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Where did the tube station names come from?
I’M IN! The London Underground might only date back a couple of centuries but the areas that lent their names to the stations often go back way further. As you’d expect from a city like London, many of them are named after pubs but we’ve got stately homes, sports grounds and literal mud thrown in the mix as well.
Which underground stations are named after pubs?
…that five tube stations are named after pubs: Angel, Elephant & Castle, Manor House, Royal Oak and Swiss Cottage?
Which London station derives its name from a tree?
Nine Elms. Like Seven Sisters, Nine Elms undoubtedly gets its name from a group of trees. The name was first recorded around 1645.
How did mudchute get its name?
The name “Mudchute” derives from it being the former dumping ground for mud dredged from the Millwall Docks, which had to be regularly dredged to prevent silting up.
Why is it called the District line?
District. The District line derives its name from the Metropolitan District Railway, which formed in 1864. The line, which initially consisted of five stations running from South Kensington to Westminster, opened on December 24, 1868. For a short time, there were even District line trains to Windsor and Southend-on-Sea …
Where does the name Aldwych come from?
Aldwych (the street) was a new street name when it was laid out just after 1900. However, its name came from an ancient name for the general area, going back centuries, derived from ‘Ald’ (meaning ‘old’ and ‘Wych’ (also spelt ‘wic’ or ‘wich’ meaning village or farm).
Why is it called Canada Water?
Canada Water is an area of the Docklands in south-east London. It is named after a freshwater lake and wildlife refuge. The surrounding area, which forms the town centre of Rotherhithe, is now increasingly known as Canada Water, after the transport interchange as much as the lake itself.
Where did the names of the tube stations come from?
Plenty of pretty names are here; on the Central Line alone, Perivale becomes “Valley of the Pear Trees”, Holborn comes from “Stream in a Hollow”, and Fairlop derives its name from “Funfair Beneath a Pruned Tree”, which is exactly the kind of event Secret London would have jumped all over had we been around in the 1600s.
Where did the name baernet tube station come from?
The Saxon word baernet meant a ‘burning’ – in other words, a clearing in the forest made by burning the trees and undergrowth. What we’d always assumed: Rebranded by estate agents in the 1990s, hoping people would confuse it with significantly posher Kensington. But actually…
How did Rotherhithe tube station get its name?
The settlement was known as Aldwic – the ‘old village’. What we’d always assumed: Named after the many Canadians who once enjoyed drinking in London’s only ice hockey-themed bar, now an All Bar One. But actually… Canada Water is a lake and wildlife refuge in Rotherhithe.
How did Crab Tree Field tube station get its name?
What we’d always assumed: Named after legendary England batsman Graham Gooch, who was too polite to point out TfL’s spelling error. But actually… In the eighteenth century this land was called Crab Tree Field and Walnut Tree Field. It belonged to a carpenter called John Goodge.