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Tag: streets named after rivers

Beck Lane, BR3

5 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Once a quiet country lane that meandered along fields, it began to be developed between the wars. Its…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Beckenham, Bromley, Clock House, Old English, Old Norse, river, River Beck, River Ravensbourne, streets named after rivers

Beam Avenue, RM10

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Place Name A reference to the nearby River Beam, which is a continuation of the River Rom flowing through the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barking and Dagenham, Beam, Medieval, River Beam, streets named after rivers

Alma Place, NW10

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Place Name Named the first battle of the Crimean War, in which Britain and France joined Turkey to block Tsarist…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensal Green, Kensal Rise, Kensington and Chelsea, streets named after battle sites, streets named after places in Ukraine, streets named after rivers, victorian

Ravensbourne Park Crescent, SE6

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Place Name Ravensbourne Park Gardens, were originally a private green for the occupiers of Ravensbourne Park Estate which began to be…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Catford, Lewisham, river, River Ravensbourne, Rushey Green, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Ravensbourne Park, SE6

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Place Name Ravensbourne Park Gardens, were originally a private green for the occupiers of Ravensbourne Park Estate which began to be…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Lewisham, river, River Ravensbourne, Rushey Green, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Ravensbourne Place, SE13

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Place Name A reference to the nearby river which was first recorded as Randesbourne in 1360. How the river got…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brockley, Lewisham, river, River Ravensbourne, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Ravensbourne Road, SE6

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Place Name A reference to the nearby river which was first recorded as Randesbourne in 1360. How the river got…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Crofton Park, Forest Hill, Lewisham, river, River Ravensbourne, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Ravensbourne Avenue, BR2

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Place Name A reference to the nearby river which was first recorded as Randesbourne in 1360. How the river got…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bromley, river, River Ravensbourne, Shortlands and Park Langley, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Ravensbourne Avenue, BR3

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Place Name A reference to the nearby river which was first recorded as Randesbourne in 1360. How the river got…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bromley, Bromley Town, river, River Ravensbourne, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after rivers

Moselle Avenue, N22

22 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A reference to the River Moselle that runs at the back of the houses on the north of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Haringey, Noel Park, streets named after rivers, Tottenham

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