Kentgate, Crayborough and Royal Charlton - What the London Boroughs might have been called

Henry Irving

The London Boroughs are we know them are 60 years old but some of the name might have been different.

The old boroughs of Woolwich and Greenwich were merged and to avoid upsetting either a compromise "Royal Charlton" was suggested according to the Londonist website (well worth a follow if you like the greatest city in the world).

SporadicAddick

Henry Irving said:

The London Boroughs are we know them are 60 years old but some of the name might have been different.

The old boroughs of Woolwich and Greenwich were merged and to avoid upsetting either a compromise "Royal Charlton" was suggested according to the Londonist website (well worth a follow if you like the greatest city in the world).

Apparently Reykjavik is better.

Leroy Ambrose

Bit woke

iaitch

Is Croydon a borough or a thiefdom?

killerandflash

Henry Irving said:

The London Boroughs are we know them are 60 years old but some of the name might have been different.

The old boroughs of Woolwich and Greenwich were merged and to avoid upsetting either a compromise "Royal Charlton" was suggested according to the Londonist website (well worth a follow if you like the greatest city in the world).

Indeed a lot of borough names were compromises, to appease the former boroughs. Brent (Wibley) was a bland name used rather than the far more well known Wembley.

stonemuse

Fascinating 

DaveMehmet

iaitch said:

Is Croydon a borough or a thiefdom?

Neither, it’s a shithole