This is a collection of names of places existing in Hong Kong from 1841 to 1850. Many of them remain in use today, some have long been replaced, and several few are those I've never heard of until now.
| Caine Road | |
| Canton Bazaar | |
| Cantonments | |
| Captain's Morgan's Bazaar | Variant names: Jardine's Bazaar. |
| Chek Chu 赤柱 | Later Stanley. A population of 1,000 (or 2,000) was recorded in 1841; and 3,000 in 1842. |
| Cheung Chau 長洲 | |
| Chinam's Row | |
| Cochrane Street 閣麟街 | |
| D'Aguilar Street 德忌笠街 | Later 德己立街. |
| Duus' Row | |
| East Point | Later Causeway Bay. |
| Elliot's Vale 義律谷 | Later Glenealy. |
| Gough Street 歌賦街 | |
| Government Hill | |
| Graham Street 嘉咸街 | |
| Herjeebhoy Hill | |
| Heung Kong | Variant names: Hong Kong, Little Hong Kong, later Aberdeen. A population of 200 to 300 was recorded in 1841. |
| Hollywood Road 荷李活道 | Variant Names: Chinese, 荷里活道 |
| Hung Heung Soo | A population of 100 to 120 was recorded in 1841. |
| Kap Shui Mun | |
| Lower Bazaar | |
| Lyemun | |
| Lyndhurst Terrace | |
| Macqueen's Row | |
| Magistracy Street | |
| Oswald's Terrace | |
| Ouchterlony Row | |
| Pottinger Street | |
| Queen's Road | Initially known as the Victoria Avenue. There were three sections, viz. Queen's Road Proper; Queen's Road East; and Queen's Road West |
| Queen's Town | |
| Saiwan | |
| Shaukeiwan | A population of 1,200 was recorded in 1841. |
| Shek Pai Wan | |
| Shelley Street 些利街 | |
| Sow-ke-wan | |
| Spring Gardens | |
| Stanley Street | |
| Su-kun-pu | Variant names: Sookunpo. |
| Tai-shek-ha 大石下 | also known as Tyshegar; later Belcher Bay. A hamlet located in present day Kennedy Town. It was a quarry |
| Tapingshan | |
| Ty-tam 大潭 | Later Tai Tam. A population of 70 to 100 was recorded in 1841. |
| Ty-tam-took 大潭篤 | Later Tai Tam Tuk. |
| Upper Bazaar | |
| Victoria | |
| Webster's Alley | |
| Wellington Street | |
| White's Range | |
| Wong Nai Chong | Variant names: Wong Nai Chung. A population of 400 was recorded in 1841. |
| Wyndham Street | |
Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.
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