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Tag: streets with a connection to the East India Company

Alexander Close, EN4

3 March 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Henry Alexander (sometime around 1780 – January 1861) was born into a prominent Irish family of merchants and…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, politics, streets with a connection to the East India Company

Clare Place, SW15

3 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named for the nearby Mount Clare, a Grade I listed house, designed by architect Sir Robert Taylor, and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: East India Company, Roehampton, streets named after an Indian connection, streets named after houses, streets with a connection to the East India Company, Wandsworth

Scawen Close, SM5

22 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Sir William Scawen (born sometime around 1644 – October 18, 1722) was an MP and Governor of the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bank of England, Carshalton, Carshalton Central, East India Company, streets named with a Cornish connection, streets with a connection to the East India Company, Sutton, William III

Bedford Hill, SW12

19 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The land on which this road was laid over was once owned by the dukes of Bedford. The…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Balham, Duke of Bedford, Heaver estate, Howland, Lambeth, St Leonard's, Streatham, streets with a connection to the East India Company, Wandsworth

Aliwal Road, SW11

16 November 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name In commemoration of the Battle of Aliwal fought on January 28, 1846 during the First Anglo-Sikh War. The British, led…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo Sikh War, Battersea, Clapham Junction, East India Company, Empire, Falconbrook, India, streets named after Empire, streets with a connection to the East India Company, Wandsworth

Aden Road, IG1

25 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The city of Aden, an ancient port city, became a British colony in 1839, when the East India Company…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: East India Company, Empire, Gants Hill, Ilford, streets named after Empire, streets with a connection to the East India Company, Valentines
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