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Tag: streets named after historical events

Camp Road, SW19

28 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Previously Workhouse Lane, the name was changed sometime around the turn of the 19thCentury. Comes from the erroneous…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: fake history, gentrification, Merton, name change, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after historical events, Village, Wimbledon

Norman Road, IG1

14 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

PLACE NAME One of four streets named after important phases in British history, in this case the Norman Conquest which…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cluster, Ilford, Loxford, streets named after historical events
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