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Tag: politics

Alexander Close, EN4

3 March 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Henry Alexander (sometime around 1780 – January 1861) was born into a prominent Irish family of merchants and…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, politics, streets with a connection to the East India Company

Larpent Avenue, SW15

23 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out in two stages in 1903 and 1906, this street recalls the Larpent family who were prominent…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: politics, Putney, slavery, streets named after Whigs, Wandsworth, West Putney

Khartoum Road, SW17

30 December 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after General Charles George Gordon’s mission in Sudan to evacuate Egyptians from the city in 1883. Sudan was…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: black history, colonalism, military, politics, victorian

Disraeli Road, W5

21 December 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Benjamin Disraeli (December 21, 1804 – April 19, 1881), 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, the former two-time Conservative Prime Minister…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: jewish london, politics, prime ministers
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