History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue du Champ de l'Eglise

In Dutch: Kerkeveldstraat

Rue du Champ de l'Eglise, in Brussels, has 95 buildings on the Atlas map, for 105 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 74% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18791
  • 1880 – 191370
  • 1914 – 194422
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 55: 1875. 3 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
Theme
Buildings
Named in
1859

La rue mène au terrain sur lequel l'Eglise Notre-Dame de Laeken est bâtie. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives