"Dave" wrote in message
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Gunjani writes
My daughter's actually doing a small school holiday project on the
Docklands Light Railway Station Names... History & Origins etc; Ironic
no-one at DLR could assist.

Because there's no-one still working for DLR who was involved with the
original choice of names? It's gone though many changes of management
since it was first mooted.

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I think that I can work out Mud Chute.

Gunjani wrote:

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Much appreciated, I didn't know Poplar was named after Trees!

IIRC rows of poplar trees were planted here to act as wind-breaks.

My daughter's actually doing a small school holiday project on the
Docklands Light Railway Station Names... History & Origins etc;
Ironic no-one at DLR could assist. Thoughht about trying the Local
Council Boroughs but I concluded I might just as get as little
response as DLR.
I (she) would appreciate as much assistance as possible. She is
trying
to research a bit of Tidbits/history behind the namong of the area
hence station name.

Actually Tower Hamlets council has a local history unit and would put
you in touch if you called their main switchboard on 020 7364 5000.
The Town Hall is located at Mulberry Place, Poplar, which gets it's
name from the floating harbours (called 'Mulberries') which were
built at that spot for use in the Normandy landings in WW2.

Just an additional point of interest... Canning Town is named after
George Canning, He was a Prime Minister Of Britain in 1827 at one
time
as well as a Foriegn Minister and was noted for a Duel in which he
was
wounded in the thigh by Lord Castlereigh, Sept 1809.
And did you know Limehouse was to be called East Stepney, and East
India was originally named Brunswick ( it cost Tower Hamlets, where
the Council is now located £60,000 in admin costs to rename that
station in 1991).
I guess Devons Road was named after the road it's on?

Correct.

As for Stratford and Crossharbour there not as obvious, as well as
Beckton, Bow Church, Heron QuayS, Greenwich, Lewisham, Blackwall,
East
India, Prince Regent, Custom House, Shadwell...

Stratford I guess comes from a ford (shallow horse and/or waggon
crossing) either across the river Lee or one of its tributaries.

Crossharbour is a point at which a glass-sided foot-bridge once
crossed Millwall Dock (to the end of my road - I remember it and the
pontoon bridge [constructed from old barges] which replaced it until
new development spread across it linked by a short Dutch-style
bridge.

Bow Church is from the church near Bow flyover on the A11 which sits
in the middle of the road between 2 one-way sections. It was called
that so as not to be confused with nearby Bow Road LUL District Line
station.

Not sure about the origin of Heron Quays - nesting herons perhaps :-)
It was the next wharf to the north of Canary Wharf and friends of
mine used to have a boat moored there 20 years ago until the
developers evicted them :-(

Lewisham - the hamlet of Lewis (your guess is as good as mine).

Blackwall - possibly from the high 'security' walls around the East
India Dock or may be much older than that.

Prince Regent from Prince Regent Lane leading to the Royal Albert
Dock.

Custom House is the old HQ of HM Customs and Excise for the Royal
Docks. The building is still there.

Shadwell would have been the site of a drinking water well possibly
owned or dug by a Mr Shad.

There's an interesting map of South Poplar and the Isle of Dogs
dating from 1885 )click on the map for a larger version) at:
http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/bc-poplar-s-th.htm


And Beckton Park ( not the station) where is it?

North of the Docklands Spine Road and the DLR between Custom House
and Beckton Park stations.

Any more help?

Tell your daughter she should do *some* research on her own ;-)

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Redonda wrote:
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There's an interesting map of South Poplar and the Isle of Dogs
dating from 1885 )click on the map for a larger version) at:
http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/bc-poplar-s-th.htm


Here's another useful site I've just found:
http://www.bardaglea.org.uk/bridges/...ands-menu.html

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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 18:43:07 +0000 (UTC), Gunjani
wrote:

In article ,
says...
Gunjani wrote:
Does anyone know the origins of Docklands Light Railway Station
Names?

Most of them are obvious

snip



Phil ,,,^.".^,,,




Much appreciated, I didn't know Poplar was named after Trees!

My daughter's actually doing a small school holiday project on the
Docklands Light Railway Station Names... History & Origins etc;
Ironic no-one at DLR could assist. Thoughht about trying the Local
Council Boroughs but I concluded I might just as get as little response
as DLR.
I (she) would appreciate as much assistance as possible. She is trying
to research a bit of Tidbits/history behind the namong of the area hence
station name.

Just an additional point of interest... Canning Town is named after
George Canning, He was a Prime Minister Of Britain in 1827 at one time
as well as a Foriegn Minister and was noted for a Duel in which he was
wounded in the thigh by Lord Castlereigh, Sept 1809.
And did you know Limehouse was to be called East Stepney


Limehouse WAS called Stepney East, when it was just a mainline
station. I used to live in Southend-on Sea in the mid-80s, and
commuted in to work on Westferry Road. That meant getting off at
Stepney East - it caused a lot of 'here come the yuppies' jokes when
it got renamed to Limehouse just before the DLR opened (if I remember
correctly).


, and East India
was originally named Brunswick ( it cost Tower Hamlets, where the
Council is now located £60,000 in admin costs to rename that station in
1991).
I guess Devons Road was named after the road it's on?

As for Stratford and Crossharbour there not as obvious, as well as
Beckton, Bow Church, Heron QuayS, Greenwich, Lewisham, Blackwall, East
India, Prince Regent, Custom House, Shadwell...


There you start to get into a lot of London history! Stratford was
mentioned in Chaucer, for example...

And Beckton Park ( not the station) where is it?

Any more help?

R

In article ,
says...
Gunjani wrote:

snip
Much appreciated, I didn't know Poplar was named after Trees!

IIRC rows of poplar trees were planted here to act as wind-breaks.

snip

Whats IIRC?

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Many Thanks

Gunjani
A waist is a terrible thing to mind

Gunjani wrote:
In article ,
says...
Gunjani wrote:

snip
Much appreciated, I didn't know Poplar was named after
Trees!

IIRC rows of poplar trees were planted here to act as
wind-breaks.

snip

Whats IIRC?

If I Remember Correctly

"Gunjani" wrote in message
m...
In article ,
says...
Gunjani wrote:

snip
Much appreciated, I didn't know Poplar was named after Trees!

IIRC rows of poplar trees were planted here to act as wind-breaks.

snip

Whats IIRC?

IIRC it means "If I Remember Correctly"

In article ,
says...
Redonda wrote:
snip

There's an interesting map of South Poplar and the Isle of Dogs
dating from 1885 )click on the map for a larger version) at:
http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/bc-poplar-s-th.htm


Here's another useful site I've just found:
http://www.bardaglea.org.uk/bridges/...ands-menu.html

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Once again many thanks, Phil
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Gunjani
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simple."
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In article , (Redonda) wrote:

Bow Church is from the church near Bow flyover on the A11

Presumably the one which features in "Oranges and Lemons":

"'I do not know', said the great bell of Bow."

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Peter Beale

"Peter Beale" wrote in message
o.uk...
In article ,
(Redonda) wrote:

Bow Church is from the church near Bow flyover on the A11

Presumably the one which features in "Oranges and Lemons":

"'I do not know', said the great bell of Bow."

No, that's St. Mary-le-Bow in the City and is the reference point for
someone being able to call themsleves a "Cockney", i.e. you're only a
Cockney if born within the sound of Bow bells. Thus not all Londoners are
Cockneys.