Place Name By definition a croft is a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable, and usually…
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Place Name Captain John Niel Randle VC (December 22, 1917 – May 6, 1944) was a British Army officer who…
Place Name Built in the grounds of the Manor House, once the home of Sir George Gilbert Scott, the architect,…
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Place Name Listed in Mason’s Directory of 1853 as William Wiggins, shopkeeper of Ham Fields. Wiggins was a substantial figure…
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Place Name Part of the early 1980s Riverside Drive development which was laid out on either side of Locksmeade Road. All the…
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Place Name Evelyn Pritchard in Guide to the street names of Ham and Petersham writes: “An expansive name for this…
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Place Name Such a name conjures up all sorts of ideas but its origins are in no way sinister it…
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Place Name Part of the early 1980s Riverside Drive development which was laid out on either side of Locksmeade Road. All the…
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Place Name Lucy Manners (née Sherard) (January 29, 1685 – October 27, 1751), was an heiress who became the Duchess of Rutland…
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Place Name William Cowper (November 26, 1731 – April 25, 1800) was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry. His name is…
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