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Tag: streets named after religious houses

Abbey Lane, E15

September 24, 2023 Jessica Wheeler Leave a comment

Place Name This was, and remains, the main route across the former Stratford Marsh, now largely developed. The road name…

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Filed under: Dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII, Newham, religion, Stratford, streets named after religious houses, West Ham

Tavistock Place, WC1N

September 3, 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out over the extensive lands of the former Bloomsbury town house of the dukes of Bedford. The…

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Filed under: Bedford Estate, bloomsbury, Camden, Dissolution of the monasteries, Duke of Bedford, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after places in Devon, streets named after religious houses, streets named after Westminster School connection

Tavistock Square, WC1H

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Place Name Laid out over the extensive lands of the former Bloomsbury town house of the dukes of Bedford. The…

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Filed under: Bedford Estate, Camden, Dissolution of the monasteries, Duke of Bedford, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after places in Devon, streets named after religious houses, streets named after Westminster School connection

St Helen’s Place, EC3A

October 13, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The adjacent St Helen’s Church, Bishopsgate is all that remains of the former priory that stood nearby. The…

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Filed under: City of London, Dissolution of the monasteries, Lime Street, religion, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after religious houses, streets named after women, women

Abbey Road, DA17

October 8, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Lesnes Abbey was founded in 1178 by Richard de Luci the Chief Justiciar of England and first Canon…

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Filed under: Belvedere, Bexley, streets named after religious houses

Bury Court, EC3A

September 8, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Recalling the Abbots of Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk who were given a property here sometime before 1160,…

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Filed under: Aldgate, City of London, religion, streets named after religious houses

Charterhouse Mews, EC1M

September 7, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Filed under: Bunhill, Islington, religion, streets named after religious houses

Charterhouse Square, EC1M

September 6, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Filed under: Bunhill, Islington, religion, streets named after religious houses

Charterhouse Street, EC1M

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Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Filed under: Bunhill, City of London, religion, streets named after religious houses

Charterhouse Buildings, EC1M

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Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Filed under: Bunhill, City of London, religion, streets named after religious houses

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