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Tag: streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection

Thornton Road, EN5

22 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Richard Thornton (September 20, 1776 – June 20, 1865) is probably the richest man you’ve never heard of.…

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Filed under: Barnet, High Barnet, Leathersellers Company, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, streets named after philanthropists

Thornton Road, SW19

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Place Name Richard Thornton (September 20, 1776 – June 20, 1865) is probably the richest man you’ve never heard of.…

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Filed under: Hillside, Leathersellers Company, Merton, Napoleonic Wars, street named 1859, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, Wimbledon

Smeaton Road, SW18

14 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out in the 1890s it is named after John Smeaton (June 8, 1724 – October 28, 1792),…

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Filed under: industry, Putney, River Wandle, Southfields, streets named after engineers, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, streets named after scientists, Wandsworth

York Road, SW11

2 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name York Place, known variously as Sylverton, Bridge Court, and York House, was once the London residence of the…

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Filed under: Archbishop of York, Battersea, Church of England, St Mary's, streets named after houses, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, Wandsworth

Agar Place, NW1

3 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name William Agar (1767 – November 5, 1838) was an irascible Yorkshireman, who lived in the vicinity. Agar, a…

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Filed under: Camden, Camden Square, Regent's Canal, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, streets named after slum landlords, streets named after Unitarians

Agar Grove, NW1

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Place Name Previously known as St Paul’s Road, it was renamed Agar Grove in the first half of the 20thCentury,…

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Filed under: Camden, Camden Square, name change, Regent's Canal, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, streets named after slum landlords, streets named after Unitarians

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