Origins of London Street Names - Places beginning with S
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Clerkenwell (EC1) Derives its name from the crops of saffron which it bore. This hill,... more »
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Westminster, 30, Great Peter Street (SW1) Named from the Chapel of the Mother of Our... more »
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Stepney (E1) Formerly the notorious Ratcliffe Highway. The name of Ratcliffe was derived from a... more »
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City, 58, Bishopsgate (EC3) "In 1799 the old hall of the Priory of St. Helen's... more »
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Buckingham Gate (SW1) Formerly James Street. At No. ii lived Richard Glover, author of Leonidas,... more »
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Westminster (SW1) Was originally no more than a small field attached to the Hospital of... more »
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Westminster (SW1) Built in 1694. The houses remain nearly the same as they were in... more »
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Westminster (SW1) Dates from the days of Charles II. It was commenced about the year... more »
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161, Piccadilly (SW1) This street is known all over Europe for its clubs. In 1670... more »
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Clerkenwell (EC1) Formerly a gate of the ancient Priory of St. John of Jerusalem. Except... more »
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Finsbury, Clerkenwell (EC1) Here are the remains of an Elizabethan house, with the sign of... more »
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Finsbury, West Smithfield (EC1) Here stood the ancient Hospital or Priory of the Knights of... more »
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Trafalgar Square (WC2) Converted from a country lane into a street early in the seventeenth... more »
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Leicester Square (WC2) Sir Isaac Newton lived here in 1717. (Reference: Timbs's Curiosities of London,... more »
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City, 116, Leadenhall Street (EC3) This street derived its particular designation of St. Mary Axe... more »
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City, 42, Cornhill (EC3) So called from St. Michael's Church, the tower of which is... more »
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(NW1) Originally a solitary village in the fields north of London, and one mile from... more »
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City (EC4) A church has stood on this site since far back into Saxon times.... more »
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City, 81, Fleet Street (EC4) Here Samuel Richardson, the printer and novelist, spent the greater... more »
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Westminster (SW1) When the monasteries were dissolved in 1540, Westminster retained the right of Sanctuary,... more »
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Kingsway (WC2) Formerly called Duke Street. It contains some very old houses, and a Roman... more »
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Burlington Gardens (W1) Famous for its upmarket tailors. Takes its name from Dorothy Savile, daughter... more »
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125, Strand (WC2) Takes its name from Peter, Earl of Savoy,. who built a large... more »
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(Great, and New) Westminster (SW1) At one time an appendage to the royal palace of... more »
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City, 53, Great Tower Street (EC3) . Anciently called Sidon Lane. Pepys was for many... more »
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City, 49, Fleet Street (EC4) Was formerly an Inn of Court; the handsome offices were... more »
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Lincoln's Inn (WC2) Named from Henry Serle, who acquired this property in the time of... more »
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City, 13, Carter Lane (EC4) A corruption of Sheremoniers Lane. According to Stow, "Sheremonyars" were... more »
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(WC2) Now mostly cleared away to make room for Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue.... more »
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Holloway (N7) Said to have been named from seven trees which were planted by seven... more »
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Stepney (E1) Said to have derived its name from a fine spring (probably called shady... more »
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Piccadilly Circus (W1) Opened in 1885, has obliterated (amongst other ancient thoroughfares) Monmouth Street, named... more »
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Mayfair (W1) Named after its builder, Edward Shepherd. Duck-hunting was once one of the low... more »
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Hoxton (N1) In the early part of the nineteenth century the "Eagle" Tavern at the... more »
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City, 128, Fleet Street (EC4) Opposite the entrance to Shoe Lane formerly stood one of... more »
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(E1) Anciently a retired village situated on the old Roman highway leading into London. It... more »
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Holborn, 15, Drury Lane (WC2) So called from Dudley Short, who had a mansion here... more »
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Leicester Square (W1) Formerly called Sydney Alley, and so named from the illustrious family of... more »
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Chelsea (SW1) At St. Luke's Church in this street Dickens was married to Catherine Hogarth... more »
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City, 81, Wood Street (EC2) Stow says: "Is so called on account of silversmiths residing... more »
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Chelsea, 125, Knightsbridge (SW1) Named after Sir Hans Sloane, Lord of the Manor of Chelsea... more »
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Chelsea, 69, King's Road (SW3) Named after its builder. The southern part was formerly known... more »
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City (EC1) The origin of this name is unknown; some have derived it from smooth... more »
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City, Holborn Viaduct (EC1) On Snow Hill formerly stood one of the City conduits. Anciently... more »
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Soho Street (W1) "So-ho!" or "So-how! "-an old hunting or coursing cry in use to... more »
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Strand (WC2) According to Stow, the Bishops of Worcester had their town house here in... more »
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Park Lane (W1) At No. 39 lived the Minister Lord Melbourne; and at No. 23... more »
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Grosvenor Square (W1) Takes its name from Hugh Audley, the owner of some land in... more »
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373, Oxford Street (W1) On the wall of No. 36 is an inscription: "This is... more »
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121, High Holborn (WC1) The space between Southampton Row and Montague Street was formerly occupied... more »
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379, Strand (WC2) So called in compliment to Lady Rachel Russell, daughter of Thomas Wriothesley,... more »
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John Gower, one of the earliest benefactors of the Church, lies buried here. Stow writes... more »
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(E1) . Derives its name from the priory of St. Mary Spital, founded in 1197.... more »
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49, Charing Cross (SW1) For long the centre and mainspring of London civic business, Spring... more »
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Chelsea (SW10) Named after Cremorne House when it was used as a national club, and... more »
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Westminster, 13, Palace Street (SW1) Built on the site of the gardens of Tart Hall,... more »
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2, Holborn Bars (WC1) Believed to derive its name from having been originally an inn... more »
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City, 28, Ludgate Hill (EC4) Stationers' Hall gives its name to the Court. The Stationers'... more »
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(E1) Maitland says Stepney derives its name from the Saxon Manor of Stebenhythe.... more »
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(N) Said to mean the new town in the meadow by the wood. The word... more »
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Borough, 20, Southwark Street (SE1) "Was probably the continuation of the Watling Street road. This... more »
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Westminster, I, Great George Street (SW1) Named from Edward Storey, who constructed the decoys in... more »
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Westminster (WC2) The name of the Strand is clearly of Saxon origin. It is recorded... more »
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Piccadilly (W1) Name derived from John, Lord Berkeley of Stratton. No. 1, the large mansion... more »
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2, Haymarket (SW1) Stands on part of the site of Suffolk House, this, we presume,... more »
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4, Pall Mall East (SW1) Named from being built on the site of Suffolk Place,... more »
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171, Strand (WC2) Stands on the site of Arundel House, the residence of the Earls... more »
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255, Oxford Street (W1) Recalls Swallow Street, which was cleared away to make Regent Street... more »
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Chelsea, 67, Royal Hospital Road (SW3) In which the name of the "Swan "Tavern is... more »