Place Name
Historical. This was the site of a Gypsy encampment. Mary Grimwade and Charles Hailstone in Highways and Byways of Barnes write: “During the summer months they provided casual labour in the fields helping to harvest the summer crops of salad vegetables and soft fruit. Indeed they have left one clue behind them in the name Gipsy Lane and this was most likely an encampment for those who worked on the Lobjoit farm which covered that area of the neighbourhood.”
