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Slingsby Place, WC2E

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Place Name Previously Chapel Alley. Sir William Slingsby (29 January 1563 – August 1634), was an adventurer and property speculator.…

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Filed under: Mercer's Company, St James's, streets named after MPs, Westminster

Maiden Lane, WC2E

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Place Name This ancient path was once a trackway leading from the City, where it ran through Cripplegate, Aldersgate and…

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Filed under: Holborn and Covent Garden, name change, streets named after dung heaps, Westminster

Floral Street, WC2E

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Place Name Previously called Little Hart Street (from Conduit Court to James Street) and Great Hart Street (from James Street…

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Filed under: Holborn and Covent Garden, name change, streets named after buildings, Westminster

Duncannon Street, WC2N

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Place Name Laid out as part of the slum clearance scheme made law under the Strand Improvement Act of 1829,…

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Filed under: Charing Cross, St James's, streets named after Whigs, Westminster

Ponsonby Place, SW1P

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Place Name John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (August 31, 1781 – May 16, 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon…

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Filed under: Pimlico, streets named after Whigs, Vincent Square, Westminster

Ponsonby Terrace, SW1P

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Place Name John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (August 31, 1781 – May 16, 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon…

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Filed under: Pimlico, streets named after Whigs, Vincent Square, Westminster

Bessborough Place, SW1V

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Place Name John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (August 31, 1781 – May 16, 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon…

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Filed under: Pimlico, Pimlico South, streets named after Whigs, Westminster

Bessborough Street, SW1V

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Place Name John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (August 31, 1781 – May 16, 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon…

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Filed under: Pimlico, streets named after Whigs, Vincent Square, Westminster

Bessborough Gardens, SW1V

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Place Name John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (August 31, 1781 – May 16, 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon…

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Filed under: Pimlico, streets named after Whigs, Vincent Square, Westminster

Winchester Street, SW1V

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Place Name By the time Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, had gotten around to developing this last part of…

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Filed under: 2nd Marquess of Westminster, Grosvenor Estate, Pimlico, Pimlico North, Westminster

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