Braybrook Street is a residential street in
Shepherd's Bush,
London
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. It runs along the west side of
Wormwood Scrubs
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and the
prison of the same name, and is close to
East Acton Underground station.
The street was named after a
Bishop of London
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
,
Robert Braybrooke
Robert Braybrooke was a medieval Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of London.
Biography
Braybrooke was the son of Sir Gerard Braybrooke of Horsenden, Buckinghamshire & Colmworth, Bedfordshire and his wife, Isabella, the daughter of Sir Roger Dakeny ...
. Other Bishops of London who gave their names to nearby streets were
Mellitus
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,
Earconwald __NOTOC__
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Life
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,
Osmund Osmund (Latin ''Osmundus'') is a Germanic name composed of the word ''Os'' meaning "god" and ''mund'' meaning "protection."
Osmund or Osmond may refer to:
Pre-modern era
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* Osmund of Sussex (), a king of Sussex
* Osm ...
,
Wulfstan,
Gilbert Foliot
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,
Richard FitzNeal
Richard FitzNeal ( c. 1130 – 10 September 1198) was a churchman and bureaucrat in the service of Henry II of England.
Life
In 1158 or 1159 Nigel, Bishop of Ely paid Henry II to appoint his natural son, Richard FitzNeal, as the king's tre ...
,
John Stokesley
John Stokesley (8 September 1475 – 8 September 1539) was an English clergyman who was Bishop of London during the reign of Henry VIII.
Life
Stokesley was born at Collyweston in Northamptonshire, and became a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford ...
and
Humphrey Henchman
Humphrey Henchman (1592 – 1675) was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1663 to 1675.
Biography
He was born in Burton Latimer (or possibly nearby Barton Seagrove), Northamptonshire, the son of Thomas Henchman, a skinner, an ...
.
The street is notable as the location of the
Massacre of Braybrook Street where three police officers were murdered by
Harry Roberts and John Duddy in August 1966.
Streets in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Acton, London
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