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Malthouse Passage, SW13

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Place Name Originally Malthouse Alley and before that Back Lane, the current name was in use by the 1890s. Having…

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Palmerston Road, SW14

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Place name Henry John Temple (October 20, 1784 – October 18 1865), 3rd Viscount Palmerston, was a towering figure in…

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Palmers Road, SW14

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Place Name Originally Palmers Lane. Dr Henry Smith Palmer (died 1892) was a local pathologist and surgeon, who came to…

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Eastbourne Gardens, SW14

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Place Name Takes its name from the seaside town of Eastbourne (meaning the Eastern brook or stream). Like the adjacent…

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Bexhill Road, SW14

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Place Name Takes its name from Bexhill-on-Sea (the name comes from the Saxon, Bexelei, which means the place where the box…

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Observatory Road, SW14

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Place Name Reverend Doctor William Pearson, originally from Parson’s Green, bought the Temple Grove estate from Sir Thomas Barnard in…

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Newport Road, SW13

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Place Name Named after one or possibly two former Deans and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral. Peter de Newport, Archdeacon…

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Nassau Road, SW13

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Place Name Named in honour of the Dutch Monarchy, the House of Orange-Nassau. In 1858 Professor Henry Attwell opened Nassau House School,…

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Monroe Drive, SW14

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Place Name The Reverend Horace Granville Monroe (1872 – 1933) was vicar of Mortlake between 1909 and 1918. From here…

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Model Cottages, SW14

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Place Name First called Labourers’ Friend Cottages, these 26 properties, were built between 1852 and 1870. They are thought to…

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