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Brick Farm Close, TW9

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Place Name Most likely called after the material used to construct the farmhouse that once stood here. Brick Farm and…

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Braddon Road, TW9

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Place Name Mary Elizabeth Braddon (October 4, 1835 – February 4, 1915) was a popular novelist of the Victorian era…

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Beechwood Avenue, TW9

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Place Name This was previously part of the Leyborne Popham family’s North Sheen estate. In 1905 Richmond Council approved a…

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Barker Close, TW9

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Place Name Named after the Barker family, former market gardeners who developed a large swathe of the area in the…

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Atwoods Alley, TW9

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Place Name Originally Love Lane. This was part of the original boundary footpath of Richmond and Mortlake. Named after the…

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Atwood Avenue, TW9

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Place Name Laid out in 1926 and named after a prominent Mortlake family, the Atwoods, who lived at Leyborne Lodge…

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Ashley Road, TW9

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Place Name Viscount Ashley is the courtesy title given to the eldest son of the earls of Shaftesbury, who owned…

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Burlington Avenue, TW9

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Place Name Richard Boyle (April 25, 1694 – December 4, 1753), was the 3rd Earl of Burlington who lived at…

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Darell Road, TW9

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Place Name On the face of it this street is named after the 1855 Derby winner Wild Dayrell, bred by…

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Benn’s Walk, TW9

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Place Name Named after a series of women who went under the title Madame Benn, who from at least 1850…

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