Street names of Lisson Grove

• Aberdeen Place – this land was formerly owned by Harrow School; this street was named for the Earl of Aberdeen, a governor of the school in the 1820s
• Alpha Close – after the Greek letter, as this was at one point the first street to be developed in this area
• Ashbridge Street – after Arthur Ashbridge, District Surveyor for Marylebone 1884–1918; formerly Exeter Street
• Ashmill Street – this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Ash Mill in Devon where they owned land; it was formerly Devonshire Street, but was later changed to avoid confusion with similarly named streets
• Baker Street – after Edward Baker, friend and business partner of the Portman family
• Balcombe Street – possibly a corruption of Batcombe, Dorset, in line with other Dorset-related street names near here
• Bedlow Close
• Bell Street – formerly Bell Lane, it runs through the former Bell Field, possibly named for a former inn of this name on Edgware Road
• Bendall Mews – after Sir Talbot Hastings Bendall Baker, brother of Edward Baker, friend and business partner of the Portman family
• Bernhardt Crescent
• Blandford Square – after Blandford Forum, Dorset, where the local Portman family had a seat
• Boldero Place – as this area was formerly home to the warehouses of the firm Spencer, Turner & Boldero
• Boscobel Street – after a former inn here called The Royal Oak, by association with Charles II who hid from Parliamentary forces in the Royal Oak at Boscobel House
• Boston Place – the land here was formerly called Boston Field
• Broadley Street and Broadley Terrace – this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Broadley Wood, Dorset where they owned land; it was formerly Earl Street
• Burne Street – after one Mr Burne, who purchased land here in 1792
• Capland Street – this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Capland, Somerset where they owned land
• Casey Close
• Chagford Street – after the stannary town Chagford, Devon; this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate and Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman was Lord Warden of the Stannaries 1865–88
• Church Street – after the nearby St Mary on Paddington Green Church
• Clifton Court – possibly after Clifton, Bristol
• Corlett Street – probably after Hubert C Corlette, Victorian-era artist and local resident
• Cosway Street – after Richard Cosway, Regency-era painter
• Cunningham Place – this land was formerly owned by Harrow School; this street was named for Reverend John William Cunningham, a governor of the school in the 1810s
• Daventry Street – unknown
• Dorset Close and Dorset Square – this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Dorset where they owned land
• Edgware Road – as it leads to Edgware, Middlesex
• Fisherton Street – Broadley Street near here was formerly Earl Street, and the surrounding streets were given earldom-related names in the early 19th century; this was named after Fisherton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, by association with the Earls of Salisbury
• Frampton Street – after the sculptor and local resident George Frampton
• Gateforth Street – possibly for Gateforth in Yorkshire, though why this named was chosen in unknown
• George Peabody Court – after George Peabody, American philanthropist
• Glentworth Street – after Edmund Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick, 18th – 19th century politician and local resident
• Great Central Street – after the adjacent Marylebone railway station, originally the terminus of the Great Central Railway
• Grendon Street – this land was in Medieval times owned by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem; the street is named for Walter Grendon, Grand Prior 1400–16
• Grove Gardens
• Harewood Avenue and Harewood Row – this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Emma Portman, Viscountess Portman, daughter of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood, wife of Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman
• Harrow Street – this land was formerly owned by Harrow School
• Hatton Row and Hatton Street – thought to be after a local builder of this name
• Hayes Place – after the developer of this street Francis Hay, who lived in Hayes, Middlesex
• Henderson Drive
• Highworth Street
• Huntsworth Mews – this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Huntsworth, Somerset where they owned land
• Ivor Place – unknown; formerly Upper Park Place
• Jerome Crescent
• Lilestone Street – after the former manor of Lilestone which covered this area
• Linhope Street – unknown
• Lisson Grove and Lisson Street – corruption of Lilestone, the former manor which covered this area, probably after a personal name
• Lodge Road – as it leads to the Hanover Lodge in Regent’s Park
• Lorne Close – after the John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, husband of Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria
• Luton Street – unknown
• Lyons Place – this land was formerly owned by Harrow School; this street was named for the school’s founder John Lyon
• Maida Vale – took its name from a public house named after John Stuart, Count of Maida, which opened on the Edgware Road soon after the Battle of Maida in 1806
• Mallory Street – this land was in Medieval times owned by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem; the street is named Robert Mallory, Grand Prior 1433–40
• Melcombe Place and Melcombe Street – this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Melcombe, Somerset where they owned land
• Miles Place
• Mulready Street – after 18th – 19th century artist William Mulready
• North Bank – after a former crescent of villas of this name, demolished to build the adjacent railway lines in the 1890s
• Northwick Close and Northwick Terrace – this land was formerly owned by Harrow School; this street was named for John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick, a governor of the school in the 1800s
• Oak Tree Road – after former land nearby called Oak Tree Field
• Orchardson Street – after Victorian era artist and local resident William Quiller Orchardson
• Palgrave Gardens
• Park Road – after the adjacent Regent’s Park
• Paveley Street – this land was in Medieval times owned by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem; the street is named either for Richard de Paveley or John de Paveley
• Penfold Place and Penfold Street – after Reverend George Penfold, vicar of several local churches in the early 1800s
• Plympton Place and Plympton Street – unknown; formerly Little Grove Street
• Pollitt Drive
• Portman Gate – this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate
• Ranston Street – for the Baker family, assistants of local landowners the Portmans, who owned land in Ranston, Dorset
• Rossmore Close and Rossmore Road – this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; they owned a property called Rossmore
• St John’s Wood Road – this land was in Medieval times owned by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
• Salisbury Street – Broadley Street near here was formerly Earl Street, and the surrounding streets were given earldom-related names in the early 19th century; this was named for the Earls of Salisbury
• Samford Street – unknown
• Shroton Street – for the Baker family, assistants of local landowners the Portmans, who owned land in Shroton, Dorset
• Siddons Lane – after 19th century actress Sarah Siddons, who lived nearby at Clarence Gate
• Stalbridge Street – for the Baker family, assistants of local landowners the Portmans, who owned land in Stalbridge, Dorset
• Swain Street
• Taunton Mews and Taunton Place – this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Taunton, Somerset where they owned land
• Tresham Crescent – this land was in Medieval times owned by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem; the street is named for Thomas Tresham, Grand Prior 1557–59
• Venables Street – named for Revered Edward Veneable, vicar of the nearby Christ Church, Bell Street
• Victoria Passage
• Whitehaven Street – Broadley Street near here was formerly Earl Street, and the surrounding streets were given earldom-related names in the early 19th century; this was named for the Earls of Carlise and was originally Little Carlisle Street, later changed after Whitehaven, Cumberland