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Tag: Southwark

Copperfield Street, SE1

1 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Orange Street. It is named after the eponymous hero of Charles Dickens’s novel David Copperfield whose ever…

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Filed under: Borough and Bankside, Charles Dickens, dickens, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters

Dickens Square, SE1

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Place Name Previously Union Square. Charles John Huffam Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870) was an author, journalist, and…

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Filed under: author, Borough and Bankside, Charles Dickens, dickens, Southwark, streets named after an author

Little Dorrit Court, SE1

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Place Name Previously the site of Falcon Court. Charles Dickens wrote extensively about the notorious Marshalsea  debtors’ prison where his…

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Filed under: Borough and Bankside, Charles Dickens, dickens, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters, streets named after literary figures, streets named after women

Dorrit Street, SE1

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Place Name Ironic name since Little Dorrit Court not far away is far larger. Charles Dickens wrote extensively about the notorious…

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Filed under: Charles Dickens, dickens, literature, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters, streets named after literary figures, streets named after women, women

William Margrie Close, SE15

25 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name William Margrie (April 7, 1877 – January 9, 1960) was a philosopher and eccentric, who was born in…

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Filed under: Peckham, Rye Lane, Southwark, streets named after eccentrics

Thomas Doyle Street, SE1

22 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Previously called Earl Street. Father Thomas Doyle (December 21, 1793 – June 6, 1879), was a key figure…

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Filed under: names with an Irish connection, Roman Catholic, Southwark, St George's

Black Swan Yard, SE1

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Place Name The Black Swan Tavern stood at 71 Bermondsey Street from at least 1822 and quite possibly much earlier.…

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Filed under: London Bridge and West Bermondsey, Southwark, streets named after animals, streets named after pubs

Bear Gardens, SE1

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Place Name After the theatre of animal cruelty that once stood here. For it was here that bears and bulls…

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Filed under: Borough and Bankside, Elizabeth I, Southwark, sport, streets named after sports connections

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