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Tag: religion

Abbey Lane, E15

24 September 2023 Jessica Wheeler Leave a comment

Place Name This was, and remains, the main route across the former Stratford Marsh, now largely developed. The road name…

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Filed under: Dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII, Newham, religion, Stratford, streets named after religious houses, West Ham

Ion Square, E2

1 November 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name One of several streets named after the children of scientist Andrew Pritchard and his wife Caroline Isabella Straker.…

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Filed under: Bethnal Green, cluster, religion, streets named after Unitarians, Tower Hamlets, Weavers

Collyer Place, SE15

29 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Dr William Bengo’ Collyer (April 14, 1782 – January 8, 1854), was a great – but controversial –…

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Filed under: Peckham, religion, Rye Lane, Southwark, streets named after people involved in a scandal

St Helen’s Place, EC3A

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Place Name The adjacent St Helen’s Church, Bishopsgate is all that remains of the former priory that stood nearby. The…

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Filed under: City of London, Dissolution of the monasteries, Lime Street, religion, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after religious houses, streets named after women, women

Bury Court, EC3A

8 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Recalling the Abbots of Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk who were given a property here sometime before 1160,…

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Filed under: Aldgate, City of London, religion, streets named after religious houses

Charterhouse Mews, EC1M

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Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Filed under: Bunhill, Islington, religion, streets named after religious houses

Charterhouse Square, EC1M

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Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Filed under: Bunhill, Islington, religion, streets named after religious houses

Charterhouse Street, EC1M

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Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Filed under: Bunhill, City of London, religion, streets named after religious houses

Charterhouse Buildings, EC1M

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Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Filed under: Bunhill, City of London, religion, streets named after religious houses

Beechcroft Road, SW14

19 June 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Samuel Beachcroft (note the spelling) (July 27, 1801 – November 10, 1861) was the architect for the rebuilding and…

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Filed under: black history, cemetery, education, first, immigration, mayor, mental health, music, religion, sport

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