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 western boundary of the parish of Paris Gardens/Christchurch
* Burdett Street
* Burrows Mews – after the nearby Burrows Buildings, built 1770
* Chaplin Close
* Charlie Chaplin Walk – after Charlie Chaplin, famous 20th century comedian and actor, who was born in South London
* Chicheley Street – after Henry Chichele, 15th century archbishop, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace
* Coin Street – unknown, thought possibly after a former mint located here in the time of Henry VIII; it was formerly Prince's Street until 1893, after the Prince Regent (later George IV)
* Colombo Street – after Alexander Colombo, 19th century bailiff of the local manor of Paris Gardens
* Concert Hall Approach – as it leads to the Royal Festival Hall, built 1951
* Cons Street – after Emma Cons, manager of the Old Vic in the 1880s
* Cooper Close
* Coral Street
* Cornwall Road – as it formed part of the manor of Kennington, which belonged to the Duchy of Cornwall; it was Green Lane prior to 1815
* Cottesloe Mews
* Cranfield Row
* The Cut – as when built it cut through what was then open country/marsh
* Dibdin Row
* Dodson Street
* Doon Street
* Duchy Place and Duchy Street – as it formed part of the manor of Kennington, which belonged to the Duchy of Cornwall
* Emery Street – after the nearby Wellington Mills, which manufactured emery paper in the 19th century; prior to 1893 it was Short Street
* Exton Street
* Forum Magna Square
* Frazier Street
* Gabriel's Wharf
* Gerridge Street
* Granby Place
* Gray Street
* Greenham Close
* Greet Street
* Grindal Street – for Edmund Grindal, 16th century archbishop, by association with the nearby Lambeth Palace
* Hatfields – as fur hats were formerly made here
* Holmes Terrace
* Isabella Street
* Joan Street
* Johanna Street – possibly after local resident and subscriber to the Old Vic Johanna Serres
* Jurston Court
* Launcelot Street – after Launcelot Holland, local developer in the 1820s
* Leake Court and Leake Street – after John Leake, founder of a local hospital in 1767
* Lower Marsh – as this land was formerly a marsh prior to the 19th century
* Lower Road
* Marigold Alley – after a former 18th century inn here called the Marygold, possibly named for the flower, symbol of Mary I
* Mepham Street – after a 14th-century Archbishop of Canterbury Simon Mepeham
* Meymott Street – after the Meymott family, several of whom were stewards of Paris Gardens manor in the 19th century
* Miller Walk
* Mitre Road
* Morley Street – after Samuel Morley, benefactor of the Old Vic in the 1880s
* Murphy Street
* Paris Garden – the name of the former manor here; it may derive from ‘parish’ or the Old French ‘pareil’ (enclosure), or possibly after 15th century local family the de Parys
* Pear Place
* Pearman Street
* Pontypool Place
* The Queen's Walk – named in 1977 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
* Rennie Street – after John Rennie the Elder, prominent 18th century engineer, who designed Waterloo Bridge and Southwark Bridge
* Roupell Street – after local 19th century property owner John Roupell
* St George's Circus – as this area was formerly called St George's Fields, after St George the Martyr, Southwark church; the circus opened in 1770
* Sandell Street – after one Mr Sandell, who owned warehouses here in the 1860s
* Secker Street – after Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury 1758–68, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace
* Short Street – after local early 19th century carpenter Samuel Short
* South Bank – descriptive, as it is the south bank of the Thames
* Spur Road
* Stamford Street – after Stamford, Lincolnshire, hometown of John Marshall, local benefactor and churchman
* Station Approach Road – as it leads to Waterloo station
* Sutton Walk
* Tanswell Street
* Tenison Way – after Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury 1695–1715, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace
* Theed Street
* Tress Place
* Ufford Street
* Upper Ground – as this was formerly a raise earth ditch between the river and Surrey marshland; formerly Upper Ground Street
* Valentine Place
* Waterloo Bridge and Waterloo Road – the road was built in 1817 shortly after the British victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo
* Webber Street
* Westminster Bridge Road – as it leads to Westminster Bridge
* West Road
* Whittlesey Street
* Windmill Walk – after the windmills formerly located here when it was countryside; formerly Windmill Street
* Wootton Street
* York Road

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