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Tag: Queen Victoria

Victoria Avenue, EN4

5 April 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named in 1890, 35 years after Victoria Road, although the road itself features on earlier maps, it is…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, Queen Victoria, streets named 1890, victorian

Victoria Road, EN4

4 April 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name So named in honour of Queen Victoria who had been on the throne 27 years when this street…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: East Barnet, East Barnet ward, New Barnet, Queen Victoria, streets named 1865, victorian

Albert Road, EN4

3 March 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861) was the consort to Queen…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, victorian

Diamond Road, HA4

24 June 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, celebrated on June 22, 1897 to mark the 60th anniversary…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hillingdon, Queen Victoria, Ruislip, South Ruislip, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Victoria Park estate

Arthur Road, SW19

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Place Name Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (later Windsor) (May 1, 1850 – January 16, 1942) was…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: John Augustus Beaumont, Merton, Queen Victoria, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park

Queensmere Road, SW19

5 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Durham Road. In 1923 a drainage application incorporating a Plan of Proposed Layout was submitted for The…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Putney, Queen Victoria, Queenmere estate, Southfields, Wandsworth, West Hill

Albert Drive, SW19

28 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally called Albert Road. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861) was…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Putney, Queen Victoria, royal, streets named after royals, Wandsworth, West Hill, Wimbledon

Alfreda Street, SW11

23 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Alfred Street. It was renamed in 1937 as part of the London County Council’s periodic clean up…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: assassination, Australia, Battersea, name change, Queen Victoria, royal, Royal Navy, streets named after royals, Wandsworth

Albert Way, SE15

1 November 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861) was consort to Queen Victoria.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Old Kent Road, Peckham, Queen Victoria, royal, Southwark, streets named after royals

Prince Albert Road, NW8

23 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was originally plain Albert Road when it was built sometime before the 1820s, it was renamed after…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: name change, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, royal, streets name after Germans, streets named after royals, streets names after German connection, vict, victorian

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