Street/Place Names

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	P
	Pacific Avenue
	Origin unknown.
	Pacific Court
	Origin unknown.
	Patio Court
	Origin unknown.
	Patricia Avenue
	Origin unknown.
	Orignal name of Barkley Terrace
	Pelly Place
	Origin uncertain, probably after Sir John Pelly, a governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.
	Named by the Hudson's Bay Company
	Pentland Road
	Origin unknown, possibly after the Pentland Hills, Scotland.
	Originally called Hattie Street but renamed in 1939
	Penzance Road
	Origin uncertain, possibly after Penzance, England.
	Originally called Front Street but renamed in 1921
	Pleasant Avenue
	Origin uncertain, probably descriptive.
	Former name of Roslyn Road
	Plumer Street
	Origin uncertain, probably after Field Marshall Viscount Plumer (World War 1).
	Named Larch Street prior to c 1928
	Plymouth Road
	Named after Plymouth, England.
	Prince Andrew Place
	Named after Prince Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
	Prince Andrew Drive
	Named after Prince Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
	Prince Edward Drive
	Named after Prince Edward, fourth child and third son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
	Prospect Place
	Origin unknown.
	Originally called Prospect Avenue but renamed in 1921
	Prospect Street
	Origin unknown.
	Early name of Marrion Street, which disappeared in the mid 1970s with the development of the Marrion Gardens seniors' housing complex and the Oak Bay Recreation Centre
Prospect Street was indicated on a late 1800s official map of The City of Victoria
	see Marrion Street

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