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Tag: Scotland

Burns Close, SW19

28 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) was the famed Scottish poet whose works include Auld…

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Filed under: cluster, Merton, Scotland, streets named after a Scottish connection, streets named after poets, Wandle, Wimbledon

Anerley Street, SW11

26 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name For many centuries Penge was a detached hamlet of the ancient parish of Battersea in the Brixton hundred…

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Filed under: Battersea, dialect, Latchmere, Scotland, Wandsworth

Bathgate Road, SW19

25 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally called New Park Road, to distinguish it from Old Park, it was later renamed sometime in the…

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Filed under: Conservative, Merton, name change, named after councillor/council employee, Scotland, Southfields, Village, Wimbledon

Anerley Road, SE20

10 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The name itself means the lonely place and comes from some Scottish and Northern dialects. It was the…

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Filed under: Bromley, Crystal Palace and Anerley, Lewisham, Scotland

Anerley Grove, SE19

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Place Name Originally New Road. The name itself means the lonely place and comes from some Scottish and Northern dialects.…

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Filed under: Bromley, Crystal Palace and Anerley, Lewisham, name change, Scotland

Anerley Park, SE20

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Place Name Runs along the southern boundary of Crystal Palace Park. The name itself means the lonely place and comes…

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Filed under: Bromley, Crystal Palace and Anerley, Lewisham, Scotland

Anerley Park Road, SE20

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Place Name Leading to the Anerley entrance of Crystal Palace Park. The name itself means the lonely place and comes…

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Filed under: Bromley, Crystal Palace and Anerley, Lewisham, Scotland

Anerley Hill, SE19

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Place Name Originally part of Anerley Road. The name itself means the lonely place and comes from some Scottish and…

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Filed under: Bromley, Crystal Palace and Anerley, Lewisham, name change, Scotland, streets named after the landscape

Pierrepont Road, W3

7 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Evelyn Pierrepont, (born sometime around 1665 – March 5, 1726) was 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, and created Marquess…

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Filed under: Ealing, George II, North Acton, Scotland

Yester Drive, BR7

29 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was laid out on Yester Park, a four acre plot of the much larger estate Camden Estate,…

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Filed under: Bromley, Chislehurst, names with a Celtic origin, Scotland

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