History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de la Fourche

In Dutch: Greepstraat

Rue de la Fourche, in Brussels, has 39 buildings on the Atlas map, for 59 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 56% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 72% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18796
1880 – 191322
1914 – 19447
1945 – 19694
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 46: 1855. 8 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

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: Descriptive name

La traduction est peut-être mauvaise : grip en néerlandais peut se traduire par griffon, un élément fort utilisé en héraldique. La fourche peut aussi faire référence à une rue se séparant en deux. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives