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Directional, this was the main route between Mitcham and the village of Beddington. This street takes its name from the area, in Sutton and it refers to a farm or estate belonging to a person called Bëada or Beadda. It was first mentioned as Bedintone in AD675, and over the ensuing centuries underwent various mutations, Beaddinctun in the Anglo Saxon charters of AD901 – AD 908, Beddintone in the Domesday Book of 1086, becoming the more recognisable Bedington in 1229 and Beddyngton in 1340.
