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The name Shepherd's Bush is thought to have originated from the use of the common land here as a resting point for shepherds on their way to Smithfield Market in the City of London. [citation needed] . An alternative theory is that it could have been named after someone in the area, because in 1635 the area was recorded as "Sheppard's Bush Green".
Shepherd's Bush, from an 1841 London map by Davies. The origins of the name Shepherds Bush are obscure. The name may have originated from the use of the common land here as a resting point for shepherds on their way to Smithfield Market in the City of London.
Shepherd's Bush History. Located on the Devil's Highway, an old Roman road from London to Silchester, "Sheppard's Bush Green" was first recorded as a place name in 1635. The Devil's Highway ran along what is now the south side of Shepherd's Bush Green and most of Goldhawk Road, continuing in a straight line to what is now Brentford.
Jun 24, 2013 · One theory suggests that the area – centred on Shepherd’s Bush Green and largely rural up until at least the middle of the 19th century – was named for the shepherds that once tended their flocks there (perhaps even building a special shelter in a hawthorn bush somewhere on the green, hence the ‘bush’).
Shepherd’s Bush probably derives its name from some prominent shrub on the triangular green where shepherds used to rest their flocks on their way to market in London. However, this can’t be confirmed and there may instead have been a connection with a person named Shepherd.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Shepherd's Bush is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham centred on Shepherd's Bush Green. Originally a pasture for shepherds on their way to Smithfield market, it was largely developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Until the mid-19th century, London was almost unbelievably rural, with names belonging to a countryside we could never recognise or imagine today. Who in the twenty-first century, thinks of a real flesh-and-blood shepherd lolling back on a specially-trimmed hawthorn bush, when travelling through Shepherd’s Bush underground station?
