Some wag has renamed a major road on Google maps.
https://goo.gl/maps/Pv1Rv6V4BAYsgPos7
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Re: Shoot-up Hill, London
No, that's always been its name....
https://londonist.com/2016/04/how-londo ... heir-namesShoot-Up Hill
Turn left out of Kilburn tube and you'll encounter this curious name, which covers the stretch of the Edgware road between the station and Cricklewood. It has nothing to do with drug abuse, nor gun crime, but is thought to be a reference to the way the old Roman road shoots suddenly upward just after the station. We're not 100% convinced by this, but other theories are hard to come by.
https://travel.allwomenstalk.com/12-fun ... eet-names/Shoot-up Hill is in Kilburn, north west London and Shooter’s Hill, south of the river in Greenwich. The latter reputedly gets its name from being a place of medieval archery practice. It’s likely therefore that the Kilburn street is the equivalent. Shoot-up Hill causes some jocularity with locals as it is an area where there are quite a large number of homeless hostels (associated with drug abuse).
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