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Tag: Royal Navy

Alexandra Road, SW19

28 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The Royal Homes for the Widows and Daughters of Naval and Military Officers, also known as Queen Alexandra’s…

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Filed under: Edward VII, Hillside, Merton, Royal Navy, streets named after royals, Wimbledon

Telegraph Road, SW15

1 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Commemorates the telegraph signal station which was set up here by the Admiralty in 1796 to convey messages…

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Filed under: communications, military, Napoleonic Wars, Putney, Royal Navy, Wandsworth, West Putney

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

Trafalgar Terrace, HA1

13 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This comes off of Nelson Terrace and is part of a trio of streets, the third being Wellington…

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Filed under: Harrow, Harrow on the Hill, Horatio Nelson, Napoleonic Wars, Royal Navy, Streets named after a Spanish connection, streets named after battle sites

Trafalgar Street, SE17

10 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The first significant development appears to have begun during the later years of, or immediately after the end…

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Filed under: Camberwell and Peckham, Faraday, Horatio Nelson, Napoleonic Wars, Royal Navy, Southwark, Streets named after a Spanish connection, Walworth

Spert Street, E14

26 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Vice-Admiral of England Sir Thomas Spert (also spelt Pert) (died December 1541) was sailing master of the Mary Rose…

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Filed under: Henry VIII, Limehouse, Poplar, Royal Navy, streets named after sailors, Tower Hamlets

Alfred Road, DA17

7 September 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Prince Alfred (August 6, 1844 – July 30, 1900) was patron of the Seamen’s Home, in Belvedere, which…

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Filed under: assassination, Belvedere, Bexley, Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria, Royal Navy, streets named after royals

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