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Tag: streets named after Eton connection

Balfour Road, SW19

26 April 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place name Arthur James Balfour (July 25, 1848 – March 19, 1930), 1st Earl of Balfour, was a statesman and…

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Filed under: Abbey, cluster, Merton, prime ministers, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Conservatives, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after Trinity College graduates, Wimbledon

Compton Road, SW19

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Place Name Lord Alwyne Compton (July 18, 1825 – April 4, 1906) was an Anglican bishop who as Dean of…

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Filed under: 2nd Marquess of Northampton, Church of England, Hillside, Merton, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after priests, streets named after Trinity College graduates, Wimbledon

Alwyne Road, SW19

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Place Name Lord Alwyne Compton (July 18, 1825 – April 4, 1906) was an Anglican bishop who as Dean of…

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Filed under: 2nd Marquess of Northampton, Hillside, Merton, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after priests, streets named after Trinity College graduates, Wimbledon

Haygarth Place, SW19

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Place Name Henry William Haygarth (1821 – December 31, 1902) was the “kindly, open and sincere” long-serving vicar of Wimbledon,…

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Filed under: Australia, Church of England, Exeter College, Magdalen College, Merton, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after Oxford graduates, streets named after priests, Village, Wimbledon

Derby Road, SW19

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Place name Edward Smith-Stanley (March 29, 1799 – October 23, 1869) was the 14th Earl of Derby. He was known…

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Filed under: Abbey, cluster, Merton, prime ministers, streets named after Christ Church graduates, streets named after Conservatives, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after Oxford graduates, streets named after Whigs, Wimbledon

Swinburne Road, SW15

17 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 – April 10, 1909) was one of the bad boys of poetry…

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Filed under: Balliol College, Dover House Estate, Putney, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after masochists, streets named after Oxford graduates, streets named after poets, Wandsworth, West Putney

Arne Street, WC2E

8 February 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Dirty Lane and later Charles Street. Dr Thomas Augustine Arne (March 12, 1710 – March 5, 1778), was…

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Filed under: Covent Garden, Eton, St James's, streets named after composers, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after musicians, Westminster

Churchill Avenue, HA3

8 November 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Captain Edward George Spencer Churchill (May 21, 1876 – June 24, 1964) was a cousin to Sir Winston Churchill, the wartime…

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Filed under: Harrow, Kenton, Northwick Park, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after Oxford graduates

Canning Road, E17

20 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name George Canning (April 11, 1770 – August 8, 1827) was a Tory statesman – whose principle claim to fame…

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Filed under: cluster, Eton, High Street, Oxford University, prime ministers, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after MPs, streets named after Oxford graduates, streets named after Tories, Waltham Forest, Walthamstow

Canning Road, HA3

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Place Name George Canning (April 11, 1770 – August 8, 1827) was a Tory statesman – whose principle claim to fame…

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Filed under: cluster, Eton, Harrow, prime ministers, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after MPs, streets named after Oxford graduates, streets named after Tories, Wealdstone, Wealdstone South

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