The "odd" location names in London are a fun plot point in Garman's "neverwhere" novel, tho he focuses on tube stops (black friars, shepherd's bush, kings cross etc).

I like those but IME most people have no clue what old names mean, they are just sounds associated with a place most of the time.

Niel Gaiman's Neverwhere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwhere_(novel)