Origins of London Street Names - Places beginning with O

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Oakley Street
Chelsea, King's Road. (SW3) In a map of 1838 there is no trace of this... more »
Old Bailey
City. (EC4) Here formerly stood the prison of the same name. In this street was... more »
Old Bond Street
55, Piccadilly. (W1) Named after Sir Thomas Bond, Comptroller of the Household to Queen Henrietta... more »
Old Broad Street
City. (EC2) As late as the reign of Charles I, this was one of the... more »
Old Change
City, 10, Cheapside. (EC4) "A street so called of the King's exchange there kept, which... more »
Old Jewry
City, 42, Poultry. (EC2) When the Jews came to London they received this quarter for... more »
Old Kent Road
(SE1) Made world famous due to its inclusion in the original Monopoly board game, this... more »
Old Palace Yard
Westminster, Abingdon Street. (SW1) Here Guy Fawkes, with his associates, Thomas Winter, Ambrose Rookwood, and... more »
Old Street
St. Luke's. (EC1) "Eald Street, so called for that it was the old highway from... more »
Old Swan Lane
City, 100, Upper Thames Street. (EC4) "This used to be called Ebgate, and a watergate... more »
Onslow Square
South Kensington. (SW7) Thackeray lived at No. 36 for seven years, and while he lived... more »
Orange Street
Oxford Street. (W1) So called from the colouring of the stable of the King's Mews.... more »
Orchard Street
Westminster, Victoria Street. (SW1) Stands on the site of the Abbot of Westminster's orchard, and... more »
Orme Square
Bayswater Hill. (W2) Name derived from one Orme, a printseller of Bond Street, who commenced... more »
Ormond Yard
St. James's. (SW1) James Butler, Duke of Ormond, a great supporter of the first Charles,... more »
Osnaburgh Street
Regent's Park. (NW1) Named after the Duke of York, second son of George III, who... more »
Oxendon Street
Haymarket. (SW1) Here formerly stood a Nonconformist chapel. It was built by Richard Baxter adjoining... more »
Oxford Court
City, 109, Cannon Street. (EC4) Here is the hall of the Salters' Company, built in... more »
Oxford Street
(W1) Originally Tyburn Road, and next Oxford Road (the highway to Oxford) . It extends... more »

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