On 2010\09\24 08:48, Bruce wrote:
Basil wrote:

On 2010\09\24 01:05, Mizter T wrote:
Although of course there is a Liverpool Road running up from Angel which
also does not go to Liverpool, so this is not an iron rule.

It does go towards Liverpool. I believe that the original Great North
Road ran down Friern Barnet Lane, Colney Hatch Lane, Crouch End Broadway
and Hornsey Road... Liverpool Road seems to be a continuation of this
line, so will have been the road from London to Liverpool at one point.


Typical Londoner! No geographical knowledge outside the M25. ;-)

The Great North Road went to Peterborough, York and Newcastle, not to
Liverpool. The "road to Liverpool" was what is now the A41.

For much of its length, it followed the Roman road Akeman Street, and
went via Baker Street, through Swiss Cottage, Brent Cross, Hendon,
Mill Hill, Watford, Aylesbury, Bicester, Banbury, Warwick, Solihull,
Wolverhampton, and Whitchurch (Shropshire).

I'm not sure if you're joking. What era are you talking about? Much of
the route you describe is newish roads - Finchley Road is obviously a
new road because it has lots of crossroads, some at oblique angles - old
roads such as Kilburn High Road have T-junctions at right angles. The
route you're describing also runs from the fields of Belgravia rather
than from the City of London.