"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
rth.li...

A similar principle applies to roads being called 'Road' at all. It's
Holloway Road because it goes to Holloway, but Liverpool Street because it
doesn't go to Liverpool!


Liverpool Street which was laid out in the 1820's on the route
of the winding Bedlam Lane was named for Lord Liverpool the long
serving Prime Minister of the time. As had been Liverpool Road a decade
earlier. ISTR there are simlarly named Liverpool Streets in other towns
and cities in the UK.


michael adams

....

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.

Looking at a map reminds me of the interesting case where Hornsey Road,
having come down from Hornsey to meet Holloway Road, crosses over it and
becomes Hornsey Street. You indeed cannot get to Hornsey on Hornsey
Street, only to the tip.

tom

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