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Tag: streets named after buildings

Hammersmith Bridge Road, W6

13 November 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional, this is the northern side approach road to Hammersmith Bridge. The was laid out at roughly the…

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Filed under: Hammersmith and Fulham, Hammersmith Broadway ward, industry, Old English, streets named after buildings

Danes Road, IG1

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PLACE NAME One of a quartet of streets commemorating a phase of local history, in this case starting with a…

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Filed under: Essex, Ilford, Loxford, Redbridge, streets connected with ancient monuments, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after a Viking connection, streets named after buildings

Tottenham Mews, W1T

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Place Name After nearby Tottenham Court Road, which took its name from the former manor of Tottenham (Tottenhall) which stood…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, bloomsbury, Camden, streets named after buildings

Selsdon Park Road, CR2

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Place Name Selsdon Park was originally a Tudor mansion which was sold in 1805 to George Smith MP, who resigned…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Croydon, South Croydon, streets named after buildings

Brondesbury Villas, NW6

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Place Name The villas were built sometime around 1862. An advert in The Times from that year stated: “KILBURN, Brondesbury…

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Filed under: Brent, Kilburn, prebend estate, St Paul's Cathedral, streets named after buildings

Abbeydale Road, NW10

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Place Name The former Twyford Abbey was not a religious house, but the name of a Gothic property built in…

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Filed under: Alperton, Brent, streets named after buildings

Abbey Road, NW10

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Place Name Directional the road that passes by Twyford Abbey. The former Twyford Abbey was not a religious house, but…

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Filed under: Brent, Stonebridge, streets named after buildings

Albany Road, E12

22 July 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This like all the streets on the Woodgrange Estate are named after royal residences. Albany, in Piccadilly, was…

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Filed under: East Ham, Manor Park, Newham, streets named after buildings, streets named after royals, Thomas Corbett, Woodgrange Estate

Battersea Bridge Road, SW11

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Place Name First mentioned in Anglo-Saxon charters of AD693 as Badrices īeg or Badrices ege or even Batrices ege (according…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Battersea, Battersea Park, streets named after buildings, Surrey, Wandsworth

Beech Hill, EN4

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Place Name The name derives from Beech Hill Park whose northern boundary the street forms. The park was originally the…

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Filed under: Barnet, Cockfosters, Hadley Wood, streets named after buildings

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