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St Johns Avenue, SW15

18 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally St John’s Road. The name changed shortly after the Second World War. The Polish Church of St…

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Filed under: apostrophe, Church of England, East Putney, Putney, roads named after saints, Roman Catholic, street named after a church, Wandsworth

St Barnabas Road, CR4

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Place Name Named for the nearby St Barnabas church. Barnabas was one of the disciples, who carried out missionary journeys…

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Filed under: Church of England, Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, roads named after saints, street named after a church, Tooting

St Ann’s Hill, SW18

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Place Name Originally called The Grove. Like St Ann’s Crescent, which was, confusingly, called St Anne’s Hill, it is named…

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Filed under: Church of England, Putney, street named after a church, streets named after saints, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

St Ann’s Crescent, SW18

17 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Curiously while St Ann’s Crescent has retained its apostrophe throughout the decades, it has lost an e in…

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Filed under: Church of England, misspelt, name change, Putney, street named after a church, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Swinburne Road, SW15

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Place Name Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 – April 10, 1909) was one of the bad boys of poetry…

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Filed under: Balliol College, Dover House Estate, Putney, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after masochists, streets named after Oxford graduates, streets named after poets, Wandsworth, West Putney

Swains Road, SW17

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Place Name Agricultural. This was once a lane leading to Swain’s Farm, which was developed for housing between the wars.…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Collier's Wood, field name, Merton, Mitcham and Morden

Swandon Way, SW18

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Place Name Agricultural. Until the 1980s this was a former industrial site with both gas works and a coal depot,…

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Filed under: field name, Putney, St Mary's, Wandsworth

Swaby Road, SW18

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Place Name Named for the manor and village of Swaby in Lincolnshire, where Magdalen College, Oxford, held patronage, giving it…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Magdalen College, Old Norse, Oxford University, streets named with a Lincolnshire connection, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Southfields Road, SW18

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Place Name Agricultural heritage. Until this area was developed ion the late 19thCentury it was farmland and, as the name…

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Filed under: Agricultural, East Putney, field name, Southfields, Wandsworth

Smeaton Road, SW18

14 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out in the 1890s it is named after John Smeaton (June 8, 1724 – October 28, 1792),…

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Filed under: industry, Putney, River Wandle, Southfields, streets named after engineers, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, streets named after scientists, Wandsworth

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