The English Race and the earliest city street names emerged together from the chaos of the Middle Ages in about the tenth century. ..... Such revolutionary projects are unlikely to come into effect in the very very near future, for reasons both practical (the cost) and whimsical (London's talent for resisting change); but even if they do, the old names will probably not be entirely lost.
――東京理科大学(理学部数・物理・化学科)――2003年