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* Jonathan Street - for Jonathan Tyers and his son, managers of the nearby [[Vauxhall Gardens]] for much of the 18th century {{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p174}}
* Jonathan Street - for Jonathan Tyers and his son, managers of the nearby [[Vauxhall Gardens]] for much of the 18th century {{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p174}}
* Kennington Gardens, Kennington Oval, [[Kennington Park Road]], [[Kennington Road]] – after the [[Old English]] Chenintune (‘settlement of Chenna’a people’); {{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p176}}<ref>{{cite book|author=Mills, Anthony David|year=2001|title=Dictionary of London Place Names|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|ISBN=0-19-280106-6}}</ref> another explanation is that it means "place of the King", or "town of the King".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/AboutLambeth/LambethByLocalArea/NorthLambethHistory.htm |title=North Lambeth&nbsp;— history &#124; Lambeth Council |publisher=Lambeth.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=29 March 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316220346/http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/AboutLambeth/LambethByLocalArea/NorthLambethHistory.htm |archivedate=16 March 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* Kennington Gardens, Kennington Oval, [[Kennington Park Road]], [[Kennington Road]] – after the [[Old English]] Chenintune (‘settlement of Chenna’a people’); {{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p176}}<ref>{{cite book|author=Mills, Anthony David|year=2001|title=Dictionary of London Place Names|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|ISBN=0-19-280106-6}}</ref> another explanation is that it means "place of the King", or "town of the King".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/AboutLambeth/LambethByLocalArea/NorthLambethHistory.htm |title=North Lambeth&nbsp;— history &#124; Lambeth Council |publisher=Lambeth.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=29 March 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316220346/http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/AboutLambeth/LambethByLocalArea/NorthLambethHistory.htm |archivedate=16 March 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* [[Lambeth Road] and South Lambeth Place - refers to a harbour where lambs were either shipped from or to. It is formed from the [[Old English]] 'lamb' and 'hythe'.<ref name="Mills">{{cite book | last=Mills | first=D. | title=Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names | year=2000 | publisher=Oxford}}</ref>{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p185}}{{sfn|Bebbington|1983|p194}}
* [[Lambeth Road]] and South Lambeth Place - refers to a harbour where lambs were either shipped from or to. It is formed from the [[Old English]] 'lamb' and 'hythe'.<ref name="Mills">{{cite book | last=Mills | first=D. | title=Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names | year=2000 | publisher=Oxford}}</ref>{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p185}}{{sfn|Bebbington|1983|p194}}
* Langley Lane – ''unknown''
* Langley Lane – ''unknown''
* Laud Street – after [[William Laud]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] from 1633-45, by association with the nearby [[Lambeth Palace]] {{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p188}}
* Laud Street – after [[William Laud]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] from 1633-45, by association with the nearby [[Lambeth Palace]] {{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p188}}

Revision as of 10:42, 1 November 2017

This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Vauxhall. The area has no formally defined boundaries – those utilised here are Black Prince Road to the north, Kennington Road to the north-east, Kennington Park Road/Clapham Road to the south-east, Miles Street/Fentiman Road to the south, and Wandsworth Road/Nine Elms Lane/river Thames to the west.

  • Albert Embankment – built in the 1860s over former marshlands, it was named for Albert, Prince Consort, husbands of Queen Victoria [1][2]
  • Ashmole Street – after Elias Ashmole, noted 17th century antiquarian, who lived near here [3]
  • Auckland Street - unknown
  • Aveline Street - unknown
  • Bedser Close - unknown
  • Black Prince Road – after Edward the Black Prince, son of Edward III, who owned this land [4]
  • Bondway – after the late 18th century developers of this street John and Sarah Bond [5]
  • Bonnington Square – unknown
  • Bowling Green Street – this land was formerly a bowling green leased to the owners of the nearby Horns Tavern [6]
  • Brangton Road – unknown
  • Cardigan Street - unknown
  • Carroun Road – after the former Carroun, or Caron, House which stood here [7]
  • Citadel Place - unknown
  • Clapham Road – as it lead to the south-west London area of this name
  • Claylands Place and Claylands Road – after the former brick clay fields located here prior to 1800 [8]
  • Clayton Street – after the Clayton family, who leased much of this land from the Duchy of Cornwall from the 1660s on [8]
  • Cottingham Road – unknown
  • Courtenay Square and Courtenay Street – unknown
  • Dolland Street - unknown
  • Durham Street – unknown
  • Ebbisham Drive – unknown
  • Elias Place – unknown
  • Farnham Royal - unknown
  • Fentiman Road – after local mid-19th century developer John Fentiman [9]
  • Glasshouse Walk – after the former Vauxhall Glassworks here, which thrived in the 1700s [10]
  • Glyn Street - unknown
  • Goding Street – unknown
  • Graphite Square - unknown
  • Hanover Gardens – unknown
  • Hansom Mews - unknown
  • Harleyford Road – after local leaseholders the Claytons, whose country house was Harleyford Manor, Buckinghamshire [11]
  • Harold Place - unknown
  • Jonathan Street - for Jonathan Tyers and his son, managers of the nearby Vauxhall Gardens for much of the 18th century [12]
  • Kennington Gardens, Kennington Oval, Kennington Park Road, Kennington Road – after the Old English Chenintune (‘settlement of Chenna’a people’); [13][14] another explanation is that it means "place of the King", or "town of the King".[15]
  • Lambeth Road and South Lambeth Place - refers to a harbour where lambs were either shipped from or to. It is formed from the Old English 'lamb' and 'hythe'.[16][17][18]
  • Langley Lane – unknown
  • Laud Street – after William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633-45, by association with the nearby Lambeth Palace [19]
  • Lawn Lane – after a former row of houses here called The Lawn, after their grass plots, demolished in 1889-90[20]
  • Leopold Walk – unknown
  • Lilac Place - unknown
  • Loughborough Street – unknown
  • Magee Street - unknown
  • Meadow Mews and Meadow Road – after the former meadows here attached to Caron House[21]
  • Miles Street – unknown
  • Montford Place – unknown
  • Newburn Street - unknown
  • New Spring Gardens Walk – after the former Vauxhall Gardens here [22]
  • Nine Elms Lane – after a row of nine elm tress which formerly stood along this lane [23]
  • Orsett Street - unknown
  • Oval Way – after the adjacent Oval Cricket Ground [13]
  • Palfrey Place – unknown
  • Parry Street – after Thomas Parry, 17th century statesman and owner of Copt Hall, a house near here [24]
  • Pegasus Place – unknown
  • Randall Road and Randall Row – unknown
  • Riverside Walk – simply a descriptive name
  • Rudolf Place - unknown
  • St Oswald’s Place - unknown
  • Salamanca Place and Salamanca Street – unknown
  • Sancroft Street – after William Sancroft, 79th Archbishop of Canterbury, by association with the nearby Lambeth Palace [25]
  • Stables Way - unknown
  • Stanley Close – unknown
  • Tinworth Street – after George Tinworth, noted ceramic artist for the Royal Doulton ceramics company at Lambeth [26]
  • Trigon Road – unknown
  • Tyers Street and Tyers Terrace – for Jonathan Tyers and his son, managers of the nearby Vauxhall Gardens for much of the 18th century [27]
  • Vauxhall Bridge (and Bridgefoot), Vauxhall Grove, Vauxhall Street and Vauxhall Walk - from the name of Falkes de Breauté, the head of King John's mercenaries, who owned a large house in the area, which was referred to as Faulke's Hall, later Foxhall, and eventually Vauxhall; the Birdge opened in 1816[28][29][30]
  • Wandsworth Road – as it lead to the south-west London area of this name [31]
  • Wickham Street - unknown
  • Windmill Row – unknown
  • Worgan Street - unknown
  • Wynyard Terrace - unknown

References

Citations

  1. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p5.
  2. ^ Bebbington, 1983 & p19.
  3. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p14.
  4. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p33.
  5. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p36.
  6. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p38.
  7. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p59.
  8. ^ a b Fairfield, 1983 & p73.
  9. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p118.
  10. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p134.
  11. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p153.
  12. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p174.
  13. ^ a b Fairfield, 1983 & p176.
  14. ^ Mills, Anthony David (2001). Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280106-6.
  15. ^ "North Lambeth — history | Lambeth Council". Lambeth.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Mills, D. (2000). Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford.
  17. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p185.
  18. ^ Bebbington, 1983 & p194.
  19. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p188.
  20. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p189.
  21. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p210.
  22. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p226-7.
  23. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p228.
  24. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p241.
  25. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p287.
  26. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p317.
  27. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p322.
  28. ^ Hibbert, Christopher (2008). London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan London Ltd. p. 967. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
  29. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p327.
  30. ^ Bebbington, 1983 & p331.
  31. ^ Fairfield, 1983 & p333.

Sources

  • Fairfield, Sheila (1972). The Streets Of London: A Dictionary Of The Names And Their Origins. BT Batsfrd Ltd. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Bebbington, GIllian (1983). London Street Names. Papermac. ISBN 978-0-333-28649-4. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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