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July 21, 2003
Shopping at the Heathen Temple
That's what we did on Sunday morning. We live at the King's Manor - and we drove past the Farm on the River Kenn to get there. But it's back to normal this week: I will be travelling to work by taking the Route 79 bus to Ealhbeorht's estate and then get the tube from there to the place with a hammer smithy. What am I going on about? Well - these are original London place names as they were first recorded! Harrow = Heathen Temple Kenton = Farm on the River Kenn Kingsbury = King's Manor Alperton = Ealhbeorht's estate Hammersmith = place with a hammer smithy (forge) There's loads more where they came from - check out the fascinating origin of London Place Names page. (Discovered whilst browsing TimeOut London)
Preston Road circa 1910Posted by jag at July 21, 2003 11:57 PM
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Interesting! "Oakwood" is sadly missing, but I suppose its origin is pretty obvious...
Posted by: Stu at July 22, 2003 06:45 PM