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Tag: Quakers

Lyford Road, SW18

29 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name William Lyford (1598 – October 3, 1653), was a nonconformist clergyman said to be of “great modesty and…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Calvinist, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, Quakers, streets named after Oxford graduates, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common, witchcraft

Elizabeth Fry Place, SE18

7 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Elizabeth Fry (May 21, 1780 – October 21 1845), was a prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist. She was born…

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Filed under: former hospital site, Greenwich, Quakers, streets named after women

Beacontree Avenue, E17

22 February 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from what was once the site of Becontree Archery, a 19thCentury archery ground with lodge,…

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Filed under: Charles Dickens, Hale End and Highams Park, Quakers, streets named after sports connections, streets named after trees, Waltham Forest, Wanstead, Wanstead Park

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