title: Street names of Waterloo
text: # Street names of Waterloo
  
  This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Waterloo. The area has no formally defined boundaries – those utilised here are the river Thames to the north and west, Blackfriars Road to the east, and Westminster Bridge Road to the south.
  
  * Addington Street
  * Alaska Street
  * Aquinas Street
  * Barge House Street and Old Barge House Alley – as this was the former location of the royal barges during Tudor times and after
  * Baron's Place – after the Baron family, local landowners in the 18th century
  * Baylis Road – after Lilian Baylis, manager of the Old Vic in the early 20th century
  * Belvedere Road – after Belvedere House and gardens, opened in 1718 on the site of what is now the Royal Festival Hall
  * Blackfriars Road – named after Blackfriars Bridge in 1769/70; it was formerly Great Surrey Street, reflecting the traditional county it is in
  * Boundary Row
  * Brad Street
  * Broadwall – after a former earthen dyke located here, marking the western boundary of the parish of Paris Gardens/Christchurch
  * Burdett Street
  * Burrows Mews – after the nearby Burrows Buildings, built 1770
  * Chaplin Close
  * Charlie Chaplin Walk – after Charlie Chaplin, famous 20th century comedian and actor, who was born in South London
  * Chicheley Street – after Henry Chichele, 15th century archbishop, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace
  * Coin Street – unknown, thought possibly after a former mint located here in the time of Henry VIII; it was formerly Prince's Street until 1893, after the Prince Regent (later George IV)
  * Colombo Street – after Alexander Colombo, 19th century bailiff of the local manor of Paris Gardens
  * Concert Hall Approach – as it leads to the Royal Festival Hall, built 1951
  * Cons Street – after Emma Cons, manager of the Old Vic in the 1880s
  * Cooper Close
  * Coral Street
  * Cornwall Road – as it formed part of the manor of Kennington, which belonged to the Duchy of Cornwall; it was Green Lane prior to 1815
  * Cottesloe Mews
  * Cranfield Row
  * The Cut – as when built it cut through what was then open country/marsh
  * Dibdin Row
  * Dodson Street
  * Doon Street
  * Duchy Place and Duchy Street – as it formed part of the manor of Kennington, which belonged to the Duchy of Cornwall
  * Emery Street – after the nearby Wellington Mills, which manufactured emery paper in the 19th century; prior to 1893 it was Short Street
  * Exton Street
  * Forum Magna Square
  * Frazier Street
  * Gabriel's Wharf
  * Gerridge Street
  * Granby Place
  * Gray Street
  * Greenham Close
  * Greet Street
  * Grindal Street – for Edmund Grindal, 16th century archbishop, by association with the nearby Lambeth Palace
  * Hatfields – as fur hats were formerly made here
  * Holmes Terrace
  * Isabella Street
  * Joan Street
  * Johanna Street – possibly after local resident and subscriber to the Old Vic Johanna Serres
  * Jurston Court
  * Launcelot Street – after Launcelot Holland, local developer in the 1820s
  * Leake Court and Leake Street – after John Leake, founder of a local hospital in 1767
  * Lower Marsh – as this land was formerly a marsh prior to the 19th century
  * Lower Road
  * Marigold Alley – after a former 18th century inn here called the Marygold, possibly named for the flower, symbol of Mary I
  * Mepham Street – after a 14th-century Archbishop of Canterbury Simon Mepeham
  * Meymott Street – after the Meymott family, several of whom were stewards of Paris Gardens manor in the 19th century
  * Miller Walk
  * Mitre Road
  * Morley Street – after Samuel Morley, benefactor of the Old Vic in the 1880s
  * Murphy Street
  * Paris Garden – the name of the former manor here; it may derive from ‘parish’ or the Old French ‘pareil’ (enclosure), or possibly after 15th century local family the de Parys
  * Pear Place
  * Pearman Street
  * Pontypool Place
  * The Queen's Walk – named in 1977 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
  * Rennie Street – after John Rennie the Elder, prominent 18th century engineer, who designed Waterloo Bridge and Southwark Bridge
  * Roupell Street – after local 19th century property owner John Roupell
  * St George's Circus – as this area was formerly called St George's Fields, after St George the Martyr, Southwark church; the circus opened in 1770
  * Sandell Street – after one Mr Sandell, who owned warehouses here in the 1860s
  * Secker Street – after Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury 1758–68, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace
  * Short Street – after local early 19th century carpenter Samuel Short
  * South Bank – descriptive, as it is the south bank of the Thames
  * Spur Road
  * Stamford Street – after Stamford, Lincolnshire, hometown of John Marshall, local benefactor and churchman
  * Station Approach Road – as it leads to Waterloo station
  * Sutton Walk
  * Tanswell Street
  * Tenison Way – after Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury 1695–1715, by connection with the nearby Lambeth Palace
  * Theed Street
  * Tress Place
  * Ufford Street
  * Upper Ground – as this was formerly a raise earth ditch between the river and Surrey marshland; formerly Upper Ground Street
  * Valentine Place
  * Waterloo Bridge and Waterloo Road – the road was built in 1817 shortly after the British victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo
  * Webber Street
  * Westminster Bridge Road – as it leads to Westminster Bridge
  * West Road
  * Whittlesey Street
  * Windmill Walk – after the windmills formerly located here when it was countryside; formerly Windmill Street
  * Wootton Street
  * York Road
  