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Answers as follows...
9) Lamorbey
3) Lampton
6) Leaves Green
10) Lessness Heath
12) Little Heath
1) Little Stanmore
5) Little Woodcote
7) Locksbottom
2) Longford
8) Longlands
4) Lower Morden
11) Loxford
Annotated map HERE.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.06.26 - 12:00 a.m. | #
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That is a very nice post. I wonder if there's an A-Z of where you haven't visited. Keep up the good work.
Leclerc | 14.06.26 - 7:44 a.m. | #
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12)The Hawbush at Little Heath was my local when I was a teenager and in my 20s as Goodmayes was built with no new pubs due to the Temperance movement. Sad to see it now.
Andy V | 14.06.26 - 7:47 a.m. | #
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I had only heard of Little Heath because it was proposed by the London Passenger Transport Board (London Transport) as a planned terminus in relation to a proposed extension of the Central line in the 1935-40 period. I was confused for a long time until I realised that other sources, misleadingly, referred to the same proposed extension as an extension to Goodmayes. I believe the exact planned location of the terminus is where the north-south road meets Eastern Avenue and was probably chosen to interchange with trams.
The extension never happened and instead the LNER branch was taken over to Ongar and new tunnels built under Eastern Avenue. But, as a what might have been, if the extension had happened, Little Heath probably would have been as famous as Cockfosters.
Curiously, Google Maps shows St Chad's Well located in or near Little Heath and nowhere near Chadwell Heath station.
Pedantic of Purley | 14.06.26 - 8:36 a.m. | #
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When did it become Locksbottom, my 1978 Red Book of bus timetables lists it as Locks Bottom in the index of places served and its still Locks Bottom in my July 1992 bus map.
Still Anon | 14.06.26 - 9:06 a.m. | #
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"my F and K" - I didn't expect that kind of language on this site. đ
Bob Walker | 14.06.26 - 10:14 a.m. | #
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It would be fun if an ice cream van arrived to take you to hospital rather than an ambulance.
Mikey C | 14.06.26 - 10:22 a.m. | #
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Oh, the rows Upper Belvedere residents have about the names! No one local really uses âLessness Heathâ as an area name, and there isnât even a heath by that name. It only seems to exist in the school name and a few road names. I suspect the council picked it off a map when the school opened in the 1950s without asking anyone local!
Itâs Upper Belvedere and Belvedere Village, or Upper Belvedere and Nuxley Village, depending on which side of the argument youâre on.
Kathryn | 14.06.26 - 10:25 a.m. | #
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Who knew there were so many interesting places beginning with L in London! Really enjoying this series.
I'm sure Chapter One restaurant in Locksbottom will be delighted that you've elevated them to Michelin star status. They are in the Michelin guide but don't have a star as far as I know.
dg writes: tweaked thanks.
JP | 14.06.26 - 10:34 a.m. | #
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In response to Still Anon, I always thought of it as Locks Bottom and have always, in my mind, pronounced this as two words. As far as Royal Mail is concerned it is just Orpington but the Post Office lists their branch as Locks Bottom.
Logically it should be Lock's Bottom referring to John Lock's valley (not part of his anatomy).
The Farnborough village history site vaguely states that "Over the years the name gained acceptance as a single word" but most 'bottoms' seem to retain their distinctive separate words.
Pedantic of Purley | 14.06.26 - 10:59 a.m. | #
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The Ordnance Survey were writing Locksbottom as one word in 1896.
(Bartholomew in 1942, still two words)
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.06.26 - 5:23 p.m. | #
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Some place names encourage verbal intimacy, it then gets written down as one word by an outsider and then incorporated into the official record. Here it looks like some parts of officialdom held the line until quite late, the R3 was serving Locks Bottom in December 2003 but Locksbottom in September 2004 - this was when the extension to Princess Royal University Hospital took place.
Still Anon | 14.06.26 - 6:16 p.m. | #
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Coincidentally, the SL2 Superloop bus was diverted through Loxford today - a voyage of discovery for me.
felix | 14.06.26 - 7:02 p.m. | #
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