This is a list of the etymology of street names in the

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

districts of Kennington and Lambeth. The areas have no formally defined boundaries – those utilised here are Westminster Bridge Road/St George's Circus/London Road to the north, Newington Butts/Kennington Park Road to the east, Kennington Road and Black Prince Road to the south and the river Thames to the west. *

Albert Embankment Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Alber ...

– built in the 1860s over former marshlands, it was named for Albert, Prince Consort, husbands of

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...

* Aulton Place * Austral Street – formerly South Street, both presumably simply descriptive * Barkham Terrace – after Edward Barkham, 8th century benefactor of the Bethlem Royal Hospital * Beaufoy Walk – after local businessmen and philanthropists the Beaufoys * Bedlam Mews – after the Bethlem Royal Hospital, a notorious hospital once located here * Bird Walk * Bishop's Terrace * Black Prince Road – after

Edward the Black Prince Edward of Woodstock, known to history as the Black Prince (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), was the eldest son of King Edward III of England, and the heir apparent to the English throne. He died before his father and so his son, Richard II, suc ...

, son of Edward III, who owned this land * Bowden Street – after John Bowden, who bought this land from the Cleavers in 1815 * Brook Drive – after a former brook (stream) here that formed the boundary between local parishes * Carlisle Street * Castlebrook Close * Centaur Street – after the mythical creatures, by association with nearby Hercules Street * Chester Way – as it formed part of the manor of Kennington, which belonged to the Duchy of Cornwall (the Prince of Wales also being Earl of Chester) * China Walk * Churchyard Row – after the former St Mary's church located here, destroyed in the Blitz * Cleaver Square and Cleaver Street – after Mary Cleaver, who developed this area in the 1700s * Colnbrook Street * Cosser Street – after Cosser & Sons, a 19th-century family timber business located near here * Cottington Street – after

Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington (c. 15791652) was the English lord treasurer and ambassador and leader of the pro-Spanish, pro-Roman Catholic faction in the court of Charles I. Early life He was the fourth son of Philip Cottington of ...

, 17th century diplomat and politician, who leased land near here; formerly Mansion House Row * Cricketers Court – presumably by connection with the nearby Oval Cricket Ground * Cumberland Mews * Dante Place and Dante Road – after the Italian poet

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

* Denny Crescent and Denny Street – after Rev. Edward Denny, former vicar of St Peter's Church, Vauxhall * Distin Street * Dugard Way * Dumain Court *

Elephant & Castle The Elephant and Castle is an area around a major road junction in London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark. The name also informally refers to much of Walworth and Newington, due to the proximity of the London Underground stati ...

– derived from a coaching inn of this name * Elias Place * Elliot's Row * Falstaff Court * Fitzalan Street – after

Thomas Arundel Thomas Arundel (1353 – 19 February 1414) was an English clergyman who served as Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of York during the reign of Richard II, as well as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1397 and from 1399 until his death, an outspoken op ...

(FitzAlan), Archbishop of Canterbury in the early 15th century, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace * Fives Court * Garden Row * Gaywood Street * George Mathers Road * Geraldine Street – after the nearby

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park is a public park in Kennington, South London. Maintained by the London Borough of Southwark, it is bounded by Lambeth Road, Kennington Road, St George's Road and Brook Drive. It covers an area of . The grounds of ...

, named for the mother of 20th century newspaper proprietor

Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, (26 April 1868 – 26 November 1940) was a leading British newspaper proprietor who owned Associated Newspapers Ltd. He is best known, like his brother Alfred Harmsworth, later Viscount Nort ...

* Gibson Road * Gilbert Road * Gladstone Street – after

William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-conse ...

, Victorian-era Prime Minister * Hamlet Court * Hanover Gardens * Harmsworth Mews * Hayles Buildings and Street – after the Hayles family, former local landowner * Hedger Street * Herald's Place * Hercules Road – after Hercules House, built by late 18th century circus owner Philip Astley after one of his favourite circus acts * Holst Court * Holyoak Road * Hornbeam Close * Hotspur Street * Ingram Close * Juxon Street – after

William Juxon William Juxon (1582 – 4 June 1663) was an English churchman, Bishop of London from 1633 to 1646 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 until his death. Life Education Juxon was the son of Richard Juxon and was born probably in Chichester, ...

, Archbishop of Canterbury 1660–63, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace * Kempsford Road * Kenneth Court * Kennings Way – unknown; formerly White Hart Row * Kennington Lane, Kennington, Road and Kennington Park Road – after the

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...

Chenintune (‘settlement of Chenna’a people’) another explanation is that it means "place of the King", or "town of the King". * King Edward Walk – after

Edward VI Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. Edward was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and the first E ...

, who granted land near here to the City of London * Knight's Walk * Lambeth High Street, Lambeth Road and Lambeth Palace Road – refers to a harbour where lambs were either shipped from or to. It is formed from the

'lamb' and 'hythe'. Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury * Lamlash Street * Lollard Street – named to commemorate the persecution of the

Lollards Lollardy, also known as Lollardism or the Lollard movement, was a proto-Protestant Christian religious movement that existed from the mid-14th century until the 16th-century English Reformation. It was initially led by John Wycliffe, a Catholic ...

in the 14th century; it was formerly East Street, after a branch of the local landowning Clayton family * London Road – the road that led to London * Longville Road * McAuley Close * Marylee Way * Mead Row * Methley Street * Milverton Street * Monkton Street * Morrells Yard * Morton Place – after John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury 1486–1500, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace *

Newington Butts Newington Butts is a former hamlet, now an area of the London Borough of Southwark, that gives its name to a segment of the A3 road running south-west from the Elephant and Castle junction. The road continues as Kennington Park Road leading to ...

– Newington is now the almost obsolete name for the Elephant and Castle area; it means ‘new village/farmstead’ and dates to the early Middle Ages. The ‘Butts’ refers either archery butts, or just bits of land * Newnham Terrace * Newport Street * Nightingale Mews * Norfolk Row * Oakden Street * Oakey Lane – after J Oakey & Son, owner of a Victorian-era emery paper manufacturers near here * Old Paradise Street – after a former burial ground (‘paradise’) located here * Opal Street – unknown; formerly Pleasant Row * Orient Street – presumably with reference to the other compass-point related streets here * Oswin Street * Othello Close * Pastor Street * Penshurst Place * Polperro Mews – probably after the Cornish town

Polperro Polperro ( kw, Porthpyra, meaning ''Pyra's cove'') is a large village, civil parish, and fishing harbour within the Polperro Heritage Coastline in south Cornwall, England. Its population is around 1,554. Polperro, through which runs the River ...

, as the Duchy of Cornwall formerly owned much of the land here * Portia Court * Pratt Walk – named by its late 18th century builder Joseph Mawbey for his mother's family * Princess Street * Radcot Street * Ravensdon Street – unknown; formerly Queen's Row * Reedworth Street * Renfrew Road * Rifle Court * Royal Street – after the former Royal George pub here * Sail Street * St George's Circus, St George's Mews and St George's Road – as this area was formerly called St George's Fields, after St George the Martyr, Southwark church; the circus opened in 1770 * St Mary's Gardens – after the parish of St Mary's, Lambeth * St Olave's Gardens – after the local parish of

Southwark St Olave Southwark St Olave was an ancient civil and ecclesiastical parish on the south bank of the River Thames, covering the area around where Shard London Bridge now stands in the modern London Borough of Southwark. The boundaries varied over time bu ...

* Saperton Walk * Saunders Street * Seaton Close * Sidford Place * Silk Mews * Stannary Place and Stannary Street – as it formed part of the manor of Kennington, which belonged to the Duchy of Cornwall, who also owned land around the

stannary A stannary was an administrative division established under stannary law in the English counties of Cornwall and Devon to manage the collection of tin coinage, which was the duty payable on the metal tin smelted from the ore cassiterite mine ...

towns of

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

and

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...

; Stannary Strete was formerly Kennington Place * Stoughton Close * Sullivan Road * Tavy Close * Temple West Mews * Upper Marsh * Virgil Street * Walcot Square – after Edmund Walcot, 17th century owner of this land * Walnut Tree Walk – after the walnut trees formerly prominent here * Westminster Bridge Road – as it leads to

Westminster Bridge Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side. The bridge is painted predominantly green, the same colour as the leather seats in the ...

* West Square – after its late 18th century owners the West family * White Hart Street – by connection with local landowner

, son of Edward III, whose crest was a white hart * Whiteacre Mews * Whitehorse Mews * Whitgift Street – after John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury 1583–1604, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace * Wigton Place * Wincott Street * Windmill Row

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