Street names of Vauxhall

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 to 1645, 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

^ Fairfield 1983, p. 5.
^ Bebbington 1972, p. 19.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 14.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 33.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 36.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 38.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 59.
^ ^a ^b Fairfield 1983, p. 73.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 118.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 134.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 153.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 174.
^ ^a ^b Fairfield 1983, p. 176.
^ Mills, Anthony David (2001). Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280106-6.
^ "North Lambeth — history | Lambeth Council". Lambeth.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
^ Mills, D. (2000). Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 185.
^ Bebbington 1972, p. 194.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 188.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 189.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 210.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 226-7.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 228.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 241.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 287.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 317.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 322.
^ Hibbert, Christopher (2008). London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan London Ltd. p. 967. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 327.
^ Bebbington 1972, p. 331.
^ Fairfield 1983, p. 333.

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Fairfield, Sheila (1983). The Streets Of London: A Dictionary Of The Names And Their Origins. Papermac.
Bebbington, Gillian (1972). London Street Names. BT Batsford. ISBN 978-0-333-28649-4.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield19835-1] Fairfield 1983, p. 5.

[FOOTNOTEBebbington197219-2] Bebbington 1972, p. 19.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield198314-3] Fairfield 1983, p. 14.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield198333-4] Fairfield 1983, p. 33.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield198336-5] Fairfield 1983, p. 36.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield198338-6] Fairfield 1983, p. 38.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield198359-7] Fairfield 1983, p. 59.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield198373-8] Fairfield 1983, p. 73.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983118-9] Fairfield 1983, p. 118.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983134-10] Fairfield 1983, p. 134.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983153-11] Fairfield 1983, p. 153.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983174-12] Fairfield 1983, p. 174.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983176-13] 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.

[Mills-16] Mills, D. (2000). Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983185-17] Fairfield 1983, p. 185.

[FOOTNOTEBebbington1972194-18] Bebbington 1972, p. 194.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983188-19] Fairfield 1983, p. 188.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983189-20] Fairfield 1983, p. 189.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983210-21] Fairfield 1983, p. 210.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983226-7-22] Fairfield 1983, p. 226-7.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983228-23] Fairfield 1983, p. 228.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983241-24] Fairfield 1983, p. 241.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983287-25] Fairfield 1983, p. 287.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983317-26] Fairfield 1983, p. 317.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983322-27] Fairfield 1983, p. 322.

[Lon_Ency-28] Hibbert, Christopher (2008). London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan London Ltd. p. 967. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.

[FOOTNOTEFairfield1983327-29] Fairfield 1983, p. 327.

[FOOTNOTEBebbington1972331-30] Bebbington 1972, p. 331.

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