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Tag: streets named after the landscape

Wandsworth Plain, SW18

8 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name On the face of it this short, busy, and dirty looking road, that connects the A205 in the…

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Filed under: streets named after the landscape, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Putney Hill, SW15

8 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Rising to 148ft above sea level this is the highest point in Putney. The most common explanation behind…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, hills, Putney, streets named after the landscape, Wandsworth, West Putney

Putney Heath Lane, SW15

7 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally called Cutthrough Lane as seen by the Ordnance Survey maps of 1874, presumably because it cut through…

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Filed under: East Putney, name change, streets named after the landscape, Wandsworth

Anerley Hill, SE19

10 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally part of Anerley Road. The name itself means the lonely place and comes from some Scottish and…

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Filed under: Bromley, Crystal Palace and Anerley, Lewisham, name change, Scotland, streets named after the landscape

Hillingdon Hill, UB10

12 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Descriptive. Hillingdon Hill is 134m (440ft) high and overlooks the Colne valley. The name Hillingdon itself is Old…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Colham & Cowley, Hillingdon, Hillingdon Hill, Middle English, streets named after the landscape, Uxbridge

Pinner View, HA1

8 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from its slightly elevated view over the town of Pinner. The name Pinner was first…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, Headstone South, names that come from Latin words, Pinner Hill, streets named after the landscape

Pinner Road, HA5

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Place Name The name Pinner was first written down as Pinnora in 1231. The first part Pinn may be from…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, Headstone North, names that come from Latin words, Pinner, streets named after the landscape

Pinner Hill Road, HA5

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Place Name Originally Pinnerhill Road. Rising to 126 metres (413 ft), Pinner Hill is the 11th highest natural point in…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, names that come from Latin words, Pinner, Pinner Hill, Ruislip Northwood and Pinner, streets named after the landscape

Pinner Hill, HA5

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Place Name Rising to 126 metres (413 ft), Pinner Hill is the 11th highest natural point in London. The name…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, names that come from Latin words, Pinner, Pinner Hill, Private Road, Ruislip Northwood and Pinner, streets named after the landscape

Pinner Road, HA6

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Place Name Directional it is the road that runs from Northwood to Pinner. The name Pinner was first written down…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Harrow, names that come from Latin words, Northwood and Pinner, Northwood Hills, Old English, Ruislip, streets named after the landscape

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