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Links Way, SW17

28 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name On November 28, 1888 an article appeared in the Edinburgh Evening News under the headline New Golf Green…

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Filed under: Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, sport, streets named after sports connections, Tooting Golf Course

Hasty Close, CR4

15 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Patrick Joseph Hasty (March 17, 1934 – August 2000) was a Northern Irish footballer who represented Great Britain…

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Filed under: Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Olympics, sport, streets named after footballers, streets named after olympians, streets with an Irish connection

Newington Butts, SE1

14 November 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Newington is the almost obsolete name for the Elephant and Castle area, it comes from the Old English…

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Filed under: North Walworth, Old English, Southwark, sport, streets named after sports connections, Tudor

Olympic Park Avenue, E20

2 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named in reference to the London 2012 Olympics Games. East Village was built on the site of the…

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Filed under: London 2012, Newham, Olympic Park Ward, Olympics, sport, Stratford

Beechcroft Road, SW14

19 June 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Samuel Beachcroft (note the spelling) (July 27, 1801 – November 10, 1861) was the architect for the rebuilding and…

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Filed under: black history, cemetery, education, first, immigration, mayor, mental health, music, religion, sport

Bear Gardens, SE1

11 June 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

Ascot Close, UB5

25 November 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Ascot racecourse was founded by Queen Anne in 1711 when it hosted a race called Her Majesty’s Plate.…

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Filed under: cluster, Ealing, former race course, Northolt Mandeville, Racecourse Estate, sport, streets named after race courses, streets named after sports connections

Stepney Close, CR4

6 June 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Alex Stepney, born in Mitcham in 1942, is one of the former players of Tooting and Mitcham United…

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Filed under: sport, streets named after footballers

Slade Way, CR4

17 June 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after Tony Slade, an amateur footballer who was part of the Tooting and Mitcham United Football Club…

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Filed under: Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, sport, streets named after footballers, streets named after sports connections

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