Origins of London Street Names - Places beginning with P

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Pall Mall
(SW1) The French game of Paille-mail was first played here in the reign of Charles... more »
Pancras Lane
City, 82, Queen Street. (EC4) Here before the Great Fire of London stood the ancient... more »
Panton Street
24, Haymarket. (SW1) Took its name from the famous gambler, Colonel Thomas Panton, who, it... more »
Panyer Alley
City, 4, Paternoster Row. (EC4) Was so called (Stow says) from a small stone monument... more »
Paradise Walk
Chelsea. (SW3) Formerly Paradise Row. A very dirty, narrow little passage which runs parallel to... more »
Park Crescent
Portland Place. (W1) When in London in 1833 Joseph Bonaparte, the ex-king of Spain, lived... more »
Park Place
St. James's Street. (SW1) At No. 9 lived the well-known antiquary Sir William Musgrave. Hume,... more »
Park Walk
Fulham Road, Chelsea. (SW10) In this street stands Park Chapel, an old-fashioned church, founded in... more »
Paternoster Row
City, 4A, Cheapside. (EC4) This famous street is said to have received its name from... more »
Pauls Bakehouse Court
City, 6, Godliman Street. (EC4) "Was so called from the bake house employed in baking... more »
Pentonville Road
(N1) Said to be named from the ville, or country house, of Henry Penton, a... more »
Philpot Lane
City, Fenchurch Street. (EC3) On the site of this lane formerly stood the house and... more »
Piccadilly
(W1) In Blount's Glossography, published the term "pickadill" is thus defined: "The round hem of... more »
Pimlico
(SW1) A name given to gardens for public entertainments, often mentioned by our early dramatists,... more »
Pimlico Road
Buckingham Palace Road. (SW) In this road, opposite to the barracks, there stood until 1887-8... more »
Playhouse Yard
City, Water Lane. (EC4) Named from the old "Fortune Theatre," which stood here.... more »
Poland Street
Oxford Street. (W1) Fanny Burney once lived here. Shelley, when a boy, lived at No.... more »
Pont Street
Chelsea, Belgrave Square. (SW1) Must derive its name from the fact that it was at... more »
Portland Place
Marylebone. (W1) Name derived from the Dukes of Portland. (Reference: Jesse's London, vol. I, p.... more »
Portman Square
Marylebone. (W1) Derives its name from William Henry Portman, owner of the estate on which... more »
Portpool Lane
Holborn, 78, Gray's Inn Road. (EC1) Marked in Strype's plan Perpoole, is the reminiscence of... more »
Portsmouth Street
Lincoln's Inn Fields. (WC2) Here was the old curiosity shop supposed to have been that... more »
Portugal Street
Lincoln's Inn. (WC2) Named from the Queen of Charles II. Here stood Sir William Davenant's... more »
Poultry
City, 80, Cheapside. (EC2) Named from the poulterers' stalls which stood here. St. Mildred's Court,... more »
Primrose Hill
Hampstead. (NW3) Was named from the primroses that formerly grew here in great plenty, when... more »
Princes Gate
Kensington Road. (SW7) A terrace so called from the gate entrance to the Park opposite,... more »
Princes Place
St. James's, Westminster. (SW1) Was first called Prince's Street between the years 1765 and 1782.... more »
Printing-house Square
City, Water Lane. (EC4) Here The Times is printed and published. The Square marks the... more »
Printing-house Lane
Blackfriars, Water Lane. (EC4) Formerly Printing-House Yard. Here resided three celebrated painters : Isaac Oliver,... more »
Pudding Lane
City, 2, Eastcheap. (EC3) Here is where the Great Fire of London broke out after... more »

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