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.
If we find any derivations dubious here, we remove them. With that proviso, the TUM project provides them here for your enjoyment…
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Jack Cornwell Street Newham Jack Cornwell First World War sailor boy and recipient of the Victoria Cross, who grew up here: Little Ilford, East Ham.
Jacob’s Well Mews – after Jacob Hinde, husband of Anne Thayer, who inherited this land from her father Thomas Thayer [Marylebone]
James Street – named after Prince James, later James II, son of Charles I who was reigning king when this street was built in the 1630s [Covent Garden]
Jermyn Street Westminster Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans Developed much of St. James’s around the year 1667
Jerusalem Passage – after the Monastic Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem [Clerkenwell]
Jewry Street – after the former Jewish community which was based here; formerly Poor Jewry Street [City of London]
Jockey’s Fields – thoguht to date from the old custom of the Lord Mayor and retainers on horseback inspecting the nearby conduit on the river Tyburn [Holborn]
Johanna Street – possibly after local resident and subscriber to the Old Vic Johanna Serres [Waterloo]
John Adam Street – after John Adam, who built the Adelphi development with his brother Robert in the 1760s [Strand]
John Archer Way Wandsworth John Archer First black mayor of a London council – Battersea Borough Council, in 1913/4
John Bradshaw Road Enfield John Bradshaw Benefactor of Southgate, who lived nearby in The Bourne
John Carpenter Street City of London John Carpenter Town clerk of the City of London in the fifteenth century, and founder of the City of London School
John Islip Street Westminster John Islip Abbot of the monastery of Westminster at the time of Henry VIII
John Milton Passage – after the author John Milton [City of London]
John Prince’s Street – after John Prince, surveyor to the Cavendish-Harley estate in the 1710s [Marylebone]
John Street – after local 18th century carpenter John Blagrave [Bloomsbury]
John Trundle Highwalk – after John Trundle, 16th–17th century author and book seller [City of London]
John Wesley Highwalk – after John Wesley, founder of Methodism [City of London]
John Wilson Street Greenwich John Wilson Minister of Woolwich Baptist Tabernacle, now Woolwich Central Baptist Church, who gave generously to the local poor
John’s Mews – after local 18th century carpenter John Blagrave [Bloomsbury]
Johnson’s Place – after John Johnson, Victorian-era local paviour/owner [Victoria]
Johnsons Court – after a local 16th century property owning family of this name; the connection with Samuel Johnson is coincidental [City of London]
Jonathan Street – for Jonathan Tyers and his son, owner/managers of the nearby Vauxhall Gardens for much of the 18th century [Vauxhall]
Jones Street – after William Jones, yeoman, who leased a large plot here in 1723 [Mayfair]
Jubilee Walkway – named in 1977 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II [Southwark]
Judd Street WC1 – Takes its name from Sir Andrew Judd, Lord Mayor, 1551-2, erected one notable free schoole at Tonbridge in Kent he was a land owner of St Pancras. Thus Kentish names like Tonbridge Street in the area. Judd developed the local area via the Skinners’ Company in the 1570s [Bloomsbury]
Juxon Street – after William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury 1660-63, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace [Lambeth]
Kean Street – after Edmund Kean, successful Shakespearian actor of the 19th century, and his actor son Charles Kean [Covent Garden]
Keats Grove Camden John Keats Writer who lived in the road, and whose house is now a museum. The road was formerly called John Street
Keeley Street – after Robert Keeley, successful actor and comedian of the 19th century [Covent Garden]
Keith Park Road, Uxbridge Street built near the site of the former RAF Uxbridge, and named after an air marshal in the Second World War. Keith Park was leader of No. 11 Group RAF, which was coordinated nearby, in what is now the Battle of Britain Bunker.
Kemble Street – after the Kemble family, who were active in the local theatre community in the 18th and 19th centuries [Covent Garden]
Kendall Place – after William Kendall, local builder and timber merchant in the 18th century [Marylebone]
Kennett Wharf Lane – after its late 18th century owner [City of London]
Kennings Way – unknown; formerly White Hart Row [23]
Kennington Gardens – after the Old English Chenintune (‘settlement of Chenna’a people’); another explanation is that it means place of the King, or town of the King. [Kennington]
Kennington Lane – after the Old English Chenintune (‘settlement of Chenna’a people’); another explanation is that it means place of the King, or town of the King. [Kennington]
Kennington Oval – after the Old English Chenintune (‘settlement of Chenna’a people’); another explanation is that it means place of the King, or town of the King. [Kennington]
Kennington Park Road – after the Old English Chenintune (‘settlement of Chenna’a people’); another explanation is that it means place of the King, or town of the King. [Kennington]
Kennington Road – after the Old English Chenintune (‘settlement of Chenna’a people’); another explanation is that it means place of the King, or town of the King. [Kennington]
Kenrick Place – after William Kenrick, local lecturer and writer in the 18th century [Marylebone]
Kent Passage – after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, brother of the Prince Regent (George IV) [Regent’s Park]
Kent Terrace – after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, brother of the Prince Regent (George IV) [Regent’s Park]
Kentish Buildings – after 17th century property owner Thomas Kentish; formerly it was Christopher Alley [Southwark]
Kenton Street – after the 18th century vintner Benjamin Kenton, benefactor of the nearby Foundling Hospital [Bloomsbury]
Keppel Row – after Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, 18th century naval figure [Southwark]
Keppel Street – after Elizabeth Keppel, wife of local landowner Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock [Bloomsbury]
Keyworth Place – after Leonard James Keyworth, recipient of a Victoria Cross in the First World War [Southwark]
Keyworth Street – after Leonard James Keyworth, recipient of a Victoria Cross in the First World War [Southwark]
Kilmorey Gardens Richmond upon Thames Francis Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey Earl buried with his mistress in the Kilmorey Mausoleum, near the road.
Kilmorey Road Richmond upon Thames Francis Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey Earl buried with his mistress in the Kilmorey Mausoleum, near the road.
King Charles Street – after Charles II reigning monarch when the street was built in 1682 [Westminster]
King Edward Street – named for Edward VI, who turned the adjacent Greyfriars monastery into a hospital; it was formerly known as Stinking Lane [City of London]
King Edward Walk – after Edward VI, who granted land near here to the City of London [Lambeth]
King Edward’s Road Barking and Dagenham King Edward VII Originally called Creeksmouth Lane; renamed in 1902 to commemorate the king’s coronation.
King George VI Avenue Merton King George VI The avenue was made to commemorate the king’s coronation in 1937
King Square – built 1820, and named for George IV [Finsbury]
King Street – built after the Great Fire and named for Charles II [City of London]
King Street – named after Charles I, king when this street was built in the 1600s [St James’s]
King Street – named after Charles I, king when this street was built in the 1630s [Covent Garden]
King Street Hammersmith and Fulham John King Bishop of London who gave generously to the poor of Fulham in 1620 [60]
King William Street – named for William IV, reigning monarch when the street was built in 1829-35 [City of London]
King William Street Greenwich King William IV His memorial is in the street near the National Maritime Museum.
King William Walk City of London King William IV. The City example is one of many — merely built in his reign.
King’s Arms Yard – named after a former inn of this name [City of London]
King’s Bench Street – after the King’s Bench Prison formerly located here [Southwark]
King’s Bench Walk – named for the adjacent housing for lawyers of the King’s Bench [City of London]
King’s Cross Bridge – after a former statue of George IV that formerly stood near where the train station is now; the Road was formerly called Bagnigge Wells, after a tea garden of that name near here [Clerkenwell]
King’s Head Yard – after a former inn here of this name [Southwark]
King’s Mews – by association with Theobald’s Road, formerly King’s Way [Bloomsbury]
King’s Scholars’ Passage – after the King’s Scholars of Westminster School [Westminster]
Kinghorn Street – formerly King Street, renamed in 1885 to avoid confusion with many other streets of this name [City of London]
Kingly Court – originally off ‘King Street’, in honour either of the original owner of this land of Henry III, or James II, reigning monarch when built;
Kingly Street – originally ‘King Street’, in honour either of the original owner of this land of Henry III, or James II, reigning monarch when built; it was renamed in 1906 so as to avoid confusion with other King Streets [Soho]
Kings Cross N1 – The Station at Kings cross took it’s name from the statue of George the IV that was at the cross road with Pentonville Road and Grays Inn Road.
Kings Cross Road – after a former statue of George IV that formerly stood near where the train station is now; the Road was formerly called Bagnigge Wells, after a tea garden of that name near here [Clerkenwell]
Kings Road SW1 – Once an old footpath through fields taken over by Charles II, as his own private road leading him to Richmond and Kew Palace.
Kingscote Street – formerly King Edward Street (for Edward VI), renamed in 1885 to avoid confusion with the street of this name off Newgate Street [City of London]
Kingsway – named in honour of Edward VII, reigning king when this road was completed in 1906 [Holborn]
Kingsway Camden / Westminster King Edward VII Opened the street in 1905.
Kinnerton Place North – after local landowners the Grosvenors (titled Viscounts Belgrave), who owned land in Lower Kinnerton, Cheshire [Belgravia]
Kinnerton Place South – after local landowners the Grosvenors (titled Viscounts Belgrave), who owned land in Lower Kinnerton, Cheshire [Belgravia]
Kinnerton Street – after local landowners the Grosvenors (titled Viscounts Belgrave), who owned land in Lower Kinnerton, Cheshire [Belgravia]
Kinnerton Yard – after local landowners the Grosvenors (titled Viscounts Belgrave), who owned land in Lower Kinnerton, Cheshire [Belgravia]
Kirby Street – from Christopher Hatton’s Kirby House in Northamptonshire [Hatton Garden]
Kirkman Place – after local 18th century brewer and property developer Joseph Kirkman [Fitzrovia]
Kneller Road Richmond upon Thames Godfrey Kneller Lived at Kneller Hall in the road, now the Royal Military School of Music, Whitton, Twickenham.
Knightrider Court – thought to be literally a street where knights used to ride [City of London]
Knightrider Street – thought to be literally a street where knights used to ride [City of London]
Kossuth Street Greenwich Lajos Kossuth Hungarian national hero who lived in London in the 1850s.
Ladbroke Crescent Kensington and Chelsea James Weller Ladbroke Developed the North Kensington area around 1840.
Ladbroke Gardens Kensington and Chelsea James Weller Ladbroke Developed the North Kensington area around 1840.
Ladbroke Grove Kensington and Chelsea James Weller Ladbroke Developed the North Kensington area around 1840.
Ladbroke Road Kensington and Chelsea James Weller Ladbroke Developed the North Kensington area around 1840.
Ladbroke Square Kensington and Chelsea James Weller Ladbroke Developed the North Kensington area around 1840.
Ladbroke Terrace Kensington and Chelsea James Weller Ladbroke Developed the North Kensington area around 1840.
Ladbroke Walk Kensington and Chelsea James Weller Ladbroke Developed the North Kensington area around 1840.
Lamb Walk – after a 17th-century inn here of this nam [Southwark]
Lamb’s Buildings – after its early 19th century owner William (or Thomas) Lamb; it was formerly known as Great Swordbearers Alley [Finsbury]
Lamb’s Conduit Passage – after a conduit built by William Lambe in the 16th century to bring clean water from the countryside north of London [Holborn]
Lamb’s Passage – after its early 19th century owner William (or Thomas) Lamb; it was formerly known as Great Swordbearers Alley [Finsbury]
Lambert Jones Mews – after Lambert Jones, Victorian-era councilman [City of London]
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 Old English ‘lamb’ and ‘hythe’. Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury [Lambeth]
Lambeth Hill – corruption of Lambert/Lambart, local property owner [City of London]
Lambeth Road – refers to a harbour where lambs were either shipped from or to. It is formed from the Old English ‘lamb’ and ‘hythe’. [Vauxhall]
Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1 commemorates a Kentish man named William Lambe who built a conduit in Holborn
Lancaster Place – former site of the Savoy Palace. It passed into the ownership of the earls of Lancaster in the 13th century, the most famous of which was John of Gaunt, who owned the palace at the times of its destruction in Peasant’s Revolt of 1381 [Strand]
Lancaster Street – unknown; formerly Union Street [Southwark]
Langham Place – after Sir James Langham, who owned a house near here in the early 19th century [Marylebone]
Langham Street – after Sir James Langham, who owned a house near here in the early 19th century [Marylebone]
Langley Court – after Sir Roger Langley, who owned land here in the early 18th century [Covent Garden]
Langley Street – after Sir Roger Langley, who owned land here in the early 18th century [Covent Garden]
Langthorn Court – named after a former property owner of this name [City of London]
Langton Close – after the Arthur Langton Nurses Home formerly located here [Clerkenwell]
Lansbury Gardens Tower Hamlets George Lansbury British politician (MP 1910-1912, 1922-1940) and social reformer who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935. Blackwall (ex.-Poplar)
Lansdowne Crescent Kensington and Chelsea Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne Home Secretary and later Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time the road was built.
Lansdowne Rise Kensington and Chelsea Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne Home Secretary and later Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time the road was built.
Lansdowne Road Kensington and Chelsea Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne Home Secretary and later Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time the road was built.
Lansdowne Row – former site of Lansdowne House, home of William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne in the 18th century [Mayfair]
Lansdowne Terrace – after William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, Prime Minister 1782–83 [Bloomsbury]
Lant Street SE1 – Derives its name from the Lant family who inherited the estates known as Southwark Olace which was formerly in the possesion of Heath, Archbishop of York.
Latimer Road, Kensington Edward Latymer Clerk at the Court of Wards and Liveries who bequeathed the land on which Latimer Road was later built to help fund Latymer Upper School, which he founded. The school’s playing fields are situated west of the road.
Latymer Road, Edmonton Edward Latymer Clerk at the Court of Wards and Liveries. The roads in Edmonton are located near The Latymer School, founded by Edward Latymer
Latymer Way, Edmonton Edward Latymer Clerk at the Court of Wards and Liveries. The roads in Edmonton are located near The Latymer School, founded by Edward Latymer
Laud Street – after William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633-45, by association with the nearby Lambeth Palace [Vauxhall]
Laud Street Croydon William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-1645) who lived at Croydon Palace
Lauderdale Place – named for the Earls of Lauderdale, who owned a house here [City of London]
Launcelot Street – after Launcelot Holland, local developer in the 1820s [Waterloo]
Laurence Pountney Hill and Laurence Pountney Lane – after the former St Laurence Pountney church, built by Sir John de Pulteney but destroyed in the Great Fire [City of London]
Lavington Street – after Thomas Lant, local 18th century developer [Southwark]
Lawn Lane – after a former row of houses here called The Lawn, after their grass plots, demolished in 1889-90 [Vauxhall]
Lawrence Lane – after the nearby St Lawrence Jewry church [City of London]
Laxton Place – after its 1806 developer, the baker George Laxton [Regent’s Park]
Laystall Street – after a former nearby laystall, a term for a refuse heap [Clerkenwell]
Leadenhall Market – after the Leaden Hall, a house owned by Sir Hugh Neville in the 14th century [City of London]
Leadenhall Place – after the Leaden Hall, a house owned by Sir Hugh Neville in the 14th century [City of London]
Leadenhall Street – after the Leaden Hall, a house owned by Sir Hugh Neville in the 14th century [City of London]
Leake Court – after John Leake, founder of a local hospital in 1767 [Waterloo]
Leake Street – after John Leake, founder of a local hospital in 1767 [Waterloo]
Leather Lane – thought to come not from ‘leather’ but from Leofrun, a personal name in Old English; formerly known as Le Vrunelane (13th century), Loverone Lane (14th century) and Liver Lane [Hatton Garden]
Leathermarket Court – after the tanneries and leather market formerly located here [Southwark]
Leathermarket Street – after the tanneries and leather market formerly located here [Southwark]
Lees Place – after either Robert Lee (or Lees), owner of the Two Chairman pub which formerly stood here [107] or one Thomas Barrett of Lee, Kent, 19th century builder [Mayfair]
Leicester Court – Leicester Court was formerly Ryder Court, after local leaseholder Richard Ryder – it was renamed in 1936 [Chinatown]
Leicester Place – the square was home to Leicester House in the 17th century, home of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester [Chinatown]
Leicester Square Westminster Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester Owner of the land on which the square is built, from 1630; ordered by the Privy Council to allow public access to the square.
Leicester Street – the square was home to Leicester House in the 17th century, home of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester; [Chinatown]
Leigh Hunt Drive Enfield Leigh Hunt English writer born in Southgate
Leigh Hunt Street – after the author Leigh Hunt, who served a short sentence in a nearby prison [Southwark]
Leigh Place – from the Barons Leigh, who bought land in the area from the Baldwin family in 1689 [Hatton Garden]
Leigh Street – after Leigh in Kent, home county of local 16th century landowner Andrew Judd [Bloomsbury]
Lennox Gardens SW3 – Named after Lord William Lennox.
Leo Yard – from the Latin for lion, as it was formerly Red Lion Yard [Clerkenwell]
Lewisham Street – after William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth, Viscount Lewisham, Lord Privy Seal in the 1710s and local resident [Westminster]
Lexington Street – named in 1885 after the Baron Lexington, whose family – the Suttons – purchased this land in 1645; it was formerly known as Little Windmill Street [Soho]
Lilestone Street – after the former manor of Lilestone which covered this area [Lisson Grove]
Lillie Road Hammersmith and Fulham Sir John Scott Lillie Lillie first laid out the easternmost section of the road across his North End Hermitage estate in 1826.
Lillie Yard Hammersmith and Fulham Sir John Scott Lillie owned the North End Hermitage estate.
Lime Street – Medieval name denoting a place of lime kilns [City of London]
Limeburner Lane – after the lime burning trade formerly located here [City of London]
Lincoln’s Inn Fields – after Lincoln’s Inn, the townhouse of the Lacy family, earls of Lincoln, later leased to lawyers in the 14th century [Holborn]
Lind Road Sutton Jenny Lind Swedish singer, who entertained the people of Sutton in 1847 with her singing.
Lisle Street – after Philip, Viscount Lisle, who succeeded to the earldom of Leicester in 1677 [Chinatown]
Lisson Grove and Lisson Street – corruption of Lilestone, the former manor which covered this area, probably after a personal name (i.e. the Saxon Lille) [Lisson Grove]
Litchfield Street – possibly after Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, who was brother-in-law of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton and son of Charles II [78], or Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield, daughter of Charles II [Covent Garden]
Little Albany Street – after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, brother of the Prince Regent (George IV) [Regent’s Park]
Little Argyll Street – after John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, owner of the land in the 18th century [Soho]
Little Britain – thought to be after Robert le Bretoun, 13th century local landowner, probably from Brittany [City of London]
Little Chester Street – after local landowners the Grosvenors (titled Viscounts Belgrave), who owned land in Chester [Belgravia]
Little College Lane – after the adjacent St Michael Paternoster Royal, which was created as a collegiate church by Richard Whittington in 1419; College Street was formerly Paternoster Street (meaning rosary makers]] and College Hill was Royal Street (a corruption of La Réole, France, where local wine merchants hailed from) [City of London]
Little Dean’s Yard – location of the Dean of Westminster’s house [Westminster]
Little Dorrit Court – after the novel Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, by association with Dickens Square [Southwark]
Little Edward Street – after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, brother of the Prince Regent (George IV) [Regent’s Park]
Little Marlborough Street – after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 17th – 18th century general [Soho]
Little New Street – built in the mid-1600s, and named simply because it was then new [City of London]
Little Newport Street – after Mountjoy Blount, Earl of Newport (Isle of Wight), who owned a house on this street (then just Newport Street) in the 17th century. Following the construction of Charing Cross Road, Newport Street was split in two and the two sections renamed as they are today [Chinatown]
Little Portland Street – after the Dukes of Portland, who owned much of this land following the marriage of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland to heiress Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland in 1734 [Marylebone]
Liverpool Street EC2 Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool The street was built in 1829 and named after the former Prime Minister, who had died the previous year. Also home to the Great Eastern Railway and one of London’s largest stations.
Livonia Street – thought to be after Livonia (roughly modern Latvia), in allusion to the nearby Poland Street. Prior to 1894 it was called Bentinck Street, from the family name of the Duke of Portland, local landowners [Soho]
Lizard Street – after the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers, who owned this land; their arms incorporates a salamander motif [Finsbury]
Lloyd’s Avenue – as the headquarters of the Lloyd’s Register (named for Lloyd’s Coffee House) were located here [City of London]
Lloyd’s Row, Lloyd Square, Lloyd Street and Lloyd Baker Street – after the Lloyd Baker family, local 19th century landowners [Clerkenwell]
Lodge Road – as it leads to the Hanover Lodge in Regent’s Park [Lisson Grove]
Lollard Street – named to commemorate the persecution of the Lollards in the 14th century; it was formerly East Street, after a branch of the local landowning Clayton family [Lambeth]
Loman Street – after the former Loman’s Pond located here [Southwark]
Lombard Court – from Lombardy, as this area was home to a community from there; the name was altered from Lombard Street to avoid confusion with the other street of this name [City of London]
Lombard Lane – from Lombardy, as this area was home to a community from there; the name was altered from Lombard Street to avoid confusion with the other street of this name [City of London]
London Bridge Street – after the adjacent London Bridge [Southwark]
London Bridge Walk – after the adjacent London Bridge [Southwark]
London Road – the road that led to London [Lambeth]
London Street – named after local 18th century property owner John London, not the city; the ‘New’ section was a later extension [City of London]
London Wall – after the city wall which formerly ran along this route (though there are still some ruins visible) [City of London]
Long Acre – after the garden/field of the abbey of St Peter; the road was laid out in 1615 [Covent Garden]
Long Yard – simply a descriptive name for this former stable yard [Bloomsbury]
Longmoore Street – after the marshes formerly located here [Victoria]
Lonsdale Road Richmond upon Thames Earls of Lonsdale William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale bought the land in 1846, on which the roads were later built
Lord North Street – originally just North Street, as led north from Smith Square, however this was altered in 1936 to commemorate Lord North, Prime Minister 1770-82, so as to avoid confusion with similarly name streets [Westminster]
Lorenzo Street – unknown; formerly York Street [Clerkenwell]
Lorne Close – after the John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (the Marquess of Lorne), husband of Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria [Lisson Grove]
Lothbury – meaning ‘burgh’ of Lotha/Hlothere, a 7th-century name [City of London]
Lots Road SW3 – In 1544 it was recorded as lez lotte when the name discribed the lots of ground which were originally part of the manor over which the parishoners held Lammas rights. Thus bringing the words allotments into present day word.
Lovat Street – thought to be either a corruption of Lucas Lane, after a local landowner, or for Lord Lovat, local politician; it was formerly ‘Love Lane’, probably a euphemism for prostitution, and changed to avoid confusion with the other city lane of this name [City of London]
Love Lane – unknown, but possible with reference to the prostitution that occurred here in the 16th century; it was formerly Roper Lane, probably after the rope making trade, but possibly after a person with this surname [City of London]
Lower Belgrave Street – after local landowners the Grosvenors (titled Viscounts Belgrave), after their home estate of Belgrave, Cheshire [Belgravia]
Lower James Street – after James Axtell, co-owner of the land when Golden Square was developed in the 1670s [Soho]
Lower John Street – after John Emlyn, co-owner of the land when Golden Square was developed in the 1670s [Soho]
Lower Marsh – as this land was formerly a marsh prior to the 19th century [Waterloo]
Lower Robert Street – after Robert Adam, who built the Adelphi development with his brother John in the 1760s [Strand]
Lower Sloane Street – after Hans Sloane, local landowner when this area was built up in the 18th century [Belgravia]
Lower Thames Street and Upper Thames Street – thought to mark the bank of the Thames in Roman/Saxon times [City of London]
Lowndes Close – after the Lowndes family, former local landowners [Belgravia]
Lowndes Court – after William Lowndes, 16th-17th century financier and politician, who owned land here [Soho]
Lowndes Place – after the Lowndes family, former local landowners [Belgravia]
Lowndes Square – after the Lowndes family, former local landowners [Belgravia]
Lowndes Street – after the Lowndes family, former local landowners [Belgravia]
Lowther Road Richmond upon Thames Earls of Lonsdale William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale bought the land in 1846, on which the roads were later built
Loxham Street – possibly for directors of the East End Dwellings Company who developed these streets in the 1890s [Bloomsbury]
Ludgate Broadway, Ludgate Circus, Ludgate Hill and Ludgate Square – the former city gate of this name that formerly stood here, thought to an Old English term for ‘postern-gate’ [City of London]
Ludgate Circus – the former city gate of this name that formerly stood here, thought to an Old English term for ‘postern-gate’ [City of London]
Ludgate Hill – the former city gate of this name that formerly stood here, thought to an Old English term for ‘postern-gate’ [City of London]
Ludgate Square – the former city gate of this name that formerly stood here, thought to an Old English term for ‘postern-gate’ [City of London]
Lumley Street – after Sibell Lumley, wife of Victor, Earl Grosvenor, local landowner [Mayfair]
Lupus Street – after Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, whose family owned much of the surrounding land [Victoria]
Lyall Mews – after Charles Lyall, business partner with local landowners the Lowndes [Belgravia]
Lyall Mews West – after Charles Lyall, business partner with local landowners the Lowndes [Belgravia]
Lyall Street – after Charles Lyall, business partner with local landowners the Lowndes [Belgravia]
Lyndhurst Grove Southwark John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst Lawyer and politician, three times Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
Lyndhurst Square Southwark John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst Lawyer and politician, three times Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
Lyndhurst Way Southwark John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst Lawyer and politician, three times Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
Lyons Place – this land was formerly owned by Harrow School; this street was named for the school’s founder John Lyon [Lisson Grove]