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Tag: streets named after rivers

Beech Street, EC2Y

27 March 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name In 1285 it was referred to as Bechestrete and a few years later as Bechelane in 1333. It is thought…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barbican, City of London, streets named after rivers, streets named after trees, unknown

Degema Road, BR7

4 June 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after the river port of Degema in southern Nigeria, the road was developed by Harry Miller (born…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Nigeria, streets named after an African connection, streets named after rivers

Ravensbourne Road, BR1

4 May 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

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