In article , (Robin) wrote:

While I'm here, the LCC renaming of the 19020s-30s seems to have
missed the fact that there were two Brook Streets in London W. Now
that one is in W1 and the other is in W2, it's not a problem,
however, is this the only case of two roads of the same name in the
same 1930s postcode which the LCC failed to deal with, and if so, I
wonder why? Perhaps both had someone influential living there and
they didn't want to upset them.

You may just possibly be interested in this potted history of name
changes in London and how to track them. (SWMBO is into genealogy
and I get roped in to search for such things.) It alleges that
"the L.C.C. embarked on a very ambitious plan to eliminate all
street name duplication by means of a massive street re-naming
scheme lasting many decades. Unfortunately, at the outbreak of the
Second World War, the scheme was only just nearing completion,..."

http://www.rayment.info/general/road...roduction.html

At least one change I know about is missing. Mercier Road, SW15 where I
was brought up was once named Amersham Road. When I was young the former
name was given on the street name plates.

It did suffer war damage too. The house next door to my parents' was
demolished and replaced by flats after the war while their house lost its
roof and it was replaced with tiles where the rest of the street had
slates.

--
Colin Rosenstiel