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Street names can be v deceptive! Take Opie Street Street names can be v deceptive!  Take Opie Street in Norwich.  We assumed it was so named as the street to visit to buy your opium. In fact it is named after a famous C19th poet and author, Amelia Opie, one of the leading anti-slavery activists of the period who wrote The Black Man's Lament; or, How to Make Sugar. 

Previously it was known as Gropekuntelane, its latin name turpis vicus, the shameful street
#history #ancestry #streetnames #norwichbusiness #goad  #oldstreetmap
The circulation of Goad's maps or Fire Insurance P The circulation of Goad's maps or Fire Insurance Plans was carefully controlled by the company.

They would be rented out to insurance companies, fire brigades and other interested parties. 
The plans provide a poignant, historical insight into the buildings of central London pre and post-war and the substantial rebuilding and redevelopment of development.

Today they still have a role, helping developers clean brownfield sites to make them habitable and estimating how long a planned development will take to complete.
#history #townplanning #oldstreetmaps #goad #insuranceplan #prewar #postwar #development
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