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Post by ServerKing on Dec 9, 2023 8:39:36 GMT
Scotland Green (149,259,341,349,476).... very little in the way of green and nothing remotely Scottish about this stop near an Aldi in Tottenham Tottenham has quite a few reminders of its pre-urban history. It's only been built up since the mid-19th Century, when the railways came, and would have been a significant rural village on a main road into London as well as a major crossing point on the River Lea - there was once a ferry at Tottenham Hale. No doubt there would have been coaching inns here as the horses working the stage coaches would be changed every few miles. I wonder if Scotland Green was once an area of farmland or common land where drovers, bringing animals to the London markets (e.g. Smithfield, which until the 1850s was a livestock market), typically rested their animals and fattened them up before the last push into London? Maybe this was typically an area used by Scottish drovers, or drovers of Scottish ancestry. There were lots of residents of Scottish descent which is seen in local road names and places, Bruce Grove takes its name from Robert the Bruce who owned lands in the area, and Bruce Castle, the stately home at the top of Bruce Grove in Bruce Castle Park was his residence in England. Lordship Lane was known as Berry Lane until a Lordship House was built in the 1700s and Haringey Council renamed it in 1761 as some planners felt Berry Lane was a slur on underpaid berry pickers and not politically correct, so the name changed after a Consultation even though most had no problem with the former name. This triggered a "Cold War" with Dulwich Parish Council miles to the Southeast who had a Lordship Lane already near the Horniman Museum and predicted issues with confused DPD couriers on horseback delivering urgent news before the wireless (radio) was invented. 1837 saw Cowie, now known as Arriva, lose the W4 horse drawn coach service between the ferry port of Tottenham Hale to the village of Oakthorpe to the north west, to the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) in the earliest recorded Tender Results, but most information was lost due to urbanisation of the area, and the rest lost during the Great War. Wikipedia keeps changing like Rishi Sunak's Cabinet so some information may not be completely correct
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Post by kanuguposho on Dec 22, 2023 13:47:54 GMT
Bogey Lane on the R8
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Post by abellion on Dec 23, 2023 17:09:39 GMT
Goldie Leigh and Burcharbro Road on the B11
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Post by someone on Dec 27, 2023 19:28:20 GMT
A few I've experienced firsthand:
Halfway Street/Old Farm Road West (51/286) - is it halfway to being a street or what? The Squirrels (54/89/108) - what more is there to say? Maypole/Bo Peep Public Hose (R7) - WHAT?!! Sparta Street (129/199 and previously 180/199) - a far cry from Ancient Greece... shame the 300 doesn't stop there King's Highway (96/422) - the name of a Tom Petty song Zangwill Road (386) - no apparent explanation Pallet Way (89/178) - no apparent explanation either the "Ha Ha Road" stops (many Woolwich routes) - named after a ha-ha (i.e. a fence/wall built into a ditch to stop people trespassing into farmland) The Vista (124) - hardly a sight to behold The View (99/469) - now that's a sight! Fish Island (339) - no such thing! Abbey Wood Pumping Station (469) - pretty interesting for there to be a pumping station mentioned in the name Conference Road (180) - to top it off, it's near Congress Road as well! Old Road (96) - are there any new roads nearby? (well, I suppose there's the A20/M20)
Watling Street/Pinnacle Hill (96) - is it the "pinnacle" of all hills? Bird in Hand (96/428) - came from a local pub name, but that doesn't make its origin any clearer! Kinveachy Gardens (380) - what a lovely name. All Souls Avenue (6/52/302) - what? Peter Avenue (206) - who's Peter?
Ulundi Road (386) - no explanation as far as I know Old Royal Military Academy (386) - intriguing.
Albyfields (R7) - interesting name Marischal Road (122/178/321 etc.) - again, interesting name Wavelengths (47) - sounds like a physicist named this one! Friendly Street (225) - what a nice place to be! Edward Street (225) - who's Edward? County Gate (233/321) - interestingly grand name! Marechal Niel Parade (233/321) - if you thought that last one was fanciful, check this out. Buckwheat Court (B11) - why buckwheat? Fossington Road (229/301/469/B11) - funny name, don't you think? Waterloo Station/Upper Taxi Road (211, formerly 211/507) - interesting that taxis are mentioned. The Oval (51) - far away from Kennington. Farwig Lane (not sure what route but it sounds familiar) Uneeda Drive (again, sounds familiar but I don't know the route) - no, I don't need to drive, a bus can get me here! Star Lane Station/Star Primary School (276) - the station name is odd enough, but the fact that the bus stop is named after a primary school?
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Post by SouthLondoner468 on Jan 7, 2024 9:12:04 GMT
Applegarth (64, 130, 664) Bird In Bush Road (63, 78, 363, 381, N63, N381) Blanchedowne (42, 68, 468, N68) Bowyer Place (12, 35, 40, 42, 45, 68, 148, 176, 468, N68, N89, N171) Brierley (64, 130, 664) Foxcombe (64, 130, 664) Swan & Sugar Loaf (60, 119, 166, 312, 403, 405, 407, 412, 455, 466, 468, N68) Woodcock Hill/Kenton Lane (114, 183, H10, H18, SL10)
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Post by Busboy105 on Jan 7, 2024 9:26:59 GMT
Wat Tyler Road (53/N53, 386)
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Post by wirewiper on Jan 7, 2024 9:42:03 GMT
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Post by Busboy105 on Jan 7, 2024 17:54:15 GMT
Looked like a passionate guy
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Post by ronnie on Jan 7, 2024 23:07:05 GMT
No fixed stops (it’s hail and ride) but the 380 goes through the “Hare and Billet Road”
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Post by Busboy105 on Jan 23, 2024 6:25:43 GMT
Pope's Grotto on the 33, N33 and R68
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Post by SouthLondoner468 on Jan 23, 2024 20:45:53 GMT
Becmead Avenue (50, 57, 109, 118, 133, 159, 201, 250, 255, 319, 333, P13, N109, N133, N250) Kempshott Road (50, 109, 250, 255, G1, N109, N250)
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Post by PGAT on Jan 23, 2024 20:52:38 GMT
The Chase (154, 157)
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Post by Busboy105 on Jan 28, 2024 16:37:31 GMT
Guy, Earl of Warwick (89,96,486,B16,N89) Is this the only London stop with a comma in its name Printing House Lane (350, U4)
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Post by Busboy105 on Mar 16, 2024 23:27:50 GMT
South Esk Road (325) What on earth is an esk?
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Post by borneobus on Mar 17, 2024 3:45:04 GMT
South Esk Road (325) What on earth is an esk? Interesting. South Esk is apparently the name of a river in both Scotland and Tasmania - but I cannot find any links to Newham...
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