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Petersfield Rise, SW15

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Place Name Petersfield is a market town in East Hampshire, founded in the 1100s by William Fitz Robert, Earl of…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Paddock Way, SW15

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Place Name So called because it was built on the site of the paddock attached to Bowling Green House. The…

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Filed under: Putney, Wandsworth, West Putney

Ponton Road, SW11

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Place Name Daniel Ponton (died 1777) was an influential merchant of Lambeth and Battersea, whose interests included starch manufacturing and…

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Filed under: Battersea, Nine Elms, Wandsworth

Osiers Road, SW18

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Place Name Lying on the southern boundary of what was, until the late 19thCentury, once marshland and reed beds. Osiers…

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Filed under: Putney, streets named after trees, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Openview, SW18

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Place Name Magdalen College, Oxford University owned extensive land in Earlsfield, and began to develop it for housing from the…

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Filed under: Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Openview Estate, Oxford University, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Merton Road, SW18

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Place Name Directional, this road links Wandsworth to South Wimbledon/Merton. Merton, formerly an ancient Surrey parish, is now a London…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Old English, Putney, River Wandle, Southfields, Wandsworth

Magdalen Road, SW18

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Place Name Founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete, Magdalen College is one of Oxford University’s most…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Multon Road, SW18

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Place Name Recalling a long lost manor house in Multon, Lincolnshire, which today survives only in the name of Multon…

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

North Drive, SW16

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Place Name Somewhat confusingly, this is at the southern edge of Tooting Common. In fact, this does make sense historically…

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Filed under: Furzedown, Tooting, Wandsworth

Minstead Gardens, SW15

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Place Name Minstead is in the New Forest; the village’s name is thought to derive from the Old English word…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, Old English, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

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