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A cura di Cinzia Di Gennaro
Pubblicato il 22/10/2005
L'origine dei nomi dei distretti e boroughs di Londra(quarta parte)
| S | |||
| St John's Wood | D | granted to the Knights of St John | 1294 |
| St Pancras | D | named after a saint | 1086 |
| Selsdon | D | Sele's hill | c880 |
| Shepherds Bush | D | Shepherd's bushes | 1635 |
| Shoreditch | D | ditch by a steep bank | 1148 |
| Sidcup | D | flat topped hill | 1254 |
| Sipson | D | Sibwine's farm | 1150 |
| Snaresbrook | D | Snare's (?) small river | 1599 |
| Soho | D | a hunting cry | 1632 |
| Southall | D | southern nook of land | 1198 |
| Southgate | D | southern gate | 1370 |
| Southwark | B | southern defensive work | 1086 |
| Stamford Hill | D | hill by a sandy ford | 1294 |
| Stanmore | D | stony pool | 1086 |
| Stepney | D | Stybba's landing place | c1000 |
| Stockwell | D | spring by a tree stump | 1197 |
| Stoke Newington | D | new farm by the tree stumps | 1086 |
| Stratford | D | ford on a Roman road | 1177 |
| Streatham | D | homestead on a Roman road | 1086 |
| Surbiton | D | southern grange | 1179 |
| Sutton | B | southern farm | 1086 |
| Sydenham | D | Cippa's homestead | 1206 |
| T | |||
| Teddington | D | tide end town | 969 |
| Thames | River | dark river (Celtic) | 51 BC |
| Thamesmead | D | reclaimed marshland by the Thames | c1960 |
| Thornton Heath | D | heath by a farm with thorn trees | 1511 |
| Tolworth | D | Tala's enclosure | 1086 |
| Tooting | D | Tota's people | 675 |
| Tottenham | D | Totta's homestead | 1086 |
| Totteridge | D | Tata's ridge | 1150 |
| Tower Hamlets | B | hamlets of the Tower of London | c1700 |
| Tufnell Park | D | named after William Tufnell | 1753 |
| Tulse Hill | D | named after the Tulse family | c1650 |
| Twickenham | D | Twicca's land in a river bend | 704 |
| U | |||
| Upminster | D | higher minster (church) | 1086 |
| Uxbridge | D | bridge of the Wixan people | 1145 |
| V | |||
| Vauxhall | D | Falkes' hall | 1279 |
| W | |||
| Waddon | D | hill where woad grows | 1115 |
| Walthamstow | D | place where guests are welcome | 1075 |
| Wallington | D | village of the Britons | 1086 |
| Walworth | D | enclosure of the Britons | 1001 |
| Wandsworth | D | Waendel's enclosure | 1086 |
| Wanstead | D | place by a mound | 1055 |
| Wapping | D | Waeppa's people | 1220 |
| Wealdstone | D | place by the stone of Harrow Weald | 1822 |
| Welling | D | named after Willing family | 1362 |
| Wembley | D | Wemba's clearing | 825 |
| West Ham | D | western riverside land | 1086 |
| Westminster | B | western monastery | 975 |
| Whetstone | D | place of wet stones (for sharpening) | 1417 |
| White City | D | named after colour of nearby stadium | 1908 |
| Whitechapel | D | white chapel | 1340 |
| Willesden | D | place by a hill with a spring | 939 |
| Wimbledon | D | Wynnmann's hill | 950 |
| Winchmore Hill | D | Wynsige's boundary hill | 1319 |
| Wood Green | D | green place near a wood | 1502 |
| Woodford | D | ford by a wood | 1086 |
| Woolwich | D | place where wool was loaded | 918 |
| Wormwood Scrubs | D | scrubland by a wood with snakes | 1200 |
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| Y | |||
| Yeading | D | Geddi's settlement | 716 |
| Yiewsley | D | Wifel's clearing | 1235 |
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