Street names of Waterloo

This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Waterloo. The area has no formally defined boundaries – those utilised here are the river Thames to the north and west, Blackfriars Road to the east, and Westminster Bridge Road to the south.

• Addington Street
• Alaska Street
• Aquinas Street
• Barge House Street and Old Barge House Alley – as this was the former location of the royal barges during Tudor times and after^[1][2]
• Baron's Place – after the Baron family, local landowners in the 18th century^[3]
• Old Vic in the early 20th century^[4]
• Belvedere Road – after Belvedere House and gardens, opened in 1718 on the site of what is now the Royal Festival Hall[5]^[6]
• Blackfriars Road – named after Blackfriars Bridge in 1769/70; it was formerly Great Surrey Street, reflecting the traditional county it is in^[7][8]
• Boundary Row
• Brad Street
• Broadwall – after a former earthen dyke located here, marking the western boundary of the parish of Paris Gardens/Christchurch^[9][10]
• Burdett Street
• Burrows Mews – after the nearby Burrows Buildings, built 1770^[11]
• Chaplin Close
• Charlie Chaplin Walk – after Charlie Chaplin, famous 20th century comedian and actor, who was born in South London
• Chicheley Street – after Henry Chichele, 15th century archbishop, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace^[12][13]
• Coin Street – unknown, thought possibly after a former mint located here in the time of Henry VIII;^[14] it was formerly Prince's Street until 1893, after the Prince Regent (later George IV)^[15][16]
• Colombo Street – after Alexander Colombo, 19th century bailiff of the local manor of Paris Gardens^[17]
• Concert Hall Approach – as it leads to the Royal Festival Hall, built 1951^[18]
• Cons Street – after
  Old Vic in the 1880s^[19]
• Cooper Close
• Coral Street
• Cornwall Road – as it formed part of the manor of Kennington, which belonged to the Duchy of Cornwall; it was Green Lane prior to 1815^[20][21]
• Cottesloe Mews
• Cranfield Row
• The Cut – as when built it cut through what was then open country/marsh^[22]
• Dibdin Row
• Dodson Street
• Doon Street^[23]
• Duchy Place and Duchy Street – as it formed part of the manor of Kennington, which belonged to the Duchy of Cornwall^[24]
• Emery Street – after the nearby Wellington Mills, which manufactured emery paper in the 19th century; prior to 1893 it was Short Street^[25][21]
• Exton Street
• Forum Magna Square
• Frazier Street
• Gabriel's Wharf
• Gerridge Street
• Granby Place
• Gray Street
• Greenham Close
• Greet Street
• Grindal Street – for Edmund Grindal, 16th century archbishop, by association with the nearby Lambeth Palace^[26]
• Hatfields – as fur hats were formerly made here^[27]
• Holmes Terrace
• Isabella Street
• Joan Street
• Johanna Street – possibly after local resident and subscriber to the
  Old Vic Johanna Serres^[28]
• Jurston Court
• Launcelot Street – after Launcelot Holland, local developer in the 1820s[29]
• Leake Court and Leake Street – after John Leake, founder of a local hospital in 1767^[30]
• Lower Marsh – as this land was formerly a marsh prior to the 19th century^[31]
• Lower Road
• Marigold Alley – after a former 18th century inn here called the Marygold, possibly named for the flower, symbol of
  Mary I^[32][33]
• Mepham Street – after a 14th-century Archbishop of Canterbury Simon Mepeham
• Meymott Street – after the Meymott family, several of whom were stewards of Paris Gardens manor in the 19th century^[34]
• Miller Walk
• Mitre Road
• Morley Street – after Samuel Morley, benefactor of the
  Old Vic in the 1880s^[35]
• Murphy Street
• Paris Garden – the name of the former manor here; it may derive from ‘parish’ or the Old French ‘pareil’ (enclosure), or possibly after 15th century local family the de Parys[36]^[37]
• Pear Place
• Pearman Street
• Pontypool Place
• Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
• Rennie Street – after John Rennie the Elder, prominent 18th century engineer, who designed Waterloo Bridge and Southwark Bridge^[38][39]
• Roupell Street – after local 19th century property owner John Roupell^[40]
• St George's Circus – as this area was formerly called St George's Fields, after St George the Martyr, Southwark church; the circus opened in 1770^[41]
• Sandell Street – after one Mr Sandell, who owned warehouses here in the 1860s^[42]
• Secker Street – after Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury 1758–68, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace^[43]
• Short Street – after local early 19th century carpenter Samuel Short^[44]
• South Bank – descriptive, as it is the south bank of the Thames
• Spur Road
• Stamford Street – after Stamford, Lincolnshire, hometown of John Marshall, local benefactor and churchman^[45]
• Station Approach Road – as it leads to
  Waterloo station
• Sutton Walk
• Tanswell Street
• Tenison Way – after Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury 1695–1715, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace^[46]
• Theed Street
• Tress Place
• Ufford Street
• Upper Ground – as this was formerly a raise earth ditch between the river and Surrey marshland; formerly Upper Ground Street^[47][48]
• Valentine Place
• Waterloo Bridge and Waterloo Road – the road was built in 1817 shortly after the British victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo^[49][50]
• Webber Street
• Westminster Bridge Road – as it leads to Westminster Bridge^[51]
• West Road
• Whittlesey Street
• Windmill Walk – after the windmills formerly located here when it was countryside; formerly Windmill Street^[52]
• Wootton Street
• York Road

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