Bagshot Street, SE5

Both Cross Street and York Road were renamed as Bagshot Street in 1868.

Much of Dickens’ Great Expections was set in Walworth.
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York Road originated about 1830.

The southern end of the street was hit by a V2 rocket during the Second World War. Four prefabs were erected on the east side but these were redeveloped post-war as a block of flats.

The northern end was redeveloped in 1946 and Southborough House was built.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

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Albridge Street, SE17 Albridge Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Walworth)

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Beaconsfield Road, SE5 Beaconsfield Road is part of the Aylesbury Estate (Walworth)

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Bethersden House, SE17 Bethersden House is a block on Kinglake Street (Walworth)

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Brettell Street, SE17 Brettell Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Walworth)

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Chaucer Drive, SE1 Chaucer Drive is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bermondsey)

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Chumleigh Street, SE5 Chumleigh Street is one of the streets of London in the SE5 postal area (Burgess Park)

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Cobourg Road, SE1 Cobourg Road is a 1820s development of brick semi-detached houses. (Burgess Park)

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Coburg Road, N22 Coburg Road is a location in London (Burgess Park)

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Coopers Road, SE1 Coopers Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Bermondsey)

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Darvell House, SE17 Darvell House is sited on Inville Road (Walworth)

Darvell House, SE17

Dawes Street, SE17 James Arthur Dawes was the first Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark (Walworth)

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Dent House, SE17 Dent House is a block on Huntsman Street (Walworth)

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Exon Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode (Walworth)

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Flint Street, SE17

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Michael Faraday House, SE17

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