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Tag: streets named after Cambridge graduates

Grosvenor Cottages, SW1W

5 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name In 1824 Robert Grosvenor, employed Thomas Cundy, and then his son, as architect and surveyor, and Thomas Cubitt,…

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Filed under: 2nd Earl Grovesnor, Grosvenor Estate, Harrow School, Kensington and Chelsea, Robert Grosvenor, Royal Hospital, streets named after Cambridge graduates

Grosvenor Road, SW1V

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Place Name There has been a road or tow path alongside the River Thames since at least John Rocque’s 1746…

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Filed under: 2nd Earl Grovesnor, Chester, Grosvenor Estate, Knightsbridge and Belgravia, name change, Pimlico, streets named after Cambridge graduates, Westminster

Camden Street, NW1

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Place Name Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (March 1714 – April 18, 1794) was a leading lawyer, judge, and Whig…

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Filed under: Camden, Camden Town, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Eton connection, William Pitt the Younger

Camden Gardens, NW1

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Place Name Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (March 1714 – April 18, 1794) was a leading lawyer, judge, and Whig…

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Filed under: America, Camden, Camden Town, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Eton connection, William Pitt the Younger

Brooke’s Market, EC1N

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Place Name Named after Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (October 3, 1554 – September 30, 1628), who bought the Earl of…

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Filed under: Camden, City of London, Murder, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after tragic events

Blomfield Villas, W2

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Place Name Dr Charles James Blomfield (May 29, 1786 – August 5, 1857), was Bishop of London for 28 years…

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Filed under: Church of England, Maida Vale, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Eton connection, Westminster

Blomfield Road, W9

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Place Name Dr Charles James Blomfield (May 29, 1786 – August 5, 1857), was Bishop of London for 28 years…

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Filed under: Church of England, Maida Vale, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Eton connection, Westminster

Bloomfield Terrace, SW1W

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Place Name A corruption of Blomfield. Dr Charles James Blomfield (May 29, 1786 – August 5, 1857), was Bishop of…

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Filed under: Belgravia, Bishop of London, Church of England, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Eton connection, Westminster

Tennyson Street, SW8

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Place Name Alfred Tennyson (August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892), or Alfred Lord Tennyson as he came to be…

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Filed under: Queenstown, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after poets, Wandsworth

Blomfield Street, EC2M

22 March 2020 londonstreetguide 1 Comment

Place Name Originally, Little Moor Gate, Little Moorfield and Broker Row, it ran along the east side of old Bethlam…

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Filed under: Church of England, City of London, Coleman Street, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Eton connection

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