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Tag: street named after a church

St Marys Road, EN4

4 April 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out over a former footpath that led to the Church Farm Industrial School. The street itself is…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: apostrophe, Barnet, Church of England, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, street named after a church

Church Way, EN4

17 March 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally, this was a footpath that ran behind the church, leading to the Vicarage and the Trent Church…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, Church of England, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, street named after a church

Church Hill Road, EN4

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Place Name Believed to follow one of the oldest routes in East Barnet, with accounts suggesting that the hill on…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, street named after a church

Church Road, SW19

5 May 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Wimbledon Lane – this has in fact undergone many name changes in its time. Neil Ransome, in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Church of England, Merton, name change, street named after a church, Village, Wimbledon

Church Path, SW19

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Place Name Originally a continuation of Church Lane. This is one of the oldest streets in the area, leading to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Australia, Church of England, Merton, Merton Park, Nelson, street named after a church, Wimbledon

Christchurch Road, SW19

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Place Name Originally this was just a continuation of Merton Lane (later Western Road), and later was plain Church Road.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Church of England, Collier's Wood, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, name change, street named after a church

Christchurch Close, SW19

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Place Name Takes its name, unsurprisingly, from the church of the same name, to serve the growing population of north…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Church of England, Collier's Wood, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, name change, street named after a church, streets named after religious houses

All Saints Road, SW19

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Place Name Originally called Hubert Road, after Hugh or Hubert de Burgh. All Saints, South Wimbledon, was formed in 1892,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Merton, name change, South Wimbledon, street named after a church, Wandle, Wimbledon

Church Hill, SW19

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Place Name This road, which was only developed in the final years of the 19thCentury, as the town’s population expanded…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Church of England, Merton, street named after a church, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

St Johns Avenue, SW15

18 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally St John’s Road. The name changed shortly after the Second World War. The Polish Church of St…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: apostrophe, Church of England, East Putney, Putney, roads named after saints, Roman Catholic, street named after a church, Wandsworth

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