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This is a list of the toponymy 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.
This is a list of the toponymy 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]], husband of [[Queen Victoria]]{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p5}}{{sfn|Bebbington|1972|p19}}
* [[Albert Embankment]] – built in the 1860s over former marshlands, it was named for [[Albert, Prince Consort]], husband of [[Queen Victoria]]{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=5}}{{sfn|Bebbington|1972|p=19}}
* Ashmole Street – after [[Elias Ashmole]], noted 17th century antiquarian, who lived near here{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p14}}
* Ashmole Street – after [[Elias Ashmole]], noted 17th century antiquarian, who lived near here{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=14}}
* Auckland Street
* Auckland Street
* Aveline Street
* Aveline Street
* Bedser Close – presumably for [[Alec Bedser]], widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century, by association with the nearby Oval Cricket Ground
* Bedser Close – presumably for [[Alec Bedser]], widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century, by association with the nearby Oval Cricket Ground
* Black Prince Road – after [[Edward the Black Prince]], son of [[Edward III]], who owned this land{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p33}}
* Black Prince Road – after [[Edward the Black Prince]], son of [[Edward III]], who owned this land{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=33}}
* Bondway – after the late 18th century developers of this street John and Sarah Bond{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p36}}
* Bondway – after the late 18th century developers of this street John and Sarah Bond{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=36}}
* [[Bonnington Square]]
* [[Bonnington Square]]
* Bowling Green Street – this land was formerly a bowling green leased to the owners of the nearby Horns Tavern{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p38}}
* Bowling Green Street – this land was formerly a bowling green leased to the owners of the nearby Horns Tavern{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=38}}
* Brangton Road
* Brangton Road
* Cardigan Street
* Cardigan Street
* Carroun Road – after the former Carroun, or Caron, House which stood here{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p59}}
* Carroun Road – after the former Carroun, or Caron, House which stood here{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=59}}
* Citadel Place
* Citadel Place
* Clapham Road – as it leads to the south-west London [[Clapham|area]] of this name
* Clapham Road – as it leads to the south-west London [[Clapham|area]] of this name
* Claylands Place and Claylands Road – after the former brick clay fields located here prior to 1800{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p73}}
* Claylands Place and Claylands Road – after the former brick clay fields located here prior to 1800{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=73}}
* Clayton Street – after the Clayton family, who leased much of this land from the Duchy of Cornwall from the 1660s on{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p73}}
* Clayton Street – after the Clayton family, who leased much of this land from the Duchy of Cornwall from the 1660s on{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=73}}
* Coney Way
* Coney Way
* Cottingham Road
* Cottingham Road
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* Elias Place
* Elias Place
* Farnham Royal
* Farnham Royal
* Fentiman Road – after local mid-19th century developer John Fentiman{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p118}}
* Fentiman Road – after local mid-19th century developer John Fentiman{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=118}}
* Glasshouse Walk – after the former Vauxhall Glassworks here, which thrived in the 1700s{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p134}}
* Glasshouse Walk – after the former Vauxhall Glassworks here, which thrived in the 1700s{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=134}}
* Glyn Street
* Glyn Street
* Goding Street
* Goding Street
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* Hanover Gardens
* Hanover Gardens
* Hansom Mews
* Hansom Mews
* Harleyford Road – after local leaseholders the Claytons, whose country house was [[Harleyford Manor]], [[Buckinghamshire]]{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p153}}
* Harleyford Road – after local leaseholders the Claytons, whose country house was [[Harleyford Manor]], [[Buckinghamshire]]{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=153}}
* Harold Place
* Harold Place
* 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|p=174}}
* 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 |accessdate=29 March 2012 |url-status=dead |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|p=176}}<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 |accessdate=29 March 2012 |url-status=dead |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|1972|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|p=185}}{{sfn|Bebbington|1972|p=194}}
* Langley Lane
* Langley Lane
* 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|p=188}}
* Lawn Lane – after a former row of houses here called The Lawn, after their grass plots, demolished in 1889-90{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p189}}
* Lawn Lane – after a former row of houses here called The Lawn, after their grass plots, demolished in 1889-90{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=189}}
* Leopold Walk
* Leopold Walk
* Lilac Place
* Lilac Place
* Loughborough Street
* Loughborough Street
* Magee Street
* Magee Street
* Meadow Mews and Meadow Road – after the former meadows here attached to Caron House{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p210}}
* Meadow Mews and Meadow Road – after the former meadows here attached to Caron House{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=210}}
* Miles Street
* Miles Street
* Montford Place
* Montford Place
* Newburn Street
* Newburn Street
* New Spring Gardens Walk – after the former [[Vauxhall Gardens]] here{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p226-7}}
* New Spring Gardens Walk – after the former [[Vauxhall Gardens]] here{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=226-7}}
* Nine Elms Lane – after a row of nine elm trees which formerly stood along this lane{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p228}}
* Nine Elms Lane – after a row of nine elm trees which formerly stood along this lane{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=228}}
* Orsett Street
* Orsett Street
* Oval Way – after the adjacent [[Oval Cricket Ground]]{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p176}}
* Oval Way – after the adjacent [[Oval Cricket Ground]]{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=176}}
* Palfrey Place
* Palfrey Place
* Parry Street – after [[Thomas Parry (ambassador)|Thomas Parry]], 17th century statesman and owner of Copt Hall, a house near here{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p241}}
* Parry Street – after [[Thomas Parry (ambassador)|Thomas Parry]], 17th century statesman and owner of Copt Hall, a house near here{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=241}}
* Pegasus Place
* Pegasus Place
* Randall Road and Randall Row
* Randall Road and Randall Row
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* St Oswald’s Place
* St Oswald’s Place
* Salamanca Place and Salamanca Street
* Salamanca Place and Salamanca Street
* Sancroft Street – after [[William Sancroft]], 79th [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], by association with the nearby Lambeth Palace{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p287}}
* Sancroft Street – after [[William Sancroft]], 79th [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], by association with the nearby Lambeth Palace{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=287}}
* Stables Way
* Stables Way
* Stanley Close
* Stanley Close
* Tinworth Street – after [[George Tinworth]], noted ceramic artist for the [[Royal Doulton]] ceramics company at Lambeth{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p317}}
* Tinworth Street – after [[George Tinworth]], noted ceramic artist for the [[Royal Doulton]] ceramics company at Lambeth{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=317}}
* Trigon Road
* Trigon Road
* Tyers Street and Tyers Terrace – for Jonathan Tyers and his son, managers of the nearby [[Vauxhall Gardens]] for much of the 18th century{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p322}}
* Tyers Street and Tyers Terrace – for Jonathan Tyers and his son, managers of the nearby [[Vauxhall Gardens]] for much of the 18th century{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=322}}
* Vauxhall Bridge (and Bridgefoot), Vauxhall Grove, Vauxhall Street and Vauxhall Walk – from the name of [[Falkes de Breauté]], the head of King [[John of England|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 Bridge opened in 1816<ref name="Lon Ency">{{cite book|last=Hibbert|first=Christopher|title=London Encyclopaedia|publisher=Macmillan London Ltd|year=2008|page=967|isbn=978-1-4050-4924-5}}</ref>{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p327}}{{sfn|Bebbington|1972|p331}}
* Vauxhall Bridge (and Bridgefoot), Vauxhall Grove, Vauxhall Street and Vauxhall Walk – from the name of [[Falkes de Breauté]], the head of King [[John of England|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 Bridge opened in 1816<ref name="Lon Ency">{{cite book|last=Hibbert|first=Christopher|title=London Encyclopaedia|publisher=Macmillan London Ltd|year=2008|page=967|isbn=978-1-4050-4924-5}}</ref>{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=327}}{{sfn|Bebbington|1972|p=331}}
* Wandsworth Road – as it led to the south-west London [[Wandsworth|area]] of this name{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p333}}
* Wandsworth Road – as it led to the south-west London [[Wandsworth|area]] of this name{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=333}}
* Wickham Street
* Wickham Street
* Windmill Row
* Windmill Row

Revision as of 17:19, 26 August 2020

This is a list of the toponymy 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, husband of Queen Victoria[1][2]
  • Ashmole Street – after Elias Ashmole, noted 17th century antiquarian, who lived near here[3]
  • Auckland Street
  • Aveline Street
  • Bedser Close – presumably for Alec Bedser, widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century, by association with the nearby Oval Cricket Ground
  • 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
  • Bowling Green Street – this land was formerly a bowling green leased to the owners of the nearby Horns Tavern[6]
  • Brangton Road
  • Cardigan Street
  • Carroun Road – after the former Carroun, or Caron, House which stood here[7]
  • Citadel Place
  • Clapham Road – as it leads 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]
  • Coney Way
  • Cottingham Road
  • Courtenay Square and Courtenay Street
  • Dolland Street
  • Durham Street
  • Ebbisham Drive
  • Elias Place
  • Farnham Royal
  • 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
  • Goding Street
  • Graphite Square
  • Hanover Gardens
  • Hansom Mews
  • Harleyford Road – after local leaseholders the Claytons, whose country house was Harleyford Manor, Buckinghamshire[11]
  • Harold Place
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lilac Place
  • Loughborough Street
  • Magee Street
  • Meadow Mews and Meadow Road – after the former meadows here attached to Caron House[21]
  • Miles Street
  • Montford Place
  • Newburn Street
  • New Spring Gardens Walk – after the former Vauxhall Gardens here[22]
  • Nine Elms Lane – after a row of nine elm trees which formerly stood along this lane[23]
  • Orsett Street
  • Oval Way – after the adjacent Oval Cricket Ground[13]
  • Palfrey Place
  • Parry Street – after Thomas Parry, 17th century statesman and owner of Copt Hall, a house near here[24]
  • Pegasus Place
  • Randall Road and Randall Row
  • Riverside Walk – simply a descriptive name
  • Rudolf Place
  • St Oswald’s Place
  • Salamanca Place and Salamanca Street
  • Sancroft Street – after William Sancroft, 79th Archbishop of Canterbury, by association with the nearby Lambeth Palace[25]
  • Stables Way
  • Stanley Close
  • Tinworth Street – after George Tinworth, noted ceramic artist for the Royal Doulton ceramics company at Lambeth[26]
  • Trigon Road
  • 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 Bridge opened in 1816[28][29][30]
  • Wandsworth Road – as it led to the south-west London area of this name[31]
  • Wickham Street
  • Windmill Row
  • Worgan Street
  • Wynyard Terrace

References

Citations

  1. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 5.
  2. ^ Bebbington 1972, p. 19.
  3. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 14.
  4. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 33.
  5. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 36.
  6. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 38.
  7. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 59.
  8. ^ a b Fairfield 1983, p. 73.
  9. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 118.
  10. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 134.
  11. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 153.
  12. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 174.
  13. ^ a b Fairfield 1983, p. 176.
  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.
  16. ^ Mills, D. (2000). Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford.
  17. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 185.
  18. ^ Bebbington 1972, p. 194.
  19. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 188.
  20. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 189.
  21. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 210.
  22. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 226-7.
  23. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 228.
  24. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 241.
  25. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 287.
  26. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 317.
  27. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 322.
  28. ^ Hibbert, Christopher (2008). London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan London Ltd. p. 967. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
  29. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 327.
  30. ^ Bebbington 1972, p. 331.
  31. ^ Fairfield 1983, p. 333.

Sources

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