History of london street names book

An invaluable resource for all those discovering the fascinating history of islingtons past, it was researched and complied by former islington librarian, the late eric a willats. Its perfect for fleshing out the lives of william pickard and sarah swatridge and their descendants living in london 17701911. It is not a dictionary, but it provides a series of entries on such topics as the reformation, george iv and his wife, twentiethcentury british scientists, businessmen, elizabethan times, medieval cambridge, mayors, millers, and builders. But the gropecunt lanes challenged this version of englands sexual history. Naming and numbering of streets and buildings city of london. Streets are listed under their presentday names or their last known names. London street names london street names uncovers the stories behind over 100 streets in locations such as byron, lambeth, and westminster township. This book, first published in 2000, draws on the great wealth of associations of streetnames in cambridge. Named after the tyburn that it crossed, it was developed in the first half of the 18th century and runs from hanover square to grosvenor square. The section of the book used is called abolished street names where they are recorded as former.

London walks black history tours explore the history of londons african populations with these regular tours in the city, west end, docklands, elephant and castle and notting hill. Brook street is an axial street in the exclusive central london district of mayfair. Broadway not only runs the length of manhattan but continues through the bronx and even 18 miles beyond the city, ending just past sleepy hollow, new. Taylor interviews over 70 londoners from many walks of life. The az of odd london street names part 2 londonist. This gazetteer covers only the area of the medieval town. The most common street names occurring within the neighborhoods appearing on living places. This book contains contributions from more than 25 of the citys leading local historians. Pages in category streets in the city of london the following 112 pages are in this category, out of 112 total. One street name id like to see would be one called the road. One afternoon in 1947, londons famous executioner albert pierrepoint, was having a quiet drink in his local, the fitzroy tavern in charlotte street, when he witnessed a hitandrun on a nearby jewellers at which a member of the public was shot and killed. Now when i travel on pulaski ave, i can feel the contributions to the american revolution made by the polish immigrant. Bought as i am curious how london received the unusual names.

The most common street names in the uk the fact site. Then look up that name in the personal names section to find their occupation. From the latin misterium, which in this instance roughly translates as closed circle, or professional skill. Following on from our previous installment ak here are 12 more unusual street names from around london, covering letters l through r. Before orts road there was an ort field, ort farm and ort bridge in reading ort field was used to feed the. Named after george hamiltongordon, 4th earl of aberdeen 17841860, first lord of the treasury prime minister. Ever wondered where some of londons more unusual street names come from. The number in brackets below indicates how many of the neighborhoods have a street with the same name. Here is a small selection of unique london street and place names and their fascinating histories. Street names are a living record of a communitys history. This book explains these and over seven hundred and fifty other sin london.

Published annually, city directories are a fantastic place to start to discover which businesses were in your building or who lived in your house. Our 2012 book of the year was also enjoyed by many others. Buy a history of london main market by inwood, stephen isbn. Find the history of your house london public library. Unidentified names may in some cases have belonged to streets with other entries in the gazetteer. Consistent naming and numbering is important for the public, postal services and the emergency services to find properties efficiently. Tucked away in a side street in central londons west end, goldsboro books is the bookshop for book collectors who love rare first editions, especially if they are signed. The 10 best nonfiction books about london books the. A comprehensive and interesting history of 28 london street names. Alderman treloar, in his exceedingly in teresting book, the history of. A history in maps 2012 by peter barber charts the citys transformation from its londinium days to the olympiad of five years ago, by means of maps culled from the british librarys. The tower of london 97 books meet your next favorite book.

Jack the ripper was an unidentified serial killer who terrorized london in 1888, killing at least five women and mutilating their bodies in an unusual manner, indicating that the killer had a. Prior to the nineteenth century, street names were typically generic and descriptive, usually named after the goods sold in them e. For example, this was the only bookshop in the world to have signed copies of the cuckoos calling by. However, the name is a translation fromyou guessed itthe dutch phrase brede weg, or broad road. The origin of a stret name often reveals unsuspected facts about the history of the. Heres a list of the uks 50 most popular street names. Search by address to find out the name of the occupant. There are other facts about the streets that gives one a feeling of belonging, because of the extra knowledge. When a city has been around since roman times, it tends to develop some very unique names for the city streets. Seething lane is a narrow street in the city of london. The street names are done from famous historical people.

Whilst looking, i saw three roads called church road, which made me wonder what the most common road name is. I got to that by looking up more about the fruiterers company, of which edward lears father was a member. Crooked usage the name of this street might be traced back to anglosaxon days, where a usage was a strip of grass between fields. Orts road is one of the most unusual street names in reading, but its origin is less than certain. Wonderful way of looking at the history of chicago. Hidden within these names are the occupations or even hobbies of the people who lived there. London street names includes more than 100 thoroughfares in the city. Gill, the stories behind the street names of albuquerque, santa fe, and taos baltimore. The importance of street naming and numbering the london buildings act amendment act 1939 requires authorisation for the naming and numbering of all buildings and streets in the city. So, i was on a one hour bus journey today, it was rather boring, so i decided to look for funny street names. Unfortunately some historical connections were lost and it is a great shame that no one now lives in jolly. Most popular neighborhood street names living places. Streets with a story a abbots close, alwyne road 1955 aberdeen court, aberdeen park 190781 aberdeen lane from c. In london, names like honey lane, bread street and poultry conjure the.

History of street names and street naming in north america. Most of it is leasehold, paying ground rent to and seeking lease renewals from the reversioner, that since before 1800, has been the grosvenor estate. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Salter, the historic names of the streets and lanes of oxford. Horses drive traffic on londons oxford street in 1890. Each era of londons history has left its mark on the various streets, avenues, lanes, and ways. An earlier post about hogarthrelated streets featured fictional and lost names. According to author lee jackson, by the 1890s, the citys horses produced approximately 1,000 tons of dung a day.

Orts is a word used in parts of europe to mean leftover food. It has been a place of refuge, a prison, and the home of the crown jewels. The street is located in the southeast of the city in the tower ward. London street names reveal the rich history of the city. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Five months later, after a manhunt and old bailey trial, pierrepoint found himself. The narrow road takes its name from the grain that was once threshed in the street and came through the nearby city gate from the tower hamlets to london. Usually they are invented by joining several pleasant words. Seven dials was originally laid out by thomas neale, mp in the early 1690s, who cleverly laid out the area in a series of triangles to maximise the number of houses as rentals were charged per foot of frontage and not per square foot of interiors the names of the seven streets were chosen with the intention of attracting affluent. Ed hursts book rude britain, a pirates chest of filthy place names. Not only is it the oldest, most historic part of london, it is the worlds leading international financial and business centre with the unusual ratio of 33 times more workers than residents. The gazetteer covers the area of the former borough and includes all streets which existed by 1853. Except where otherwise stated the sources used were.