In article , Richard J.
writes
thoss wrote:

Incidentally and somewhat OT, I note from the Bartholomew Pocket
London Atlas 1939 that in the period 1937-9 Vaughan Road, Lambeth,
was renamed Southwell Road. I wonder why.

The present Southwell Road SE5 runs parallel to and south-east of
Coldharbour Lane, with five short streets linking them, one of which is
Vaughan Road. See map at http://tinyurl.com/bhptu . Are you saying
that before 1937 both the present Vaughan Road and the present Southwell
Road were both called Vaughan Road? If so, the change was probably to
avoid confusion.

I can't say anything about the details. My earliest atlas is the one
mentioned above. The map shows Coldharbour Lane, Vaughan Road parallel
to it and, as you say, several short streets linking them.
Unfortunately these are not named. The atlas has a supplementary index
listing street name changes 1937-39. There seem to be an awful lot of
them - 12 pages worth. I wonder whether the Luftwaffe caused so many.
--
Thoss