July 2021 archive

Alexandra Road, NW8

Alexandra Road was built after the marriage of the Prince of Wales.

Basing Street, W11

Basing Street was originally Basing Road between 1867 and 1939.

Hickman’s Folly, SE1

Hickman’s Folly was a very old Bermondsey street which disappeared as the Dickens Estate was built.

The public houses of Hampstead

There were three alehouses in Hampstead in 1552 and three after suppressions by the justices in 1630. Victuallers were often prosecuted for keeping disorderly houses in the 17th century, when offences included Sunday drinking in 1641 and a quarrel resulted in death in 1653. Alehouses nonetheless multiplied: after several had been suppressed at the petition …

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Some street name derivations: W-Z

A lot of the street information research on this website is academic in nature – from university research, the Survey of London, British History Online, borough conservation areas and more. Occasionally, the Hive Mind comes up trumps – these derivations come from discoveries on the Wikipedia made during 2019 which is feeding into the project. …

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Colindale

Colindale is an area of north London lying to the northwest of Hendon.

TUM mugs: W-Z