History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue du Bourdon

In Dutch: Horzelstraat

Rue du Bourdon, in Uccle, has 157 buildings on the Atlas map, for 169 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 47% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 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 – 19130
1914 – 194414
1945 – 196956
1970 – 198974
1990 – 200912
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 351: 1968. 2 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: Symbolic name
Theme: Nature
Named in: 1928

Dans cette rue, un gibet s'élevait autrefois. Le lieu s'appelait 'Galgenbosh : bois de Potence', mais fut renommé. (remark in French, as published)

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