History of a street · 1190 Forest

Boulevard de la Deuxième Armée Britannique

In Dutch: Brits Tweedelegerlaan

Boulevard de la Deuxième Armée Britannique, in Forest, has 27 buildings on the Atlas map, for 53 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 6 periods, from the 1880s to the 2010s. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19131
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19697
1970 – 19899
1990 – 20097
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 14A: 1920.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Commemorative name
Theme: First World War
Named in: 1953

Cette formation, présente à Ypres lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, et a contribué à la libération de la Belgique (notamment Bruxelles et le port de Anvers) lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.