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Tag: streets named after literary figures

Arnold Close, HA3

10 November 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Matthew Arnold (December 24, 1822 – April 15, 1888) was a  poet and critic who later worked as…

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Filed under: Harrow, Harrow School, Kenton, literature, streets named after literary figures, streets named after Oxford graduates

Barset Road, SE15

29 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Thought to be a reference to Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, set in rural Victorian Wiltshire – set in…

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Filed under: literature, Nunhead, Nunhead and Queen's Road, Southwark, streets named after literary figures

Evelina Road, SE15

28 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Thought to be a reference to the novel Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the…

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Filed under: literature, Nunhead, Nunhead and Queen's Road, Southwark, streets named after literary figures, streets named after women

Pickwick Road, SE21

1 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Samuel Pickwick is the eponymous leader of the Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens’s widely successful first novel – originally told…

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Filed under: Charles Dickens, dickens, Dulwich, Dulwich Village, literature, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters, streets named after literary figures

Little Dorrit Court, SE1

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Place Name Previously the site of Falcon Court. Charles Dickens wrote extensively about the notorious Marshalsea  debtors’ prison where his…

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Filed under: Borough and Bankside, Charles Dickens, dickens, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters, streets named after literary figures, streets named after women

Dorrit Street, SE1

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Place Name Ironic name since Little Dorrit Court not far away is far larger. Charles Dickens wrote extensively about the notorious…

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Filed under: Charles Dickens, dickens, literature, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters, streets named after literary figures, streets named after women, women

Parolles Road, N19

29 August 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place name Laid out in 1887 as part of a cluster of roads that were named after Shakespearean characters. Parolles…

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

Cressida Road, N19

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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

Lysander Mews, N19

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Place Name Originally the entrance to a light industrial park or factory. The road was named sometime around 2012. It…

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

Lysander Grove, N19

28 August 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out in 1885 as part of a cluster of roads that were named after Shakespearean characters. Lysander…

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

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