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Odonymy In The United Kingdom
Odonymy refers to the Street or road name, street or road naming conventions in the Toponymy of England, toponymy of the United Kingdom. History Studied by the English Place-Name Society. Many towns (particularly in England) will refer to their main thoroughfare as the High Street or Main Street, and many of the ways leading off it will be suffixed "Road". In the City of London, according to tradition, there are no "Roads"; all the streets there are called "Street", "Lane", "Court", "Hill", "Row" or "Alley", or have no suffix (e.g. Cheapside). However, since 1994, part of Goswell Road now lies in the City of London, making this a unique anomaly. Culture Occasionally, some road names that were originally named in an innocuous way are nowadays considered rude. Road numbering List London * Street names of Belgravia * Street names of Bloomsbury * Street names of Clerkenwell and Finsbury * Street names of Covent Garden * Street names of Fitzrovia * Street names of Holb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Or Road Name
A street name is an identifying name given to a street or road. In toponymic terminology, names of streets and roads are referred to as hodonyms (from Greek ‘road’, and ‘name’). The street name usually forms part of the address (though addresses in some parts of the world, notably most of Japan, make no reference to street names). Buildings are often given numbers along the street to further help identify them. Odonymy is the study of road names. Names are often given in a two-part form: an individual name known as the ''specific'', and an indicator of the type of street, known as the ''generic''. Examples are "Main Road", "Fleet Street" and "Park Avenue". The type of street stated, however, can sometimes be misleading: a street named "Park Avenue" need not have the characteristics of an avenue in the generic sense. Some street names have only one element, such as "The Mall" or "The Beeches". A street name can also include a direction (the cardinal points east, wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Names Of Lisson Grove
This is a list of the etymology of many street names in the London district of Lisson Grove most broadly defined which has the occasionally contested limits of St John's Wood Road: north, Park Road and Baker Street: east, Marylebone Road: south and Edgware Road/Maida Vale: west. This is alternatively the northern half of Marylebone, excluding the long dissociated St John's Wood, especially in station-centric terms common in the 21st century. Well within these borders is Marylebone station. In oldest terms Marylebone was the medieval parish, see map at Ossulstone. It forms six ecclesiastical (Anglican) parishes today – two cover this area. References Citations Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Street names of Lisson Grove Streets in the City of Westminster Lists of United Kingdom placename etymology Lisson Grove Lisson Grove is a street and district in Marylebone, City of Westminster, London. The neighbourhood contains a few important cultural landmarks, including Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Station Road (other)
Station Road may refer to: *Station Road, Cambridge, leads to Cambridge railway station, England * Station Road, Darley Dale, a cricket ground in Darley Dale, England *Station Road, Newbridge, a sports venue located in Newbridge, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland *Station Road, Swinton, a former rugby league Test match venue located in Pendlebury near Manchester, England *Station Road (York) Station Road is a street in the city centre of York, in England. History The street lies immediately outside York city walls, leading to the south bank of the River Ouse, Yorkshire, River Ouse. The area is likely to have seen some Roman and An ..., in England {{disambig, road Odonyms referring to a building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Street (other)
High Street is the main shopping and business street in towns in the United Kingdom, Australia, and elsewhere. High Street may also refer to: Streets * High Street, Bristol, England * High Street, Cambridge or Trinity Street, Cambridge, England * St Mary Street/High Street, Cardiff, Wales * High Street (Columbus, Ohio), United States * High Street (Doncaster), England * High Street, Dublin, Ireland * High Street, Edinburgh, part of the Royal Mile * High Street, Fremantle, Western Australia * High Street, Glasgow, Scotland * High Street, Hong Kong * High Street, Lincoln, England * High Street, Newport, Wales * High Street, Oxford, England * High Street, Sheffield, England * High Street, Swansea, Wales * High Street, Worthing, England Other uses * High Street (film), ''High Street'' (film), 1976 Belgian film * High Street (Lake District), fell in the Lake District, England * High Street, Oxford (painting), ''High Street, Oxford'' (painting), 1810 oil painting by J. M. W. Turner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Names Of Westminster
This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Westminster. The Westminster area (as distinct from the Council area) has no formally defined boundaries - those utilised here are the generally accepted boundaries of: The Mall and Northumberland Avenue to the north, the river Thames and Victoria Embankment/Millbank to the east, Vauxhall Bridge Road to the south and Buckingham Gate, Buckingham Palace Road and Bressenden Place to the west. For convenience Constitution Hill and Spur Road in the Royal Parks, and the area around the Wellington Arch, are included here, as are the streets in the Leicester Square area. Westminster * Abbey Orchard Street – after a former orchard here attached to St Peter's Abbey * Abingdon Street – after James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon who owned a house on Dean's Yard in the 17th century * Ambrosden Avenue – ''unknown'' * Apsley Way – after the adjacent Apsley House, originally built for Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Names Of Waterloo
This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Waterloo. The area has no formally defined boundaries – those utilised here are the river Thames to the north and west, Blackfriars Road to the east, and Westminster Bridge Road to the south. * Addington Street * Alaska Street * Aquinas Street * Barge House Street and Old Barge House Alley – as this was the former location of the royal barges during Tudor times and after * Baron's Place – after the Baron family, local landowners in the 18th century * Baylis Road – after Lilian Baylis, manager of the Old Vic in the early 20th century * Belvedere Road – after Belvedere House and gardens, opened in 1718 on the site of what is now the Royal Festival Hall * Blackfriars Road – named after Blackfriars Bridge in 1769/70; it was formerly Great Surrey Street, reflecting the traditional county it is in * Boundary Row * Brad Street * Broadwall – after a former earthen dyke located here, marking the wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Names Of Vauxhall
This is a list of the toponymy of street names in the London district of Vauxhall. The area has no formally defined boundaries – those utilised here are Black Prince Road to the north, Kennington Road to the north-east, Kennington Park Road/Clapham Road to the south-east, Miles Street/Fentiman Road to the south, and Wandsworth Road/Nine Elms Lane/river Thames to the west. * Albert Embankment – built in the 1860s over former marshlands, it was named for Albert, Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria * Ashmole Street – after Elias Ashmole, noted 17th century antiquarian, who lived near here * Auckland Street * Aveline Street * Bedser Close – presumably for Alec Bedser, widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century, by association with the nearby Oval Cricket Ground * Black Prince Road – after Edward the Black Prince, son of Edward III, who owned this land * Bondway – after the late 18th century developers of this street John and Sarah Bon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Names Of The City Of London
This is a list of the etymology of street names in the City of London. A * Abchurch Lane and Abchurch Yard – after the adjacent St Mary Abchurch * Adam's Court – thought to be for Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet, master of the Worshipful Company of Drapers and later Lord Mayor of London * Addle Hill – from an Old English word for prince () * Addle Street – from an Old English word for filth/dung, presumably descriptive, though also may be the same etymology as Addle Hill above * Alban Highwalk and St Albans Court – after the adjacent St Alban, Wood Street church, of which only the tower now remains * Albion Place (off London Wall) * Albion Way * Aldermanbury and Aldermanbury Square – the site of a burgh (enclosed settlement) of a Saxon-era alderman * Alderman's Walk – formerly Dashwood's Walk, for Francis Dashwood, who lived here in the 18th century; it was changed when he became an alderman * Aldersgate Court and Aldersgate Street – the name ''Aldersgate'' is firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Names Of London Southwark
This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Southwark (also called Borough). The area has no formally defined boundaries – those utilised here are: the river Thames to the north, Tower Bridge Road to the east, Bricklayers Arms/New Kent Road/Elephant and Castle to the south, and London Road/St George's Circus/Blackfriars Road to the west. A * Abbey Street – after Bermondsey Abbey, formerly located here * Alderney Mews * Alice Street * America Street * Angel Place – formerly Angel Alley, both after a former inn here of this name * Arch Street * Archie Street * Avon Place * Avonmouth Street – unknown; formerly Devonshire Street * Ayres Street – after Alice Ayres, local resident who died whilst saving the lives of three children in a house fire in 1885 B * Baden Place * Bank End and Bankside – both after former earthen banks built to protect against the Thames * Barnham Street * Bartholomew Street – after a former hospital located near h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Names Of Soho
This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Soho, in the City of Westminster. The following utilises the generally accepted boundaries of Soho viz. Oxford Street to the north, Charing Cross Road to the east, Shaftesbury Avenue to the south and Regent Street to the west. * Air Street – believed to be a corruption of ‘Ayres’, after Thomas Ayre, a local brewer and resident in the 17th century * Archer Street – formerly Arch Street, presumed to be after a former archway on this site * Argyll Street and Little Argyll Street – after John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, owner of the land in the 18th century * Bateman's Buildings and Bateman Street – after Sir James Bateman, who owned a house on this site in the 18th century * Beak Street – after Thomas Beak, or Beake, who owned this land in the late 17th century; the section between Upper James Street and Lexington Street was originally called Silver Street until 1883Fairfield, S. ''The Streets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Names Of Sheffield
This is a list of the etymology of street names in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. *Arundel Gate and Arundel Street – named after the Earl of Arundel *Cavendish Street – named after the Cavendish family * Church Street – after Sheffield Cathedral, which was the main parish church until 1914 *Devonshire Green and Division Street – named after the Duke of Devonshire *Fitzalan Square – the Fitzalans were a branch of the Duke of Norfolk family *Leopold Square and Leopold Street – named after Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany *Norfolk Street and Howard Street – named after the Dukes of Norfolk * Sheaf Square and Sheaf Street – after the River Sheaf *Wellington Street – named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Names Of Regent's Park
This is a list of the etymology of street names in the area of Regent's Park in London (i.e. the park, its immediately surrounding terraces, and Regent's Park Estate to the east); the area has no formal boundaries, though it generally thought to be delimited by Prince Albert Road to the north, Park Village East and Hampstead Road/the Euston railway line/Eversholt Street to the east, Euston Road and Marylebone Road to the south and Park Road and Baker Street to the west. * Albany Street, Albany Terrace and Little Albany Street – after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, brother of the Prince Regent (George IV) * Allsop Place – as this area was formerly Allsop's farm, after Thomas Allsop * Augustus Street – after Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (later King of Hanover), brother of the Prince Regent (George IV) * Avenue Road – simply a descriptive name * Baker Street – after Edward Baker, friend and business partner of the Portman family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
