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Foxley Square, SW9

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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

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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

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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

Gwynne Place, WC1X

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Place Name Formerly Granville Place. Eleanor Gwyn (February 2, 1650 – November 14, 1687) more popularly known to history as Nell…

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Filed under: Camden, King's Cross, name change, royal, slavery, streets named after royals

Foxley Road, SW9

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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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Vassall Road, SW9

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place name Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (November 21, 1773 – October 22, 1840), was a politician and a…

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Holland Grove, SW9

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PLACE NAME Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (November 21, 1773 – October 22, 1840), was a politician and a…

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Lilford Road, SE5, SW9

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PLACE NAME Thomas Atherton Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford (December 2, 1801 – March 15, 1861), was a British peer and…

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Neave Crescent, RM3

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Place Name Richard Neave (November 22, 1731 – January 28, 1814), who owned the Dagnams and surrounding lands from 1772, was…

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Filed under: slavery, trade

Tulse Hill, SE27

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Place Name Sir Henry Tulse (died 1689) has been described as a grocer and an alderman, and in 1684 became…

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Filed under: black history, slavery

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