This is a list of the toponymy of street names in the
London district of
Vauxhall. The area has no formally defined boundaries – those utilised here are Black Prince Road to the north, Kennington Road to the north-east, Kennington Park Road/Clapham Road to the south-east, Miles Street/Fentiman Road to the south, and Wandsworth Road/Nine Elms Lane/river Thames to the west.
Ashmole Street – after
Elias Ashmole, noted 17th century antiquarian, who lived near here[3]
Auckland Street
Aveline Street
Bedser Close – presumably for
Alec Bedser, widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century, by association with the nearby
Oval Cricket Ground
Jonathan Street – for Jonathan Tyers and his son, managers of the nearby
Vauxhall Gardens for much of the 18th century[12]
Kennington Gardens, Kennington Oval,
Kennington Park Road,
Kennington Road – after the
Old English Chenintune (‘settlement of Chenna’a people’);[13][14] another explanation is that it means "place of the King", or "town of the King".[15]
Lambeth Road and South Lambeth Place – refers to a harbour where lambs were either shipped from or to. It is formed from the
Old English 'lamb' and 'hythe'.[16][17][18]
Tyers Street and Tyers Terrace – for Jonathan Tyers and his son, managers of the nearby
Vauxhall Gardens for much of the 18th century[27]
Vauxhall Bridge (and Bridgefoot), Vauxhall Grove, Vauxhall Street and Vauxhall Walk – from the name of
Falkes de Breauté, the head of King
John's mercenaries, who owned a large house in the area, which was referred to as Faulke's Hall, later Foxhall, and eventually Vauxhall; the Bridge opened in 1816[28][29][30]
Wandsworth Road – as it led to the south-west London
area of this name[31]