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