History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue du Merlo

In Dutch: Merlostraat

Rue du Merlo, in Uccle, has 77 buildings on the Atlas map, for 84 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 51% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198921
  • 1990 – 200939
  • since 201017

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
1890

Dénomination liée à une ancienne ferme, il y avait aussi un débit de boisson 'Le Merlo'. ex. chemin communal. (remark in French, as published)

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