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Camp View, SW19

28 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name As with Camp Road this was named from the erroneous 19thCentury notion that Julius Caesar had camped near…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: fake history, Merton, streets named after a Roman connection, Village, Wimbledon

Camp Road, SW19

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Place Name Previously Workhouse Lane, the name was changed sometime around the turn of the 19thCentury. Comes from the erroneous…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: fake history, gentrification, Merton, name change, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after historical events, Village, Wimbledon

Burns Close, SW19

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Place Name Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) was the famed Scottish poet whose works include Auld…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cluster, Merton, Scotland, streets named after a Scottish connection, streets named after poets, Wandle, Wimbledon

Alexandra Road, SW19

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Place Name The Royal Homes for the Widows and Daughters of Naval and Military Officers, also known as Queen Alexandra’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Edward VII, Hillside, Merton, Royal Navy, streets named after royals, Wimbledon

Albert Drive, SW19

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Place Name Originally called Albert Road. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861) was…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Putney, Queen Victoria, royal, streets named after royals, Wandsworth, West Hill, Wimbledon

Bemish Road, SW15

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Place Name Caroline Esther Bemish (1795 – 1872) was the wife of William Stratford, a local landowner. It is thought…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Putney, streets named after women, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Coalecroft Road, SW15

26 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage, renamed in 1935. Named after a 94 1/4 acre field, first last out in the Anglo-Saxon…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Agricultural, field name, name change, Putney, streets named after houses, Wandsworth, West Putney

Brewhouse Lane, SW15

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Place Name A large brewery – featured on Nicolas Lane’s map of the area from 1636 – stood to the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: breweries, industry, Putney, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Anerley Street, SW11

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Place Name For many centuries Penge was a detached hamlet of the ancient parish of Battersea in the Brixton hundred…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Battersea, dialect, Latchmere, Scotland, Wandsworth

Whitelands Park, SW15

25 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Whitelands College, which formerly occupied this site and after which the Park is named, was a woman’s teaching…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Putney, Roehampton, streets named after buildings, streets named after schools, Wandsworth, women

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