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Tag: Ruislip

Northolt Avenue, HA4

October 18, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A reference to the nearby town of Northolt in Ealing. Northolt means a northern nook and was first…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Hillingdon, Ruislip, South Ruislip

Kings College Road, HA4

September 17, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Henry VI gave the Manor of Ruislip to King’s College, Cambridge, (originally called the College of St. Mary and…

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Filed under: Cambridge University, Eastcote, Edward IV, Henry VI, Hillingdon, Ruislip

Kingsend, HA4

September 15, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This does not commemorate the untimely death of some unfortunate monarch in Ruislip, as the name might imply.…

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Filed under: Hillingdon, Ruislip

Ducks Hill Road, HA4

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Place Name Not named after the water fowl but after a William Duck, who lived here in the 16th Century.…

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Filed under: Elizabeth I, Hillingdon, Ruislip

Field End Road, HA4

September 14, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

PLACE NAME From medieval times until the last century, the majority of the population in Eastcote was engaged in agriculture…

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Filed under: agriculture, Eastcote, Harrow, Ruislip

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