Greenwich Horti Street Names (A-B)

Greenwich borough map - our 'manor'!

Etymology time! Er, what? Basically the meaning of words....Undertaking a bit of research atm regarding Greenwich borough street names and possible associations with a horticultural or nature based past. Using ChatGPT as a screening tool for street lists and maps. But its not just street names; the Greenwich wards also point to a few past links to the native landscape too, Greenwich = green or grassy settlement ! Plumstead = a place where plum trees grow !!! Here's a selection from letters A-B....

Aisher Road (SE28) - road named after Aisher, meaning ‘dweller by the ash trees'

Andwell Close (SE2) - road named after Andwell (‘spring of Anda’)

Appleton Road (SE9) - street named after Appleton (‘farmstead with apple trees’)

Arnott Close (SE28) - cul-de-sac named after Arnott (‘eagle’s wood’ or ‘eagle power’)

Avocet Mews (SE28) - quaint residential street named after the avocet bird !!!

Badgers Croft (SE9) - small enclosed area or street named after badgers (‘the burrowing animal’)

Barlow Drive (SE18) - road named after Barlow (‘barley hill’ or ‘bare hill’) — an Old English name meaning a place where barley grew.

Bayfield Road (SE9) - road named after Bayfield — Old English ‘bay’ (bend or bay tree) + ‘field’ (open land/meadow)

Birkdale Road (SE2) - the road named after Birch Valley

Bramhope Lane (SE7) - Lane leading to or through the broom-covered valley

Bromholm Road (SE2) - a place or land once associated with broom shrubs and possibly near marshy or low-lying land

Blackheath - dark or bleak (possibly referring to soil colour, burnt land, or open exposed ground), open uncultivated land covered with low shrubs or grass.