View source for List of eponymous roads in London

The following is a '''list of [[eponym]]ous roads in [[London]]'''.
{{inc-transport|date=August 2008}}<!--Order by Road Name -->

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! style="background: #f2f2f2; color: #000080" height="17"  width="15%"|Road
! style="background: #f2f2f2; color: #000080" height="17" width="10%"|Borough
! style="background: #f2f2f2; color: #000080" height="17" width="22.5%"|Named after
! class="unsortable" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: #000080" height="17" width="40%"|Comments
! style="background: #f2f2f2; color: #000080" height="17" width="12.5%"|Coordinates
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| Adler Street
| [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|Tower Hamlets]]
| [[Nathan Marcus Adler]]
| [[Chief Rabbi]] of Great Britain 1845&ndash;1890
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5157|-0.0674|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Adler Street}}</small>
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| [[Albemarle Street]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle]]
| Previous owner of the property on which the road was built in 1683-4
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5091|-0.1421|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Albemarle Street}}</small>
|-
| [[Albert Embankment]]
| [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]]
| [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]] 
| [[Consort]] of [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]. The Embankment was built between 1866 and 1869, under the direction of [[Joseph Bazalgette]]
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.4910|-0.1225|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Albert Embankment}}</small>
|-
| [[Baker Street]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| William Baker 
| Builder who laid the street out in the eighteenth century
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5200|-0.1566|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Baker Street}}</small>
|-
| [[Bedford Square]]
| [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]]
| [[Dukes of Bedford]] 
| All named after the [[Dukes of Bedford]] on whose land they were built<ref name="BHO45215">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45215 Russell Square and Bedford Square] in ''Old and New London: Volume 4'' (1878), pp. 564-572, from British History Online</ref> Much of the area is still owned by the [[Bedford Estate]]. Other examples include Bedford Row, Bedford Avenue, Bedford Street, and Bedford Place.
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5187|-0.1309|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Bedford Square}}</small>
|-
| Black Prince Road
| [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]]
| [[Edward, the Black Prince]]
| Son of [[Edward III of England|King Edward III]]
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.4920|-0.1200|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Black Prince Road}}</small> 
|-
| [[Bond Street]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Sir Thomas Bond, 1st Baronet|Sir Thomas Bond]]
| Property developer of Bond Street, Dover Street and Albemarle Street, from 1683 
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5126|-0.1448|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Bons Street}}</small>
|-
| [[Cavendish Square]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer]] née Henrietta Cavendish Holles
| The square and adjoining streets were named after the various relatives of [[Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer]], and of his son, [[Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer|Edward]]. Henrietta was Edward's wife<ref name="BHO45207">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45207 Oxford Street and its northern tributaries: Part 2 of 2] in ''Old and New London: Volume 4'' (1878), pp. 441-467, from British History Online</ref>
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5165|-0.1450|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Cavendish Square}}</small>
|-
| Caxton Street
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[William Caxton]]
| English merchant, diplomat, writer and responsible for the introduction of the [[printing press]] to England; the first such press was established in 1476 in Westminster, close to the present road.<ref name="BHO45181">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45181 Westminster: Modern Westminster], in ''Old and New London: Volume 4'' (1878), pp. 35-46, from British History Online</ref> 
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.4986|-0.1350|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Caxton Street}}</small>
|-
| Charles II Street
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]]
| 
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5082|-0.1325|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Charles II Street}}</small> 
|-
| [[Cumberland Terrace]]
| [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]]
| [[Ernest Augustus I of Hanover|Duke of Cumberland]]
| Younger brother of [[George IV of the United Kingdom|King George IV]] at the time of the terrace's construction, 1826
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5322|-0.1464|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Cumberland Terrace}}</small>
|-
| Dean Bradley Street
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[George Granville Bradley]]
| Dean of Westminster Abbey from 1881.
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.4952|-0.1269|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Dean Bradley Street}}</small> 
|-
| Dean Farrar Street
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Frederic William Farrar]]
| Sometime canon of [[Westminster Abbey]].
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.4993|-0.1320|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Dean Farrar Street}}</small> 
|-
| Dean Ryle Street
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Herbert Edward Ryle]]
| Dean of Westminster Abbey from 1911
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.4943|-0.1268|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Dean Ryle Street}}</small>
|-
| Dorando Close
| [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham|Hammersmith and Fulham]]
| [[Dorando Pietri]]<ref>[http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/images/walkwell%208%20(lo)_tcm21-25793.pdf Did you know - walk 8] from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, retrieved 10 April 2008</ref>
| Famed for finishing first in the marathon 1908 London summer Olympics, but being disqualified for receiving assistance.
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5132|-0.2291|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Dorando Close}}</small>
|-
| [[Downing Street]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet]]
| Built by and named after Downing
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5032|-0.1275|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Downing Street}}</small> 
|-
| [[Drury Lane]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| Sir William Drury 
| Knight of the Garter in [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth's]] reign
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5150|-0.1228|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Drury Lane}}</small>
|-
| [[Fitzroy Square]]
| [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]]
| [[Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton]]
| The square takes its name from the family name of [[Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton]], into whose ownership the land passed through his marriage.<ref name="BHO45208">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45208 Tottenham Court Road] in ''Old and New London: Volume 4'' (1878), pp. 467-480, from British History Online</ref> His descendant [[Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton]] developed the area during the late 18th and early 19th century. 
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5235|-0.1404|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Fitzroy Square}}</small>
|-
| Garth Road
| [[London Borough of Merton|Merton]]
| Richard Garth<ref name=BHO_1>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43056&strquery=morden Morden] in ''A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4'' (1912), pp. 235-37, from British History Online</ref>
| A Sir Richard Garth became became the owner and [[Lord of the Manor]] of [[Morden]] just after the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] and maintained their connection with the parish for the next four centuries, until the manor was sold by another Sir [[Richard Garth]] in 1872.<ref name=BHO_1 />
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.3829|-0.2235|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Garth Road}}</small>
|-
| Goodge Street
| [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]]
| Mr. Goodge
| Goodge was a speculative builder of the houses which form the street in the late Eighteenth century.<ref name="BHO45208"/>
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5195|-0.1352|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Goodge Street}}</small>
|-
| [[Grosvenor Square]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| The Grosvenor Family - [[Dukes of Westminster]]<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45202 Grosvenor Square and its neighbourhood] in ''Old and New London: Volume 4'' (1878), pp. 338-345, from British History Online</ref>
| Owners of the land on which the Square is built. Also Grosvenor Hill, Grosvenor Street. 
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5115|-0.1514|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Grosvenor Square}}</small>
|-
| Hamilton Road
| [[London Borough of Merton|Merton]]
| [[Emma Hamilton]]
| Mistress of [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]], who owned the estate on which the road was later built. See also Nelson Road.
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.4171|-0.1914|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Hamilton Road}}</small>
|-
| Hardy Road
| [[London Borough of Merton|Merton]]
| [[Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet|Thomas Hardy]]
| Flag captain of {{HMS|Victory}} in the time of [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]], who owned the estate on which the road was later built. See also Nelson Road.
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.4171|-0.1903|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Hardy Road}}</small>
|-
| [[Harley Street]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer]]
| Was the 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer and had one son, [[Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer|Edward Harley]]
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5206|-0.1477|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Harley Street}}</small>
|-
| Hungerford Road 
| [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]]
| [[Edward Hungerford (Hungerford Market)|Edward Hungerford]]
| Also give his name to the [[Hungerford Bridge]] and Islington school
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5500|-0.1254|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Hungerford Road}}</small>
|-
| [[Hatton Garden]]
| [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]]
| [[Christopher Hatton]]
| Derives its name from the garden of the [[Bishop of Ely|bishops of Ely]], which was given to Hatton by [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] in 1581, during a vacancy of the see
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5201|-0.1084|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Hatton Garden}}</small>
|-
| [[Jermyn Street]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans]]
| Developed the [[St. James's]] area around the year 1667
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5085|-0.1365|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Jermyn Street}}</small>
|-
| John Islip Street
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[John Islip]]
| Abbot of the monastery of Westminster at the time of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.4930|-0.1275|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=John Islip Street}}</small>
|-
| [[Leicester Square]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester]]
| Owner of the land on which the square is built, from 1630; ordered by the [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]] to allow public access to the square.
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5103|-0.1303|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Leicester Square}}</small>
|-
| Matthew Parker Street
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Matthew Parker]]
| [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] from 1559 until 1575
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5002|-0.1305|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Matthew Parker Street}}</small>
|-
| Milton Street
| 
| Mr. Milton
| Carpenter and builder who in 1830, at the time of the name change, owned the building lease of the street at the time. The street was previously known as [[Grub Street]]<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63234&strquery=grub#s12 'Milk Street - Mint Street'] in ''A Dictionary of London'' (1918)</ref>
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5203|-0.0908|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Milton Street}}</small>
|-
| Mortimer Street
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer]]
| Developer of Cavendish Square in London, and the streets around it, from 1715. Amongst his titles were Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, and Baron Harley of Wigmore Castle<ref name="BHO45207"/>
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5178|-0.1403|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Mortimer Street}}</small>
|-
| Nelson Road
| [[London Borough of Merton|Merton]]
| [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]]
| Owned the land on which road was later built
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.4171|-0.1893|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Nelson Road}}</small>
|-
| [[Northumberland Avenue]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Duke of Northumberland|Dukes of Northumberland]]
| The Avenue was built in the 1870s on the site of [[Northumberland House]], Home of the Dukes of Northumberland
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5068|-0.1242|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Northumberland Avenue}}</small>
|-
| [[Oxford Street]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer]]
| Developer of Cavendish Square in London, and the streets around it, from 1715<ref name="BHO45207"/>
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5136|-0.1556|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Oxford Street}}</small>
|-
| [[Portland Place]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland]]
| [[Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland]], the daughter of [[Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer]] inherited his land and property and married into the Portland family<ref name="BHO45207"/>
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.3991|-0.0742|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Portland Place}}</small>
|-
| Queen Anne's Gate
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Anne of Great Britain|Queen Anne]]
| Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1702, and after the Act of Union, Queen of Great Britain until 1714
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5005|-0.1330|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Queen Anne's Gate}}</small>
|-
| [[Regent Street]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[George IV of the United Kingdom|King George IV]]
| Named circa 1811, when George IV was [[Prince regent]]
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5108|-0.1387|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Regent Street}}</small>
|-
| Rathbone Place
| [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]]
| Captain Rathbone
| One Captain Rathbone was the builder of the road and properties thereon, from about 1718<ref name="BHO45208"/>
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5108|-0.1387|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Rathbone Place}}</small>
|-
| [[Russell Square]]
| [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]]
| [[Dukes of Bedford]]
| Family name of the [[Dukes of Bedford]] who owned the land<ref name="BHO45215"/>
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5217|-0.1261|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Russell Square}}</small>
|-
| [[Shaftesbury Avenue]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury]]
| Shaftesbury was an active philanthropist, and as a Member of Parliament he was responsible for several reforming acts designed to alleviate the suffering of the poor. The new Avenue replaced slum housing, and was finished in the year of his death, 1886.
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5120|-0.1320|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Shaftesbury Avenue}}</small>
|-
|[[Sloane Square]]||&nbsp;||[[Hans Sloane]]||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
| [[Smith Square]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| Sir James Smith/the Smith Family
| Owners of the land on which the square was built, circa 1726
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.4959|-0.1270|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Smith Square}}</small>
|-
| [[Throgmorton Street]]
| [[City of London]]
| [[Nicholas Throckmorton]]
| Chief banker of England in the reign of [[Queen Elizabeth I|Queen Elizabeth]]
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5149|-0.0865|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Throgmorton Street}}</small>
|-
| [[Victoria, London|Victoria Street]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]
| The road runs from Westminster into an area of London known as [[Victoria, London|Victoria]]
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.4980|-0.1335|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Victoria Street}}</small>
|-
| [[Villiers Street]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham]]
| The Street was built in the 1670s on the site of York House, Villiers' Mansion
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5080|-0.1238|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Villiers Street}}</small>  
|-
| [[Vincent Square]]
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[William Vincent (Dean)|William Vincent]]
| Dean of Westminster Abbey who caused the square to be carved out for the use of [[Westminster School]] boys, when Tothill Fields was being developed
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.4932|-0.1351|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Vincent Square}}</small> 
|-
| Warren Street
| [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]]
| Anne Warren
| Wife of [[Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton]], the land owner responsible for the development of the area<ref name="BHO45208"/> - see Fitzroy Square
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5238|-0.1409|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Warren Street}}</small> 
|-
| Whitfield Street
| [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]]
| [[George Whitefield]]
| Builder of [[Whitefield's Tabernacle, Tottenham Court Road|Whitefield's Tabernacle]], in the vicinity, in 1756<ref name="BHO45208"/>
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5212|-0.1361|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Whitfield Street}}</small> 
|-
| William IV Street
| [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]
| [[William IV of the United Kingdom|King William IV]]
| 
|align="center"|<small>{{coord|51.5095|-0.1252|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=William IV Street}}</small> 
|}

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