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Tag: streets named after sports connections

Ascot Close, UB5

25 November 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Ascot racecourse was founded by Queen Anne in 1711 when it hosted a race called Her Majesty’s Plate.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cluster, Ealing, former race course, Northolt Mandeville, Racecourse Estate, sport, streets named after race courses, streets named after sports connections

Beacontree Avenue, E17

22 February 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from what was once the site of Becontree Archery, a 19thCentury archery ground with lodge,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Charles Dickens, Hale End and Highams Park, Quakers, streets named after sports connections, streets named after trees, Waltham Forest, Wanstead, Wanstead Park

Slade Way, CR4

17 June 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after Tony Slade, an amateur footballer who was part of the Tooting and Mitcham United Football Club…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, sport, streets named after footballers, streets named after sports connections

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