- Aldersgate - The route northward out of the city close to the Barbican Tower, lined with Alder trees.
- Barnsbury - De Berners' manor built on raised ground.
- Camden - Named after Charles Pratt Camden.
- Clerkenwell - Well where students of the cloth drank while studying and performing biblical plays.
- Dalston - Deorlaf's enclosed land.
- Canonbury - Manor of the canons.
- Chingford - Shingle ford.
- Cockfosters - Estate of the chief forester. It is sad when your most prominent feature is being at the northern end of the underground railway.
- Debden - Deep valley.
- Edmonton - Eadhelm's farm.
- Epping - lookout place.
- Finsbury - Finn's manor.
- Haringey - enclosure in the grey wood.
- Highbury - high fort.
- Highgate - high (toll) gate.
- Homerton - Hunburh's farm.
- Hornsey - enclosure in the grey wood.
- Hoxton - Hoc's farm.
- Islington - Gisla's hill.
- Kentish Town - estate held by man from Kent.
- Marylebone - St Mary's stream.
- St Pancras - named after a saint.
- Shoreditch - ditch by a steep bank.
- Stamford Hill - hill by a sandy ford.
- Stoke Newington - new farm by the tree stumps.
- Tottenham - Totta's homestead.
- Tufnell Park - named after William Tufnell.
- Walthamstow - meeting place in woodland.
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