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Tag: streets named after plants

Honor Oak Road, SE23

February 26, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional, the road leading from Forest Hill to Honor Oak. There was indeed an oak tree, on One…

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Filed under: Elizabeth I, Forest Hill, Lewisham, streets named after a boundary marker, streets named after plants, streets named after trees

Willow Drive, EN5

October 31, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out over fields off the Manor Road in 1938. There was a willow tree on the corner…

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Filed under: Barnet, High Barnet, streets named after plants, streets named after trees, Underhill

Almond Close, SE15

October 28, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Developed in 1964 and named after an almond tree. Developers and councils would often use local landmarks or…

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Filed under: Peckham, Rye Lane, Southwark, streets named after plants, streets named after trees

Osier Way, E10

October 14, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Refers to the osier beds that were nearby close to the banks of the River Lea. Osiers were…

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Filed under: cluster, Leyton, streets named after plants, streets named after trees, Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust

East Acton Lane, W3

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Place Name The name Acton (from the Old English Actun) was first found in documents of the late 12thCentury and means an…

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Filed under: Ealing, East Acton, streets named after plants, streets named after trees

Acton Lane, W3

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Place Name The road leading to Acton Green. The name Acton (from the Old English Actun) was first found in…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Ealing, streets named after plants, streets named after trees

Corn Way, E11

September 10, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name An area much redeveloped throughout the 20thCentury. Occupied from 2001, this is part of the redevelopment of the Cathall…

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Filed under: Cathall Estate, Cathall Ward, streets named after food, streets named after plants, Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust

Magnolia Close, E10

September 6, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A relatively new development built by the Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust between 1995 and 2001 on the…

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Filed under: Leyton, streets named after plants, streets named after trees, Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust

Chestnut Avenue, E12

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Place Name Laid out as one of the service roads in the City of London Cemetery and like Poplar Road…

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Filed under: Ilford and Aldersbrook, Newham, streets named after plants, streets named after trees

Camomile Street, EC3A

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Place Name Like its near neighbour Wormwood Street, this is named after the wild flowers that grew in the wasteland…

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Filed under: City of London, Lime Street, streets named after plants

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