History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue Steenvelt

In Dutch: Steenveltstraat

Rue Steenvelt, in Uccle, has 17 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 53% 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 – 19693
1970 – 19899
1990 – 20095
since 20100

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: Economic life
Named in: 1933

Littéralement, le champ de pierres. En réalité, au vu de la localisation de la rue, il s'agit très certainement d'une référence aux meules utilisées par les moulins situés là. (remark in French, as published)

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