In article , (Robin) wrote:

Basil Jet wrote:
On 2010\09\26 20:49, Roy Badami wrote:
On 26/09/10 20:21, wrote:

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.

One of the changes mentioned elsewhere in this thread is missing,
too -- that of High Street, Kensington becoming Kensington High
Street. (The list includes similar name changes for many other High
Streets, but not that one.)

That may be 'cos it (allegedly) happened much sooner - in 1912
according to

http://www.maps.thehunthouse.com/Str..._London_Street
_Names.htm#H

The list also doesn't mention Newcourt Street, which still bears signs
saying "New Street".


http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll....003911,0.0096
45&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.532298,-0.168321&panoid=U72s8ULcA17EphHV7iDWWg&cbp=
12,108.18,,2,-7.4

Is it possible that old sign dates back to the 19th century? The
Metropolitan Board of Works engaged in a good many changes of name
during its tenure.

Doesn't explain Mercier/Amersham Road, though. That showed its former name
into the 1950s.

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Colin Rosenstiel