List of eponymous roads in London

The following is a partial list of eponymous roads in London – that is, roads named after people – with notes on the link between the road and the person.

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Roads and streets

Road	Borough(s)	Named after	Comments	Coordinates
Addison Road	Kensington and Chelsea	Joseph Addison	English essayist, poet, playwright and politician (1672–1719). Also Addison Avenue, nearby.[1]	51°30′09″N 0°12′33″W / 51.5025°N 0.2093°W
Adler Street	Tower Hamlets	Nathan Marcus Adler	Chief Rabbi of Great Britain 1845–1890	51°30′57″N 0°04′03″W / 51.5157°N 0.0674°W
Agnes Gardens	Barking and Dagenham	Agnes de Valence	Rented Valence House with her brother the Earl of Pembroke in the fourteenth century. The house lies north of the road	51°33′10″N 0°07′55″E / 51.5529°N 0.1319°E
Ailsa Road	Richmond upon Thames	Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa	Bought a house called St Margaret's near the site of the road, which later would give its name to the area. Also Ailsa Avenue, nearby[2]	51°27′34″N 0°19′16″W / 51.4595°N 0.321°W
Albany Street	Camden	Frederick, Duke of York and Albany	Younger brother of George IV, in whose reign the street was built	51°31′49″N 0°08′41″W / 51.5303°N 0.1447°W
Albemarle Street	Westminster	Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle	Previous owner of the property on which the road was built in 1683-4	51°30′33″N 0°08′32″W / 51.5091°N 0.1421°W
Albert Embankment	Lambeth	Prince Albert	Consort of Queen Victoria. The Embankment was built between 1866 and 1869, under the direction of Joseph Bazalgette	51°29′28″N 0°07′21″W / 51.4910°N 0.1225°W
Alleyn Park	Southwark	Edward Alleyn	Actor and founder of Dulwich College, near the north end of the road, in whose chapel he is now buried. Also Alleyn Road, nearby[3]	51°26′05″N 0°05′10″W / 51.4346°N 0.086°W
Attlee Road	Hillingdon	Clement Attlee	Labour Party leader (1935-1955) and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1945-1951)[4]	51°32′00″N 0°24′29″W / 51.5333°N 0.4081°W
Ayles Road	Hillingdon	Walter Ayles	Labour MP for Southall (1945-1950); and for Hayes and Harlington (1950-1953). Several roads on this estate are named after socialist politicians.[4]	51°31′54″N 0°24′22″W / 51.5318°N 0.4061°W
Aylmer Road	Barking and Dagenham	Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke	Rented Valence House, which lies north of the road, in the fourteenth century	51°33′14″N 0°08′02″E / 51.5540°N 0.134°E
Babmaes Street	Westminster	Baptist May	Courtier to King Charles II, who lived in nearby St James's Palace[5]	51°30′31″N 0°08′05″W / 51.5086°N 0.1348°W
Baker Street	Westminster	William Baker	Builder who laid the street out in the 18th century	51°31′12″N 0°09′24″W / 51.5200°N 0.1566°W
Barry Road	Southwark	Charles Barry	Architect who designed Dulwich Park, to which the road leads to[6]	51°27′14″N 0°04′12″W / 51.4539°N 0.07°W
Baylis Road	Lambeth	Lilian Baylis (1874–1937)	Theatrical producer and manager of the Old Vic Theatre, located on the road. Previously called Oakley Street.	51°30′02″N 0°06′39″W / 51.50051°N 0.11091°W
Beauchamp Place	Kensington and Chelsea	Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp	Beauchamp Place, on the site of the road, was also a 16th-century mansion of the Seymour family, whose titles included Viscount Beauchamp[7]	51°29′52″N 0°09′54″W / 51.4977°N 0.1650°W
Bellot Street	Greenwich	Joseph René Bellot	French sailor and Arctic explorer who disappeared, and has a memorial in Greenwich[8]	51°29′17″N 0°00′19″E / 51.488°N 0.0052°E
Bevin Road	Hillingdon	Ernest Bevin	Union leader, Labour MP and Foreign Secretary (1945-1951)[4]	51°31′54″N 0°24′28″W / 51.5318°N 0.4079°W
Black Prince Road	Lambeth	Edward, the Black Prince	Son of King Edward III	51°29′31″N 0°07′12″W / 51.4920°N 0.1200°W
Blondin Avenue	Ealing	Charles Blondin	Tightrope walker and acrobat, who lived and died near the location of the road, at Niagara House. The house and nearby Niagara Avenue commemorate the Niagara Falls, where Blondin performed his most famous tightrope walk in 1859.	51°29′52″N 0°18′53″W / 51.4978°N 0.3148°W
Bob Marley Way	Lambeth	Bob Marley	Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician, one of the most widely known performers of reggae music[9]	51°27′33″N 0°06′32″W / 51.4592°N 0.1090°W
Bolingbroke Grove	Wandsworth	Henry St John, 1st Viscount St John (also known as Viscount Bolingbroke)	Owner of the land on which the road was later built, and buried in St Mary's Church, Battersea[10]	51°27′15″N 0°10′04″W / 51.4543°N 0.1677°W
Bond Street	Westminster	Sir Thomas Bond	Property developer of Bond Street, Dover Street and Albemarle Street, from 1683	51°30′45″N 0°08′41″W / 51.5126°N 0.1448°W
Bondfield Avenue	Hillingdon	Margaret Bondfield	Labour MP, trades unionist and women's rights activist[4]	51°31′59″N 0°24′35″W / 51.5331°N 0.4097°W
Bouverie Street	City of London	Earls of Radnor	The Pleydell-Bouveries, Earls of Radnor, were landlords of this area.[11]	51°30′48″N 0°06′29″W / 51.51345°N 0.10796°W
Bowen Road	Harrow	Edward Ernest Bowen	Schoolmaster at Harrow School from 1859 until his death in 1901, and the author of the Harrow school song, Forty Years On	51°34′41″N 0°20′57″W / 51.578°N 0.3493°W
Browning Close	Westminster	Robert Browning	Poet who lived in Little Venice, near the site of the road. Also Robert Close, while Elizabeth Close is named after his wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning.[12]	51°31′29″N 0°10′45″W / 51.5247°N 0.1792°W
Brunel Road	Southwark	Marc Isambard Brunel	The road is situated near the south end of Thames Tunnel, which the engineer Brunel built.	51°30′01″N 0°03′09″W / 51.5004°N 0.0525°W
Burlington Lane	Hounslow	Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington	Builder of Chiswick House, in its park adjacent to the road. Also Burlington Road and Gardens[13]	51°28′57″N 0°15′35″W / 51.4824°N 0.2596°W
Butler Road	Harrow	Montagu Butler	Headmaster of Harrow School (1859–1885)[14]	51°34′41″N 0°20′57″W / 51.5781°N 0.3493°W
Cade Road	Greenwich	Jack Cade	Leader of a popular revolt against the government in 1450, which took place on Blackheath, near where the road now stands.	51°28′24″N 0°00′15″W / 51.4733°N 0.0042°W
Cadogan Place	Kensington and Chelsea	Earl Cadogan	The road is built on land acquired by Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan on his marriage to Sir Hans Sloane's daughter. Also Cadogan Lane, running parallel.	51°29′48″N 0°09′27″W / 51.49663°N 0.15753°W
Canning Road	Croydon	Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning	Statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. One of five roads built on the site of the East India Company Military Seminary by the British Land Company	51°22′38″N 0°04′56″W / 51.3773°N 0.0822°W
Cartwright Gardens	Camden	Major John Cartwright	Formerly called Burton Crescent after its developer, James Burton. The road was later renamed after Cartwright, a social reformer who campaigned for universal suffrage, vote by ballot, annual parliaments and the abolition of slavery. He lived and died at No. 37, and now has a commemorative sculpture nearby[15]	51°31′36″N 0°07′37″W / 51.5268°N 0.1269°W
Caxton Street	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.[16]	51°29′55″N 0°08′06″W / 51.4986°N 0.1350°W
Charles II Street	Westminster	King Charles II		51°30′30″N 0°07′57″W / 51.5082°N 0.1325°W
Charlotte Street	Camden	Queen Charlotte	Married to King George III in 1761; the street was formed in 1763	51°31′11″N 0°08′09″W / 51.5196°N 0.1359°W
Chatham Avenue	Bromley	William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham	Lived and died at Hayes Place, a former house on whose estate the road was built[17]	51°22′50″N 0°00′46″E / 51.3805°N 0.0129°E
Chester Terrace	Camden	Earl of Chester	One of the titles of George IV before he became king in 1820. The terrace was constructed in 1825[18]	51°31′44″N 0°08′43″W / 51.5290°N 0.1454°W
Chesterfield Street	Westminster	Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield	Author who lived in a house called Chesterfield House near whose gardens the road was built.	51°30′25″N 0°08′54″W / 51.50707°N 0.14843°W
Chesterfield Walk	Greenwich	Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield	Also named after a house called Chesterfield House, where the Earl lived, near the road.[19]	51°28′24″N 0°00′07″W / 51.4734°N 0.0019°W
Cheyne Walk	Kensington and Chelsea	William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven	Owned the manor of Chelsea until 1712.[20]	51°28′56″N 0°10′22″W / 51.4823°N 0.17274°W
Chichele Road	Brent	Henry Chichele	15th-century Archbishop of Canterbury who founded All Souls College, Oxford, on whose land in Willesden the road was later built[12]	51°33′17″N 0°13′00″W / 51.5547°N 0.2167°W
Chicheley Street	Lambeth	Henry Chichele	Archbishop of Canterbury who lived at nearby Lambeth Palace[12]	51°30′10″N 0°07′01″W / 51.5028°N 0.1169°W
Clarence Street	Kingston upon Thames	Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen	Opened the street in 1828, when she was Duchess of Clarence[21]	51°24′39″N 0°18′09″W / 51.4107°N 0.3024°W
Cleveland Street	Camden	2nd Duke of Cleveland	Owner of the estate at the time of the layout of the road[22]	51°31′15″N 0°08′21″W / 51.5209°N 0.1392°W
Clyde Road	Croydon	Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde	General in India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. One of five roads built on the site of the East India Company Military Seminary by the British Land Company	51°22′39″N 0°04′51″W / 51.3774°N 0.0808°W
Coventry Street	Westminster	Henry Coventry	Secretary to Charles II, who owned a house near the street.	51°30′37″N 0°07′58″W / 51.5102°N 0.1328°W
Craven Hill	Westminster	Earls of Craven	Owned the land on which the road was later built. Also Craven Road, nearby[23]	51°30′46″N 0°10′53″W / 51.5128°N 0.1814°W
Cromwell Road	Kensington and Chelsea	Richard Cromwell	Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland who once owned a house there, son of English military and political leader Oliver Cromwell [24][25]	51°29′42″N 0°11′00″W / 51.495°N 0.1832°W
Cumberland Terrace	Camden	Duke of Cumberland	Younger brother of King George IV at the time of the terrace's construction, 1826. Also Cumberland Market	51°31′56″N 0°08′47″W / 51.5322°N 0.1464°W
Curzon Street	Westminster	George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe	Curzon was a family name; George Howe was the ground landlord[26]	51°30′23″N 0°08′59″W / 51.5065°N 0.14982°W
Czar Street	Lewisham	Czar Peter the Great of Russia	Lived at Sayes Court, a former house nearby, in 1698 while studying shipbuilding at Deptford.[27]	51°28′57″N 0°01′41″W / 51.4826°N 0.0281°W
Dacre Street	Westminster	Lady Anne Dacre	Lady Dacre endowed Emmanuel Almshouses which were located nearby. Although now demolished,[28] their legacy continues in the three schools, Westminster City School, Grey Coat Hospital and Emanuel School.	51°29′43″N 0°07′37″W / 51.4952°N 0.1269°W
Dawes Street	Southwark	James Arthur Dawes	First Mayor of Southwark, in whose original territory the road lies[12]	51°29′19″N 0°05′16″W / 51.4885°N 0.0878°W
Dean Bradley Street	Westminster	George Granville Bradley	Dean of Westminster Abbey from 1881.	51°29′43″N 0°07′37″W / 51.4952°N 0.1269°W
Dean Farrar Street	Westminster	Frederic William Farrar	Sometime canon of Westminster Abbey.	51°29′57″N 0°07′55″W / 51.4993°N 0.1320°W
Dean Ryle Street	Westminster	Herbert Edward Ryle	Dean of Westminster Abbey from 1911	51°29′39″N 0°07′36″W / 51.4943°N 0.1268°W
Defoe Road	Hackney	Daniel Defoe	Well-known author of Robinson Crusoe, who lived in a house at the north end of the road near its junction with Stoke Newington Church Street[29]	51°33′40″N 0°04′44″W / 51.5611°N 0.079°W
Devonshire Road	Hounslow	Dukes of Devonshire	Owners of Chiswick House, on whose large estate the road was built. Also Cavendish Road, Devonshire Gardens, Place and Street, Duke Road and Duke's Avenue (built in 1811 by the 6th Duke)[13]	51°29′24″N 0°15′18″W / 51.49°N 0.2549°W
Doctor Johnson Avenue	Wandsworth	Samuel Johnson	Well-known English author who reputedly crossed Tooting Bec Common near the site of the road to visit Hester Thrale	51°26′00″N 0°08′53″W / 51.4334°N 0.1481°W
Dorando Close	Hammersmith and Fulham	Dorando Pietri[30]	Famed for finishing first in the marathon 1908 London summer Olympics, but being disqualified for receiving assistance.	51°30′48″N 0°13′45″W / 51.5132°N 0.2291°W
Doughty Street	Camden	Henry Doughty	Landlord of the area when the street was built in 1792-1810[31]	51°31′26″N 0°07′01″W / 51.524°N 0.1169°W
Downing Street	Westminster	Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet	Built by and named after Downing	51°30′12″N 0°07′39″W / 51.5032°N 0.1275°W
Drury Lane	Westminster	Sir William Drury	Knight of the Garter in Queen Elizabeth's reign	51°30′54″N 0°07′22″W / 51.5150°N 0.1228°W
Drury Road	Harrow	Joseph Drury	Headmaster of Harrow School (1785–1805)[14]	51°34′38″N 0°21′06″W / 51.5771°N 0.3518°W
Duke Humphrey Road	Greenwich / Lewisham	Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester	The duke enclosed nearby Greenwich Park. A continuation of the road northwards leads to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich built on the site of Duke Humphrey's Tower	51°28′11″N 0°00′20″E / 51.4696°N 0.0055°E
Duke of Wellington Place	Westminster	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington	The duke lived at nearby Apsley House, and there is an equestrian statue of him nearby	51°30′07″N 0°09′04″W / 51.50197°N 0.15112°W
Elgin Road	Croydon	James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin	Governor-General of India 1862-3. One of five roads built on the site of the East India Company Military Seminary by the British Land Company	51°22′38″N 0°04′46″W / 51.3773°N 0.0795°W
Elizabeth Way	Hounslow	Elizabeth I of England	Queen who spent part of her childhood at Hanworth Manor, near the site of the road, and sometimes lived there during her reign[32]	51°26′02″N 0°24′09″W / 51.4338°N 0.4024°W
Empress Drive	Bromley	Empress Eugénie of France	Lived in exile at nearby Camden Place from 1871 to 1881.[33]	51°25′05″N 0°03′50″E / 51.418°N 0.064°E
Evelyn Street	Lewisham	John Evelyn	English writer and essayist who lived at Sayes Court, a former house in Deptford near the street.[27]	51°29′09″N 0°02′05″W / 51.4857°N 0.0346°W
Fauconberg Road	Hounslow	Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl of Fauconberg	Lived at Sutton Court, a former house that stood at the east end of the road[13]	51°29′09″N 0°16′16″W / 51.4858°N 0.271°W
Flowers Close	Brent	Tommy Flowers	Flowers was the designer of the Colossus computer and worked at the Post Office Research Station adjacent to the road.	51°33′42″N 0°14′17″W / 51.56180°N 0.23816°W
Fournier Street	Tower Hamlets	George Fournier	One of the Huguenot refugees who settled in the area near the street in the 18th century[34]	51°31′09″N 0°04′23″W / 51.5192°N 0.0731°W
Frith Street	Westminster	Richard Frith	Wealthy builder.[35]	51°30′51″N 0°07′55″W / 51.51420°N 0.13190°W
Gainsborough Road	Richmond upon Thames	Thomas Gainsborough	Painter, buried in St Anne's Church, Kew.[36]	51°28′13″N 0°17′26″W / 51.4704°N 0.2906°W
Garth Road	Merton	Richard Garth[37]	A Sir Richard Garth 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.[37]	51°22′58″N 0°13′25″W / 51.3829°N 0.2235°W
General Wolfe Road	Greenwich	James Wolfe	General and conqueror of Quebec, who is buried in St Alfege's Church, Greenwich and has a memorial in Greenwich Park. He lived in a house called Macartney House near the road.[19]	51°28′23″N 0°00′10″W / 51.473°N 0.0029°W
George Street	Croydon	Saint George	Took its name from a former pub called the George and Dragon which stood in Croydon, and named after the saint (not from a former church dedicated to the saint). The present George pub in Croydon is its successor[38]	51°22′26″N 0°05′49″W / 51.374°N 0.0969°W
George Street	Richmond upon Thames	King George III	Main street of Richmond. Took current name in king's honour 1769. Formerly known as Richmond High Street.[36]	51°27′38″N 0°18′17″W / 51.4606°N 0.3048°W
George V Avenue	Harrow	King George V	The road was built shortly before the Second World War and named in memory of the monarch, who died in 1936.	51°35′54″N 0°22′08″W / 51.5983°N 0.369°W
Gloucester Road	Kensington and Chelsea	Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh	Formerly called Hogmore Lane; renamed in 1826 after the duchess who built a house in the road in 1805, and now demolished	51°29′41″N 0°10′58″W / 51.4948°N 0.1827°W
Golborne Road	Kensington and Chelsea	Dean Golbourne	One time vicar of St. John's Church in Paddington.	51°31′18″N 0°12′32″W / 51.52162°N 0.20881°W
Goodge Street	Camden	Mr. Goodge	Goodge was a speculative builder of the houses which form the street in the late 18th century.[39]	51°31′10″N 0°08′07″W / 51.5195°N 0.1352°W
Gower Street	Camden	Gertrude Leveson-Gower	Wife of the 4th Duke of Bedford, who supervised the laying of the street.	51°31′21″N 0°07′57″W / 51.5224°N 0.1326°W
Grahame Park Way	Barnet	Claude Grahame-White	Founded the Grahame-White Aviation Company near the site of the road in 1911[40]	51°36′12″N 0°14′26″W / 51.6034°N 0.2406°W
Great Marlborough Street	Westminster	John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough		51°30′52″N 0°08′20″W / 51.51440°N 0.13883°W
Gresham Street	City of London	Thomas Gresham (1519–1579)	Created in 1845 and named for a notable sixteenth century city financier	51°30′55″N 0°05′36″W / 51.51537°N 0.09321°W
Guilford Street	Camden	Lord North, 2nd Earl of Guilford	Statesman and Prime Minister who was also the President of the Foundling Hospital, which originally stood in the street[41]	51°31′25″N 0°07′11″W / 51.5235°N 0.1198°W
Hallam Street	Westminster	Henry Hallam	English historian[42]	51°31′15″N 0°08′37″W / 51.52079°N 0.14373°W
Hambro Avenue	Bromley	Everard Hambro	Banker who lived at Hayes Place, a former house on whose estate the road was later built. Nearby Everard Avenue is also named after him[17]	51°22′46″N 0°00′57″E / 51.3794°N 0.0157°E
Hamilton Road	Merton	Emma Hamilton	Mistress of Horatio Nelson, who owned the estate on which the road was later built. See also Nelson Road.	51°25′02″N 0°11′29″W / 51.4171°N 0.1914°W
Hardy Road	Merton	Thomas Hardy	Flag captain of HMS Victory in the time of Horatio Nelson, who owned the estate on which the road was later built. See also Nelson Road.	51°25′02″N 0°11′25″W / 51.4171°N 0.1903°W
Harley Street	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	51°31′14″N 0°08′52″W / 51.5206°N 0.1477°W
Hatton Garden	Camden	Christopher Hatton	Derives its name from the garden of the bishops of Ely, which was given to Hatton by Elizabeth I in 1581, during a vacancy of the see	51°31′12″N 0°06′30″W / 51.5201°N 0.1084°W
Havelock Road	Croydon	Henry Havelock	General in India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. One of five roads built on the site of the East India Company Military Seminary by the British Land Company	51°22′38″N 0°04′40″W / 51.3771°N 0.0779°W
Heath Road	Harrow	Benjamin Heath	Headmaster of Harrow School (1771–1785)	51°34′42″N 0°21′03″W / 51.5783°N 0.3508°W
Henriques Street	Tower Hamlets	Basil Henriques 1890–1961	Location of a social club run by philanthropist Henriques	51°30′50″N 0°03′56″W / 51.51397°N 0.06547°W
Hogarth Lane	Hounslow	William Hogarth	Painter, who is buried in St Nicholas Church, Chiswick, and whose house, now a museum, is in the road.	51°29′14″N 0°15′19″W / 51.4871°N 0.2552°W
Hungerford Road	Camden	Edward Hungerford	Also give his name to the Hungerford Bridge and Islington school	51°33′00″N 0°07′31″W / 51.5500°N 0.1254°W
Inigo Jones Road	Greenwich	Inigo Jones	The road was built on the estate of Charlton House, where some of the features were allegedly designed by Jones.[43]	51°28′40″N 0°02′39″E / 51.4779°N 0.0442°E
Irving Street	Westminster	Henry Irving	The street is situated in London's Theatreland, and named after the first actor to be knighted[44]	51°30′36″N 0°07′44″W / 51.5099°N 0.1289°W
Jack Cornwell Street	Newham	Jack Cornwell	First World War sailor boy and recipient of the Victoria Cross, who grew up in the area	51°33′07″N 0°03′48″E / 51.552°N 0.0634°E
Jermyn Street	Westminster	Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans	Developed the St. James's area around the year 1667	51°30′31″N 0°08′11″W / 51.5085°N 0.1365°W
John Bradshaw Road	Enfield	John Bradshaw	Benefactor of Southgate, who lived nearby in The Bourne[45]	51°37′52″N 0°07′37″W / 51.631°N 0.1269°W
John Carpenter Street	City of London	John Carpenter	Town clerk of the City of London in the fifteenth century, and founder of the City of London School[46]	51°30′43″N 0°06′23″W / 51.512°N 0.1063°W
John Islip Street	Westminster	John Islip	Abbot of the monastery of Westminster at the time of Henry VIII	51°29′35″N 0°07′39″W / 51.4930°N 0.1275°W
John Wilson Street	Greenwich	John Wilson	Minister of Woolwich Baptist Tabernacle, now Woolwich Central Baptist Church, who gave generously to the local poor[47]	51°29′25″N 0°03′44″E / 51.4903°N 0.0623°E
Keats Grove	Camden	John Keats	Writer who lived in the road, and whose house is now a museum. The road was formerly called John Street	51°33′21″N 0°10′07″W / 51.5558°N 0.1686°W
Keir Hardie Way	Hillingdon	Keir Hardie	First Labour MP in the United Kingdom[4]	51°31′57″N 0°24′31″W / 51.5326°N 0.4087°W
Kilmorey Road	Richmond upon Thames	Francis Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey	Earl buried with his mistress in the Kilmorey Mausoleum, near the road. Also nearby Kilmorey Gardens	51°27′46″N 0°19′19″W / 51.4629°N 0.3219°W
King Edward's Road	Barking and Dagenham	King Edward VII	Originally called Creeksmouth Lane; renamed in 1902 to commemorate the king's coronation.[48]	51°31′54″N 0°05′10″E / 51.5317°N 0.086°E
King George VI Avenue	Merton	King George VI	The avenue was made to commemorate the king's coronation in 1937[49]	51°23′56″N 0°09′42″W / 51.3988°N 0.1618°W
King Street	Hammersmith and Fulham	John King	Bishop of London who gave generously to the poor of Fulham in 1620[50]	51°29′35″N 0°14′08″W / 51.493°N 0.2355°W
King William Street	City of London	King William IV	Built during his reign	51°30′34″N 0°05′13″W / 51.509444°N 0.086944°W
King William Walk	Greenwich	King William IV	His memorial is in the street	51°28′51″N 0°00′29″W / 51.4809°N 0.008°W
King's Road	Kensington and Chelsea	King Charles II	Originally a private road used by the king to travel to Kew	51°29′15″N 0°10′08″W / 51.48737°N 0.168874°W
Kingsway	Camden / Westminster	King Edward VII	Opened the street in 1905.	51°30′55″N 0°07′08″W / 51.515333°N 0.118944°W
Kossuth Street	Greenwich	Lajos Kossuth	Hungarian national hero who lived in London in the 1850s	51°29′13″N 0°00′12″E / 51.487°N 0.0034°E
Ladbroke Grove	Kensington and Chelsea	James Weller Ladbroke	Developed the North Kensington area around 1840. Ladbroke Road, Terrace, Square, Gardens, Walk and Crescent are also named after him.[51]	51°31′02″N 0°12′35″W / 51.5171°N 0.2098°W
Lansbury Gardens	Tower Hamlets	George Lansbury	British politician (MP 1910-1912, 1922-1940) and social reformer who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935.	51°30′46″N 0°00′18″W / 51.51269°N 0.00494°W
Laud Street	Croydon	William Laud	Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-1645) who lived at Croydon Palace	51°22′09″N 0°06′05″W / 51.3693°N 0.1015°W
Leigh Hunt Drive	Enfield	Leigh Hunt	English writer born in Southgate	51°37′48″N 0°07′30″W / 51.6301°N 0.1251°W
Lillie Road	Hammersmith and Fulham	Sir John Scott Lillie	Lillie first laid out the easternmost section of the road across his North End Hermitage estate in 1826.[52] Also Lille Yard.	51°29′15″N 0°11′44″W / 51.48752°N 0.19558°W
Lind Road	Sutton	Jenny Lind	Swedish singer, who entertained the people of Sutton in 1847 with her singing.	51°21′51″N 0°11′08″W / 51.3643°N 0.1856°W
Liverpool Street	City of London	Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool	The street was built in 1829 and named after the former Prime Minister, who had died the previous year[53]	51°31′03″N 0°04′57″W / 51.5174°N 0.0824°W
Malet Street	Camden	Sir Edward Malet	Married to Lady Ermyntrude Sackville Russell, daughter of Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford who owned much of the surrounding area.	51°31′17″N 0°07′49″W / 51.5214°N 0.1302°W
Mandela Street	Camden	Nelson Mandela	The street was originally called Selous Street, after Frederick Selous, a game hunter in South Africa who was born in the area. The street in the 1960s became the base of the Anti-Apartheid Movement and in 1985 it was renamed in honour of the then imprisoned ANC leader, who nine years later would become South Africa's first democratically-elected president.[54]	51°32′16″N 0°08′12″W / 51.5378°N 0.1366°W
Manoel Road	Richmond upon Thames	King Manuel II of Portugal	Last king of Portugal, who lived at nearby Fulwell Park House from 1910 (the year of the Portuguese Revolution) until his death in 1932. Manoel is the Portuguese spelling of his name.[55]	51°26′26″N 0°21′37″W / 51.4406°N 0.3603°W
Matthew Parker Street	Westminster	Matthew Parker	Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 until 1575. See also Parker Road	51°30′01″N 0°07′50″W / 51.5002°N 0.1305°W
Meard Street	Westminster	John Meard, the younger	Carpenter, later esquire, who developed it in the 1720s and 1730s.[56]	51°30′48″N 0°07′59″W / 51.51329°N 0.13295°W
Milton Street	Islington	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[57]	51°31′13″N 0°05′27″W / 51.5203°N 0.0908°W
Mornington Crescent	Camden	Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington	His daughter Anne married Henry Fitzroy, brother of the 1st Baron Southampton, on whose estate the road was built. Also Mornington Place, Street and Terrace[58]	51°32′01″N 0°08′26″W / 51.5335°N 0.1405°W
Morrison Road	Hillingdon	Herbert Morrison	Labour MP (1923-1959), Transport Secretary (1929-1931), Home Secretary (1940-1945) and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1945-1951)[4]	51°31′56″N 0°24′26″W / 51.5323°N 0.4073°W
Mortimer Street	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[59]	51°31′04″N 0°08′25″W / 51.5178°N 0.1403°W
Nelson Road	Merton	Horatio Nelson	Owned the land on which road was later built	51°25′02″N 0°11′21″W / 51.4171°N 0.1893°W
Newton Street	Camden	Isaac Newton	Scientist and mathematician	51°31′01″N 0°07′18″W / 51.51686°N 0.12157°W
Northumberland Avenue	Westminster	Dukes of Northumberland	The Avenue was built in the 1870s on the site of Northumberland House, Home of the Dukes of Northumberland	51°30′24″N 0°07′27″W / 51.5068°N 0.1242°W
Ormond Road	Richmond upon Thames	Earls of Ormond	Owned the land on which the road was later built (1761-1778).[36]	51°27′31″N 0°18′16″W / 51.4586°N 0.3044°W
Outram Road	Croydon	Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet	General in India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. One of five roads built on the site of the East India Company Military Seminary by the British Land Company	51°22′38″N 0°04′35″W / 51.3771°N 0.0763°W
Oxford Street	Westminster	Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer	Developer of Cavendish Square in London, and the streets around it, from 1715[59]	51°30′49″N 0°09′20″W / 51.5136°N 0.1556°W
Parker Road	Croydon	Matthew Parker	Archbishop of Canterbury (1559-1575) who lived at Croydon Palace	51°22′00″N 0°06′00″W / 51.3667°N 0.1001°W
Parr Court	Hounslow	Catherine Parr	Sixth wife of King Henry VIII, who owned Hanworth Manor, near the site of the road, from 1544 until her death in 1548[32]	51°26′07″N 0°24′04″W / 51.4354°N 0.401°W
Pelham Crescent	Kensington and Chelsea	Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester	A former trustee of the Smith's Charity Estate, on which the road was built. Also Pelham Place and Street[60]	51°29′35″N 0°10′15″W / 51.4931°N 0.1709°W
Pemberton Row	City of London	Sir James Pemberton	Lord Mayor of London in 1611, and a member of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, on whose estate the road was built[61]	51°30′55″N 0°06′31″W / 51.5152°N 0.1085°W
Pepys Street	City of London	Samuel Pepys	1923 renaming; Pepys lived there during the Great Fire of London.[62]	51°30′39″N 0°04′41″W / 51.51076°N 0.07804°W
Pigott Street	Tower Hamlets	Francis Pigott Stainsby Conant	Together with family, owners of the land on which the road was built[63]	51°30′46″N 0°01′33″W / 51.51287°N 0.02595°W
Pleydell Street	City of London	Earls of Radnor	The Pleydell-Bouveries, Earls of Radnor, were landlords of this area.[64]	51°30′50″N 0°06′30″W / 51.51393°N 0.10822°W
Pope's Grove	Richmond upon Thames	Alexander Pope	Poet who owned nearby Pope's Grotto, and is buried in St Mary's Church, Twickenham. Pope's Avenue is also named after him.	51°26′31″N 0°20′08″W / 51.4420°N 0.3356°W
Portland Place	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[59]	51°31′13″N 0°08′42″W / 51.52023°N 0.14499°W
Powys Lane	Enfield	Henry Philip Powys	Rented nearby Broomfield House in 1816.[65]	51°37′02″N 0°07′12″W / 51.6172°N 0.1199°W
Praed Street	Westminster	William Praed	Chairman of the company which built the canal basin which lies just to the north	51°31′01″N 0°10′23″W / 51.5170°N 0.1731°W
Pratt Street	Camden	Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden	Owner of the land on which the road and much of the estate was built in 1791[66]	51°32′18″N 0°08′18″W / 51.5382°N 0.1384°W
Prince Albert Road	Camden / Westminster	Prince Albert	Originally called Albert Road; renamed after the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria in 1938	51°32′12″N 0°09′28″W / 51.536667°N 0.157778°W
Prince Consort Road	Westminster	Albert, Prince Consort	Part of Albertopolis	51°29′59″N 0°10′37″W / 51.49986°N 0.17703°W
Prince Henry Road	Greenwich	Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales	The road was built on the estate of Charlton House, whose original owner, Adam Newton, was the Prince's tutor.[67]	51°28′35″N 0°02′34″E / 51.4765°N 0.0427°E
Prince Imperial Road	Bromley	Napoléon, Prince Imperial	Lived in exile at nearby Camden Place from 1871 until his death in 1879.[33]	51°24′47″N 0°04′08″E / 51.413°N 0.069°E
Queen Anne's Gate	Westminster	Queen Anne	Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1702, and after the Act of Union, Queen of Great Britain until 1714	51°30′02″N 0°07′59″W / 51.5005°N 0.1330°W
Queen Caroline Street	Hammersmith and Fulham	Caroline of Brunswick	Wife of George IV, who lived and died in nearby Brandenburg House	51°29′27″N 0°13′31″W / 51.4908°N 0.2252°W
Queen Elizabeth Road	Kingston upon Thames	Queen Elizabeth I	The queen founded Kingston Grammar School at Lovekyn Chapel, which is at the south end of the street (the school's main buildings are opposite)[68]	51°24′43″N 0°17′47″W / 51.4119°N 0.2964°W
Queen Elizabeth's Walk	Hackney	Queen Elizabeth I	The queen's friend, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, lived in Stoke Newington.[21]	51°33′50″N 0°05′11″W / 51.5638°N 0.0863°W
Queen Victoria Street	City of London	Queen Victoria		51°30′43″N 0°06′00″W / 51.512°N 0.09993°W
Queensway	Westminster	Queen Victoria	named Queen's Road in honour of Victoria, who had been born at nearby Kensington Palace. Later renamed.	51°30′47″N 0°11′15″W / 51.51308°N 0.18763°W
Rathbone Place	Camden	Captain Rathbone	One Captain Rathbone was the builder of the road and properties thereon, from about 1718[39]	51°30′39″N 0°08′19″W / 51.5108°N 0.1387°W
Regent Street	Westminster	King George IV	Named c. 1811, when George IV was Prince regent	51°30′39″N 0°08′19″W / 51.5108°N 0.1387°W
Romney Road	Greenwich	Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney	Built the road in about 1695, when Chief Ranger of Greenwich Park, to restore communication between Greenwich and Woolwich[69]	51°28′55″N 0°00′22″W / 51.4819°N 0.006°W
Rosebery Avenue	Islington	Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery	First Chairman of the London County Council, who opened the road in 1892[70]	51°31′34″N 0°06′36″W / 51.526°N 0.1099°W
Roy Grove	Richmond upon Thames	Major-General William Roy	One of Roy's two cannons he used to map Middlesex is in the road. Nearby Cannon Close also commemorates it[71]	51°25′34″N 0°21′56″W / 51.426°N 0.3656°W
St Erkenwald Road	Barking and Dagenham	Saint Erkenwald	Saint and Bishop of London who founded Barking Abbey to the west of the road	51°32′10″N 0°05′01″E / 51.5362°N 0.0836°E
Savile Row	Westminster	Lady Dorothy Savile	Wife of the Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, architect and developer.[72]	51°30′40″N 0°08′26″W / 51.51109°N 0.14059°W
Savoy Place	Westminster	Peter II, Count of Savoy	Gave his name to the Savoy Palace, which stood on the site of the road	51°30′33″N 0°07′15″W / 51.50924°N 0.12093°W
Selwyn Avenue	Richmond upon Thames	William Selwyn	Owned, and lived near, the land on which the road was later built. He also contributed to the founding of the nearby church of St John the Divine.	51°28′00″N 0°17′43″W / 51.4666°N 0.2952°W
Seymour Gardens	Hounslow	Jane Seymour	Third wife of King Henry VIII, who sometimes lived at Hanworth Manor, near the site of the road[32]	51°26′02″N 0°24′13″W / 51.434°N 0.4037°W
Shaftesbury Avenue	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.	51°30′43″N 0°07′55″W / 51.5120°N 0.1320°W
Sheldon Street	Croydon	Gilbert Sheldon	Archbishop of Canterbury (1663-1677) who lived at Croydon Palace, and is buried in Croydon Minster	51°22′11″N 0°06′08″W / 51.3698°N 0.1023°W
Sopwith Way	Kingston upon Thames	Thomas Sopwith	Aviation pioneer who set up a factory near the east end of the road, where his earliest aircraft were made[73]	51°24′49″N 0°18′05″W / 51.4135°N 0.3015°W
Southampton Row	Camden	Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton	Also Southampton Street.	51°31′11″N 0°07′20″W / 51.5198°N 0.1221°W
Steve Biko Way	Hounslow	Steve Biko	South African anti-apartheid activist	51°28′04″N 0°22′08″W / 51.4679°N 0.3689°W
Sumner Road	Harrow	Robert Carey Sumner	Headmaster of Harrow School (1760–1771)	51°34′38″N 0°21′02″W / 51.5772°N 0.3505°W
Swallow Street	Westminster	Thomas Swallow	Lessee in 1540 of the pastures on which the road was built.[74]	51°30′34″N 0°08′15″W / 51.50949°N 0.13751°W
Tallis Street	City of London	Thomas Tallis	Composer and hymn-writer whose name is engraved on the façade of the nearby former building of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which stood here until 1977[75]	51°30′43″N 0°06′26″W / 51.5119°N 0.1072°W
Tetty Way	Bromley	Elizabeth Johnson (known as "Tetty")	Wife of Dr Johnson, who is buried in the nearby Bromley Parish Church[76]	51°24′17″N 0°00′50″E / 51.4047°N 0.01396°E
Thomas More Street	Tower Hamlets	Thomas More	Lawyer, writer and statesman executed in the nearby Tower of London, who has a memorial plaque in the street[77]	51°30′27″N 0°04′06″W / 51.5074°N 0.0683°W
Throgmorton Street	City of London	Nicholas Throckmorton	Chief banker of England in the reign of Queen Elizabeth	51°30′54″N 0°05′11″W / 51.5149°N 0.0865°W
Tom Cribb Road	Greenwich	Tom Cribb	World boxing champion of 1810, who lived and died in Woolwich, where the road is located	51°29′31″N 0°04′47″E / 51.4919°N 0.0797°E
Tyers Street	Lambeth	Jonathan Tyers	The road passes Vauxhall Gardens, of which Tyers was the owner in the eighteenth century. Also Jonathan Street and Tyers Walk, nearby[78]	51°29′20″N 0°07′08″W / 51.489°N 0.119°W
Tylney Road	Newham	Richard Child, 1st Earl Tylney	Builder of Wanstead Park, a former house whose estate extended southwards to the location of the road[79]	51°33′12″N 0°02′01″E / 51.5533°N 0.0337°E
Vaughan Road	Harrow	Charles Vaughan	Headmaster of Harrow School (1845–1859)[14]	51°34′45″N 0°20′54″W / 51.5791°N 0.3483°W
Vere Street	Westminster	Earls of Oxford	A family name of the area's owners at the time of its construction, the Earls of Oxford[80]	51°30′54″N 0°08′50″W / 51.51499°N 0.14722°W
Victoria Street	Westminster	Queen Victoria	The road runs from Westminster into an area of London known as Victoria	51°29′53″N 0°08′01″W / 51.4980°N 0.1335°W
Victoria Embankment	Westminster	Queen Victoria		51°30′30″N 0°07′15″W / 51.5084°N 0.1207°W
Villiers Street	Westminster	George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham	The Street was built in the 1670s on the site of York House, Villiers' Mansion	51°30′29″N 0°07′26″W / 51.5080°N 0.1238°W
Walker Close	Enfield	The Walkers of Southgate	Prominent local family who owned Arnos Grove (now Southgate Beaumont) on nearby Cannon Hill. The street is located near the better known Arnos Grove tube station[81]	51°37′02″N 0°07′58″W / 51.6173°N 0.1327°W
Wardour Street	Westminster	Archibald Wardour	Architect of several buildings on the street	51°30′51″N 0°08′05″W / 51.5142°N 0.1346°W
Warren Street	Camden	Anne Warren	Wife of Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton, the land owner responsible for the development of the area[39] - see Fitzroy Square	51°31′26″N 0°08′27″W / 51.5238°N 0.1409°W
Wat Tyler Road	Lewisham	Wat Tyler	Rebel who launched the Peasants' Revolt in 1381	51°28′15″N 0°00′24″W / 51.4707°N 0.0068°W
Wellington Road	Westminster	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington	The street was developed from about 1816, following Wellington's victory at the Battle of Waterloo[21]	51°31′56″N 0°10′18″W / 51.5322°N 0.1717°W
White Kennett Street	City of London	White Kennett	Bishop of Peterborough (1707), and previously rector of the nearly St Botolph's Aldgate	51°30′55″N 0°04′38″W / 51.5154°N 0.0773°W
Whitfield Street	Camden	George Whitefield	Builder of Whitefield's Tabernacle, in the vicinity, in 1756[39]	51°31′16″N 0°08′10″W / 51.5212°N 0.1361°W
Whitgift Street	Croydon	John Whitgift	Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604) who lived at Croydon Palace, and is buried in Croydon Minster. Whitgift School in Croydon is also named after him	51°22′15″N 0°06′04″W / 51.3707°N 0.1012°W
Whittaker Avenue	Richmond upon Thames	John Whittaker Ellis	First Mayor of Richmond, who bought a building adjacent to the road which became the town hall	51°27′32″N 0°18′23″W / 51.4590°N 0.3065°W
Wilberforce Road	Hackney	William Wilberforce	British politician, a philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade	51°33′48″N 0°05′54″W / 51.5633°N 0.0983°W
William Barefoot Drive	Greenwich	William Barefoot	A prominent local politician, who was Mayor of Woolwich three times	51°25′55″N 0°03′31″E / 51.432°N 0.0585°E
William IV Street	Westminster	King William IV		51°30′34″N 0°07′31″W / 51.5095°N 0.1252°W
William Morris Close	Waltham Forest	William Morris	Artist who spent his childhood at the nearby Water House, which is now the William Morris Gallery	51°35′26″N 0°01′42″W / 51.59055°N 0.02825°W
Wilton Crescent	Kensington and Chelsea	Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton	Second son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster; the road forms part of the Grovesnor estate. Also Wilton Row, Wilton Place, nearby	51°30′03″N 0°09′20″W / 51.50086°N 0.15543°W
Wren Road	Southwark	Sir Christopher Wren	The road was built on the grounds of a former house said to have been occupied by Wren[82]	51°28′24″N 0°05′30″W / 51.4734°N 0.0918°W

Squares

Square	Borough(s)	Named after	Comments	Coordinates
Bedford Square	Camden	Dukes of Bedford	All named after the Dukes of Bedford on whose land they were built[83] Much of the area is still owned by the Bedford Estate. Other examples include Bedford Row, Bedford Avenue, Bedford Street, and Bedford Place.	51°31′07″N 0°07′51″W / 51.5187°N 0.1309°W
Berkeley Square	Westminster	Berkeley family	The family's Berkeley House had stood nearby until 1733	51°30′35″N 0°08′45″W / 51.50964°N 0.14578°W
Cavendish Square	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. Henrietta was Edward's wife[59]	51°30′59″N 0°08′42″W / 51.5165°N 0.1450°W
Connaught Square	Westminster	Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh	Also known as the Earl of Connaught	51°30′52″N 0°09′50″W / 51.51437°N 0.16384°W
Fitzroy Square	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.[39] His descendant Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton developed the area during the late 18th and early 19th century.	51°31′25″N 0°08′25″W / 51.5235°N 0.1404°W
General Gordon Square	Greenwich	Charles George Gordon	General born in Woolwich, who trained at the nearby Royal Military Academy. The road was originally called General Gordon Place until 2011, when it was redeveloped and renamed.[84]	51°29′24″N 0°04′04″E / 51.4901°N 0.0677°E
Gordon Square	Camden	Lady Georgiana Gordon	Second wife of the 6th Duke of Bedford. Also Gordon Street.	51°31′27″N 0°07′51″W / 51.5243°N 0.1309°W
Grosvenor Square	Westminster	The Grosvenor Family - Dukes of Westminster[85]	Owners of the land on which the Square is built. Also Grosvenor Hill, Grosvenor Street.	51°30′41″N 0°09′05″W / 51.5115°N 0.1514°W
Leicester Square	Westminster	Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester	Owner of the land on which the square is built, from 1630; ordered by the Privy Council to allow public access to the square.	51°30′37″N 0°07′49″W / 51.5103°N 0.1303°W
Myddelton Square	Islington	Sir Hugh Myddelton	Founder of the New River Company, who developed the square	51°31′48″N 0°06′30″W / 51.5301°N 0.1082°W
Percy Circus	Islington	Robert Percy Smith	A director of the New River Company, who developed the area, including the circus. Also Great Percy Street[86]	51°31′45″N 0°06′51″W / 51.52925°N 0.11418°W
Portman Square	Westminster	Henry William Portman	Built between 1674 and 1684 on land belonging to Portman	51°30′57″N 0°09′21″W / 51.51575°N 0.15581°W
Russell Square	Camden	Dukes of Bedford	Family name of the Dukes of Bedford who owned the land[83]	51°31′18″N 0°07′34″W / 51.5217°N 0.1261°W
Sloane Square	Kensington and Chelsea	Hans Sloane	His heirs owned the land on which the square and nearby Sloane Street are built.[87]	51°29′33″N 0°09′26″W / 51.4925°N 0.1572°W
Smith Square	Westminster	Sir James Smith/the Smith Family	Owners of the land on which the square was built, c. 1726	51°29′45″N 0°07′37″W / 51.4959°N 0.1270°W
Tavistock Square	Camden	Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock	Family name of the Dukes of Bedford who owned the land[83]	51°31′30″N 0°07′45″W / 51.5250°N 0.1291°W
Thurloe Square	Kensington and Chelsea	John Thurloe	Owned the land on which the square was later built, and was said to have been given it by Oliver Cromwell for services during the Commonwealth. Also Thurloe Close, Place and Street[88]	51°29′41″N 0°10′19″W / 51.4947°N 0.1719°W
Vincent Square	Westminster	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	51°29′36″N 0°08′06″W / 51.4932°N 0.1351°W

See also

• List of eponymous streets in Metro Manila
• List of eponymous streets in New York City

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