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Tag: streets named after abbeys

Bewley Street, SW19

28 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name As with many of the streets in South Wimbledon this is named after a former religious house, due…

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Filed under: Cistercian, cluster, Merton, South Wimbledon, streets named after abbeys, streets named after religious houses, Wandle, Wimbledon

Beclands Road, SW17

8 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name While the hamlet or village of Tooting stretches back to Saxon times, first recorded in AD675, the addition…

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Filed under: Benedictine, Furzedown, names from Norman French, streets named after a French connection, streets named after abbeys, streets named after religious houses, streets with a Scandinavian connection, Tooting, Tooting Bec, Wandsworth

Durford Crescent, SW15

5 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Historically in Hampshire, Durford is the name of a number of scattered properties, most notably the site and…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, streets named after abbeys, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Abbey Road, SW19

30 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name As with the nearby Abbey Recreation Ground the name references the large Augustinian Priory of Merton which was…

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Filed under: Abbey, Merton, streets named after abbeys, streets named after religious houses

Langthorne Road, E11

27 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Previously Union Road it was renamed in 1948 although it apparently had many other names Blind Lane; Irish…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Cathall Ward, Leytonstone, name change, streets named after abbeys, streets named after buildings, streets named after trees, Waltham Forest

Abbey Road, IG11

7 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional, leading to Barking Abbey, which had been in ruins for around 400 years by the time this…

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Filed under: Barking and Dagenham, Dissolution of the monasteries, Gascoigne, streets named after abbeys

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