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The London A-Z Street Map emerged from Phyllis Pearsall’s frustration at losing her way in the capital whilst relying on an outdated street directory. The artist and writer, who lived from 1906 to 1996, created her innovative guide after becoming disorientated in 1935 whilst using the only available map, which dated back two decades. Pearsall …

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Walbrook

The Walbrook is a ‘lost river’ of London. It is not lost in the sense that people don’t know where it runs – instead it is now buried beneath the streets of the City of London and is lost from view. Nearer to its source, it was long ago culverted but still runs under streets …

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Some street name derivations: W-Z

A lot of the street information research on this website is academic in nature – from university research, the Survey of London, British History Online, borough conservation areas and more. Occasionally, the Hive Mind comes up trumps – these derivations come from discoveries on the Wikipedia made during 2019 which is feeding into the project. …

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Ratcliff

Ratcliff From “The Copartnership Herald“, Vol. V, no. 58 (December 1935) In the early days of England’s rise to maritime power, when the foundations of the British Commonwealth were being laid by adventurous men whose courage made their own endeavours seem to themselves nothing but casual events in the life they lived, it was often …

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Some street name derivations: T-V

A lot of the street information research on this website is academic in nature – from university research, the Survey of London, British History Online, borough conservation areas and more. Occasionally, the Hive Mind comes up trumps – these derivations come from discoveries on the Wikipedia made during 2019 which is feeding into the project. …

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Some street name derivations: S

A lot of the street information research on this website is academic in nature – from university research, the Survey of London, British History Online, borough conservation areas and more. Occasionally, the Hive Mind comes up trumps – these derivations come from discoveries on the Wikipedia made during 2019 which is feeding into the project. …

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Some street name derivations: P-R

A lot of the street information research on this website is academic in nature – from university research, the Survey of London, British History Online, borough conservation areas and more. Occasionally, the Hive Mind comes up trumps – these derivations come from discoveries on the Wikipedia made during 2019 which is feeding into the project. …

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