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Tag: streets named after women

Dorrit Street, SE1

30 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Ironic name since Little Dorrit Court not far away is far larger. Charles Dickens wrote extensively about the notorious…

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Filed under: Charles Dickens, dickens, literature, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters, streets named after literary figures, streets named after women, women

Elizabeth Fry Place, SE18

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Place Name Elizabeth Fry (May 21, 1780 – October 21 1845), was a prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist. She was born…

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Filed under: former hospital site, Greenwich, Quakers, streets named after women

Homerton Road, E9

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Place Name This was being laid out across Hackney Marsh at the turn of the 20thCentury linking Stratford with Hackney…

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Filed under: Hackney, King's Park, streets named after women

Emma Street, E2

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Place Name Named after members of the the Pritchard family. Andrew Pritchard, a “tilemaker of Hackney Road”, who in 1789…

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Filed under: Bethnal Green, Cambridge Heath, St Peter's, streets named after women, Tower Hamlets

Ada Place, E2

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Place Name Named after members of the the Pritchard family. Andrew Pritchard, a “tilemaker of Hackney Road” in 1789, began…

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Filed under: Cambridge Heath, Hackney, streets named after women

Vera Lynn Close, E7

30 October 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name In honour of Dame Vera Lynn (March 20, 1917 – June 18, 2020), the singer, from East Ham,…

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Filed under: Forest Gate North, Newham, streets named after women, West Ham

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