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Tag: streets named after legends

Camelot Close, SW19

22 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out in 1974 and given the name because it leads off Arthur Road –  despite that street…

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Filed under: King Arthur, Knights of the Round Table, Merton, streets named after legends, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park

Barnet Gate Lane, EN5

25 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This refers to an actual gate that was on the Barnet Road at the old county boundary between…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Barnet, High Barnet, streets named after legends

Swan Road, SE18

13 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place name As with Leda Road, Swan Road is named after the protagonists in the Greek myth Leda and the…

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Filed under: Charlton Village and Riverside, Greek myth, Greenwich, streets named after legends, Woolwich

Ludgate Circus, EC4M

6 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Constructed between 1864 and 1875 at the junction of Legate Hill and Fleet Street. The former city gate…

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Filed under: City of London, Farringdon Ward Without, streets named after legends

Cressida Road, N19

29 August 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Cressida appears in William Shakespeare’s retelling of the Trojan War love and betrayal story Troilus & Cressida. It…

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Filed under: Greek myth, Hillrise, Islington, Shakespeare, streets named after legends, streets named after literary figures

Robin Hood Lane, SW15

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Place Name This led to Robin Hood Farm. The connections with the local area go back to the early 16thCentury…

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Filed under: Henry VIII, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Robin Hood, streets named after legends

Robin Hood Way, SW15

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Place Name The connections with the local area go back to the early 16thCentury but this would seem to be…

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Filed under: Richmond Park, Richmond-On-Thames, Robin Hood, streets named after legends

Robin Hood Road, SW15

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Place Name The connections with the local area go back to the early 16thCentury but this would seem to be…

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Filed under: Henry VIII, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Richmond Park, Robin Hood, streets named after legends

Robin Hood Way, SW20

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Place Name The connections with the local area go back to the early 16thCentury but this would seem to be…

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Filed under: Robin Hood, streets named after legends

Robin Hood Way, KT2

12 June 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The connections with the local area go back to the early 16thCentury but this would seem to be…

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Filed under: Kingston-Upon-Thames, Richmond Park, Robin Hood, streets named after legends

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