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Source Information

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A useful place for finding backgrounds to street names is British History Online

Names

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A few names of Streets for Inclusion:

  • Multimap finds a couple of Garth Roads in Merton. Both his?
Sorry, actually neither. If you searched for "Garth Road, Merton" neither of the two results given by Multimap are in Merton. The correct one can be found at "Garth Road, Lower Morden"

References

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Of course, we could do with references for some of these :( --Tagishsimon (talk) 21:33, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Misnomer?

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Surely the people rather than the roads are eponymous? They gave their names to the streets, rather than taking them from existing places? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Informed Owl (talkcontribs) 21:20, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It works both ways, according to wiktionary. The OED agrees with you. I have a horrible feeling that eponymic might be the word I was after :( ... I guess I'm trying to avoid the (to me clumsy) List of roads in London named after people. Perhaps I shouldn't be. Oh dear. --Tagishsimon (talk) 21:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What is an Eponym? defines the term per the OED, but uses it per this article. I'm taking this common use as "eponymous = related to an eponym". The road named after A is, in this way, related to A. I'm going to leave the article title as is for now. --Tagishsimon (talk) 18:38, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I have only just read this. I'd usually prefer the OED to any other definition (well, I would, wouldn't I? It has supported my view on this occasion!). I think you are right though that "List of roads in London named after people" is a little on the cumbersome side!Informed Owl (talk) 22:21, 7 September 2008 (UTC)Informed Owl[reply]
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Names

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♦If Golborne Road is named after Dean Golbourne, why is there no 'u' in the street name? ♦Wouldn't King Edward's Road (Barking & Dagenham) have previously been called Creekmouth Road (rather than "Creeksmouth" Road) as that is the name of the locality to which it lead. London buses on route 23C always showed CREEKMOUTH as the destination.Haynesta (talk)Haynesta (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:18, 13 March 2019 (UTC) ♦The comment against the entry for Tavistock Square states: "Family name of the Dukes of Bedford who owned the land" but Marquess of Tavistock, after whom the square was named, is a subsidiary title of the Dukes of Bedford. Should the comment be amended?Haynesta (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:33, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]


Creeksmouth is an alternative name for Creekmouth. My mother (1930-2019) used it and I have seen it in history books. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cardinal 1962 (talkcontribs) 14:53, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

London Ambiguity

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Heading should refer to Greater London to avoid ambiguity, especially as the area is much bigger than the LONDON post town. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cardinal 1962 (talkcontribs) 14:55, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]