gardens, SW19

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Place Name A reference to the Kentish manor of Bedgebury, which was most likely suggested by the principle developer Alfred…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Kent villages, Old English, Southfields, Wandsworth

Beck Way, BR3

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Place Name This road was developed over the huge Eden Park in the early 20thCentury. Its name is a reference…

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Filed under: Beckenham, Bromley, Kelsey and Eden Park, Old English, Old Norse, River Beck, streets named after rivers

Beck Lane, BR3

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Place Name Once a quiet country lane that meandered along fields, it began to be developed between the wars. Its…

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Filed under: Beckenham, Bromley, Clock House, Old English, Old Norse, river, River Beck, River Ravensbourne, streets named after rivers

Bayhurst Drive, HA6

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Place Name This is a reference to the wood of the same name three miles away – and was probably…

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Filed under: Hillingdon, Northwood, Old English, streets named after woods

Batsworth Road, CR4

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Place Name For a street that started as an access road, across farmland to a varnish maker and floorcloth manufacturer…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Cricket Green, Merton, Mitcham, Old English

Baston Road, BR2

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Place Name This road connected Hayes, via Baston Farm to Keston, across Hayes Common. Although a John de Bastane was…

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Filed under: Bromley, Hayes, Hayes and Coney Hall, Old English

Baston Manor Road, BR2

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Place Name Although a John de Bastane was recorded living here in the tax roll for Hayes in 1301, it…

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Filed under: Bromley, Hayes, Hayes and Coney Hall, Medieval, Old English

Barwell Lane, KT9

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Place Name This is an access road to Barwell Court, which was first mentioned Berewelle in 1242 from the Old…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Chessington, Chessington South and Malden Rushett, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Medieval, Old English

Barnet Way, NW7

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Place Name Laid out between the wars, it partly follows the route of the former Hankins Lane. A great wood…

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Filed under: Barnet, Edgwarebury, Old English

Barnet Hill, EN5

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Place Name Originally called North Road. A great wood once covered Middlesex and Hertfordshire, and until the late 11thCentury it…

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Filed under: Barnet, High Barnet, name change, Old English

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