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Tag: Old English

Barnet Road, EN5

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Place Name The main road leading from Elstree to Chipping Barnet. A great wood once covered Middlesex and Hertfordshire, and…

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Filed under: Barnet, High Barnet, Old English

Barnet Lane, EN5

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Place Name Barnet Lane originally started at Totteridge Village and ended at Dollis Brook, where it continued as Totteridge Lane.…

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

Barnet Lane, N20

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Place Name Barnet Lane originally started at Totteridge Village and ended at Dollis Brook, where it continued as Totteridge Lane.…

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Filed under: Barnet, Old English, Totteridge, Totteridge and Woodside

East Barnet Road, EN5

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Place Name There has been a hamlet to the east of Barnet village since around 1275 when it was recorded…

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Filed under: Abbey of St Albans, Barnet, East Barnet, name change, Old English

Hardley Crescent, RM11

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Place Name This street was laid out between the wars. It is a reference to the former name of the…

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Filed under: Havering, Old English, Squirrels Heath

Ardleigh Close, RM11

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Place Name This was originally part of Ardleigh Green Road and was the route across the railway line. That changed…

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Filed under: Havering, Middle English, name change, Old English, Squirrels Heath

Ardleigh Green Road, RM11

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Place Name Directional this is the road that leads out of Hornchurch to the hamlet. The name itself is a…

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Filed under: Havering, Hornchurch, Middle English, name change, Old English, Squirrels Heath

Allfarthing Lane, SW18

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Place Name This was previously the site of the manor of Alferthyng, which means half of a fouth part, in…

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Filed under: Old English, Wandle, Wandsworth

Lower Addiscombe Road, CR0

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PLACE NAME A reference to the earlier Addiscombe Road, which according to East Croydon Community Organisation (ECCO) first appeared on…

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Filed under: Addiscombe East, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Croydon, Old English

Addiscombe Road, CR0

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Place Name Eadda or Æddi’s estate from an Anglo-Saxon personal name and the word camp, meaning an enclosed area in…

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Filed under: Addiscombe, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Croydon, Old English

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