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Castle Close, SW19

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Place Name As with Castle Way, Castle Tower/s – later the Castle Towers Hotel – was a substantial villa that…

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Filed under: Merton, streets named 1960, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Castle Way, SW19

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Place Name Castle Tower/s – later the Castle Towers Hotel – was a substantial villa that stood, prior to demolition,…

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Filed under: Merton, street named 1959, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Burghley Road, SW19

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Place Name Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and 2nd Baron Burghley (May 5, 1542 – February 8, 1623) already…

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Filed under: Cecil family, Elizabeth I, Merton, streets named 1901, Thomas Cecil, Village, Wimbldeon

Berkeley Place, SW19

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Place Name Takes its name from Edward Berkeley Phillips (February 2, 1839 – January 8, 1908), a member of the…

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Filed under: Hillside, Mansel family, Merton, Wimbldeon

Barham Road, SW19

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Place Name Laid out as part of the Old Park estate development in 1929, it is named after a former…

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Filed under: Drax family, Merton, military, Old Park estate, slavery, streets made after ships, Village, Wimbldeon

Balfour Road, SW19

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Place name Arthur James Balfour (July 25, 1848 – March 19, 1930), 1st Earl of Balfour, was a statesman and…

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Filed under: Abbey, cluster, Merton, prime ministers, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Conservatives, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after Trinity College graduates, Wimbledon

Avondale Road, SW19

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Place Name Prince Albert Victor (January 8, 1864 – January 14, 1892), Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of…

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Filed under: cluster, Merton, streets named after royals, Village, Wimbledon Park

Atkinson Close, SW20

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Place Name This street, laid out in 2014, is on the site of the former Atkinson Morley Hospital. The hospital…

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Filed under: Copse Hill, former hospital site, Merton, street named 2014, streets named after buildings, streets named after philanthropists, Village, West Wimbledon, Wimbledon

Almer Road, SW19

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Place Name Takes its name from the Dorset village of Almer which is part of the Charborough estate, owned by…

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Filed under: Drax family, Merton, Old English, Old Park estate, streets with a Dorset connection, Village, Wimbledon

Alan Road, SW19

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Place Name Alan was a family name of the Peaches, owners of Belvedere House, which stood near here from the…

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Filed under: Merton, streets from 1905, Village, Wimbledon

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