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Tag: Old English

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

Waddington Avenue, CR5

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Place Name Remembering the hamlet which was subsumed into Kenley in the 20thCentury. The name Waddington goes back to Saxon…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Croydon, Croydon South, Old Coulsdon, Old English

North Acton Road, NW10

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Place Name The road leading to North Acton, it follows the line of a footpath through fields. The name Acton…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Acton, Ealing, North Acton, Old English, streets named after trees

Grove Park Mews, W4

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Place Name Previously garages, this road leads to Lancaster Court a modern development built in 2010 and the road was…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chiswick Riverside, Duke of Devonshire, Hounslow, Old English, Private Road

Grove Park Gardens, W4

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Place name This was laid out in the grounds of a property called Grove Park House. The Grove refers to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chiswick Grove, Chiswick Riverside, Duke of Devonshire, Hounslow, Old English, streets named after houses, woods

Grove Park Bridge, W4

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Place Name Originally was part of Sutton Lane (today’s Sutton Court Road). There bridge, which crosses the railway track didn’t…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chiswick Grove, Chiswick Riverside, Duke of Devonshire, Hounslow, name change, Old English

Grove Park Road, W4

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Place Name Takes its name from Chiswick Grove, which was first mentioned sometime around 1210 as Grava, from the Old…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chiswick Grove, Chiswick Riverside, Duke of Devonshire, Hounslow, Old English, streets named after houses

Pinner Road, HA6

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Place Name Directional it is the road that runs from Northwood to Pinner. The name Pinner was first written down…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, names that come from Latin words, Northwood and Pinner, Northwood Hills, Old English, Ruislip, streets named after the landscape

Finchley Lane, NW4

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Place Name Directional leading from Hendon across the River Brent to Finchley. Finchley is thought to be named after the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Barnet, Hendon, Old English, streets named after birds, streets named after woods

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