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Origins of London Street Names - Places beginning with N
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10, Mortimer Street. (W1) So named in compliment to the royal house from which King... more »
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Trafalgar Square. (W1) Stands on the site of the old Royal stables, and was commenced... more »
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Oxford Street. (W1) No. 141 in this street is memorable from having been the residence... more »
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Blackfriars. (EC4) Stands where the Fleet River flowed, in the immediate vicinity of which a... more »
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Charing Cross Road. (WC2) So named after Bishop Compton. Strype says: "All this part was... more »
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City. (EC1) Said to have been originally Chamberlain's Gate. The Metropolitan Prison of Newgate stood... more »
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90, Oxford Street. (W1) At No. 14, Benjamin West, the historical painter, died in 1820.... more »
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Westminster. (SW1) From the convenience which its open space afforded, this was frequently the scene... more »
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Charing Cross Road. (WC2) Derives its name from Newport House, the residence of Mountjoy Blount,... more »
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Portman Square. (W1) Commemorates the capture of Quebec by General Wolfe in 1759. (Reference: Thornbury's... more »
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Lincoln's Inn. (WC2) Dickens, at the age of fourteen, was employed in a solicitor's office... more »
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City, Lombard Street. (EC4) So called from the Church of St. Nicholas A con, destroyed... more »
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City, Aldersgate Street. (EC1) This is the site of the gardens of the town mansion... more »
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Stepney. (E1) At one time a leafy lane in the country; here King Charles I... more »
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Strand. (WC2) Named from the Dukedom of Norfolk. Here, in a house near the water-side,... more »
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Grosvenor Square. (W1) So called after Hugh Audley of the Inner Temple. The title of... more »
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Hampstead Heath. (NW3) This charming spot still remains rural in appearance; small cottages with red-tiled... more »
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Charing Cross. (WC2) Built on the site of Northumberland House. Was opened in March 1876.... more »
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Charing Cross. (WC2) Was formerly Hartshorn Lane, where lived the parents of the immortal Ben... more »
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310, Bishopsgate (E1) Stow says: "A liberty so called belonging to the Dean of Paul's."... more »
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