This district of London, which lies to the south-east of Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark, is believed to owe its name to a local tavern named, you guessed it, the Nun’s Head on the linear Nunhead Green (there’s still a pub there, calledThe Old Nun’s Head, in a buil...
How London’s boroughs got their names
London's most prosaically named airport, and its newest, opened in 1987 on an unused strip of land in the Royal Docks. The terminal is around seven miles from the Square Mile that it's named after, but London City Airport was always going to attract more business than London Formerly Dere...
People have always been drawn towards forming communities and societies, but maintaining a collective identity in the anonymous world of technology can be a struggle. Online users can now connect to their hometown or region with a geographic domain name, such as .london, .berlin, .nyc and .par...
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If your new furry buddy really does suit the streets of Paris, Milan or the Royal boroughs, check out these fancy (and to be honest, sassy) girl dog names. Lady Opal Saffron Oxana Caviar Emerald Ingrid Colette Hyacinth Onyx Top black female dog names ...
78.Bronx.Like Brooklyn above, the Bronx is one ofNew York City’sfive boroughs. After the land was sold to the Dutch West India Company in the seventeenth century, a Scandinavian by the name of Bronck purchased and developed the area, prompting the title Bronx. ...
Northumberland andMercia and founding the five Danish cities—the Five Boroughs—Halfdanis said to have been deposed by his men because of his despotic rule. Itwas therefore presumably King Guthred or Hardeknud who continuedand consolidated Halfdan's brilliant policy. De Vries believes that the...
Like the Lea, the Rom also forms the boundary of two boroughs: Barking & Dagenham and Havering. At this point, smartypants readers will have guessed that Romford gets its name as a ford on the River Rom. Not quite. It's thought that Romford means a 'wide or spacious ford' over a ri...