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Tag: slavery

Barham Road, SW19

27 April 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out as part of the Old Park estate development in 1929, it is named after a former…

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Filed under: Drax family, Merton, military, Old Park estate, slavery, streets made after ships, Village, Wimbldeon

Larpent Avenue, SW15

23 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out in two stages in 1903 and 1906, this street recalls the Larpent family who were prominent…

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Filed under: politics, Putney, slavery, streets named after Whigs, Wandsworth, West Putney

Fellowes Road, SM5

16 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Sir John Fellowes (1670 – 1724) was the owner of Carshalton House having purchased it from the Crown…

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Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, slavery, South Sea Company, streets named after people who have been in prison, Sutton, The Wrythe

Barbauld Road, N16

1 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Name change originally Broughton Road. Anna Letitia Barbauld (June 20, 1743 – March 9, 1825) was prominent member of…

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Filed under: Hackney, name change, slavery, Stoke Newington, streets named after a French connection, streets named after women, women

Juxon Close, HA3

29 July 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name William Juxon, (1582 – June 4, 1663) was Bishop of London from 1633 to 1646 and Archbishop of…

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Filed under: Bishop of London, Church of England, Harrow, Harrow Weald, Henry VIII, Oxford, Oxford University, Reformation, slavery, streets named after Archbishops of Canterbury, streets named after Oxford graduates

Juxon Street, SE11

28 July 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name William Juxon, (1582 – June 4, 1663) was Bishop of London from 1633 to 1646 and Archbishop of…

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Filed under: Bishop of London, Charles II, Church of England, Oxford, Oxford University, Restoration, slavery, streets named after Archbishops of Canterbury, streets named after Oxford graduates

Lord Holland Lane, SW9

27 July 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Baronial name of Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (November 21, 1773 – October 22, 1840), who was…

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Filed under: Lambeth, Myatt's Fields, slavery, streets named after Whigs, Vauxhall

Foxley Square, SW9

25 January 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland of Holland, and 3rd Baron Holland of Foxley (November 21, 1773 – October 22,…

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Filed under: Camberwell, Lambeth, slavery, streets named after Whigs

Teignmouth Close, SW4

23 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (October 5, 1751 – February 14, 1834) worked as the Governor-General of Bengal from…

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Filed under: Clapham, Clapham Common, Clapham East, Clapham Sect, East India Company, Harrow School, Lambeth, slavery

Cuba Street, E14

27 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name In the 19thCentury Cuba was the leading producer of sugar in the world, its output dwarfing the British…

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Filed under: Canary Wharf, docks, Poplar and Limehouse, slavery, Tower Hamlets, West Indies

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