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Tag: streets named after a French connection

Barnsbury Grove, N7

December 1, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Number 7 Barnsbury Grove is where, in 1866, a Sandemanian Chapel (Pococks Fields) stood, so there may have…

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Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, Middle Ages, Middle English, Middlesex, names from Norman French, streets named after a French connection

Barnsbury Park, N1

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Place Name Agricultural heritage. Today, there isn’t much of a park to see and yet, there were several references to…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Barnsbury, Islington, Middle Ages, Middle English, Middlesex, names from Norman French, streets named after a French connection

Barnsbury Terrace, N1

November 30, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Mount Pleasant, changed during one of the regular clean ups of London’s street names to avoid confusion…

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Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, Medieval name, Middle Ages, Middle English, Middlesex, name change, names from Norman French, streets named after a French connection

Barnsbury Square, N1

November 29, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This square began to be laid out on the site of the former Reed Moat Field, a medieval…

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Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, Medieval, Middle Ages, Middle English, Middlesex, names from Norman French, streets named after a French connection

Barnsbury Street, N1

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Place Name This was originally Batters Lane, sometime around 1735. Until 1791 this was only a narrow passage leading from…

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Filed under: Islington, Medieval name, Middle English, name change, names from Norman French, St Mary's and St James', streets named after a French connection

Barnsbury Road, N1

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Place Name Like so many big landowners of the medieval period, first and surnames have been passed down the ages…

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Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, Middle Ages, Middle English, Middlesex, names from Norman French, streets named after a French connection

Barbauld Road, N16

August 1, 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

Bleriot Road, TW5

May 24, 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Louis Charles Joseph Blériot (July 1, 1872 – August 1, 1936), the brilliant French inventor and aviator, who…

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Filed under: streets named after a French connection, streets named after aviators

Calais Street, SE5, SW9

October 20, 2020 londonstreetguide 2 Comments

Place Name Like Cormont Road, this is a nod to the Minet family, French Huguenot refugees who escaped from France…

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Filed under: Camberwell, Huguenot, Lambeth, Myatt's Fields, streets named after a connection with refugees, streets named after a French connection

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