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Cheshire Close, CR4

21 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Cheshire has a rich history dating back to Roman times when Deva Victrix (modern-day Chester) was a major…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cluster, Merton, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden, Pollards Hill, Pollards Hill Estate, post-war, social housing, streets named after places

Caernarvon Close, CR4

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Place Name Caernarfon, in North Wales, is a county town known for its impressive medieval history and Caernarfon Castle, a…

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Buckingham Road, CR4

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Place Name Buckingham, a historic market town in England, dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period and is believed to have…

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Brecon Close, CR4

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Place Name Brecon, a historic market and county town in Wales, was originally a Roman fort. It became a significant…

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Berkshire Way, CR4

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Place Name Berkshire, often called the Royal County, has a rich history deeply intertwined with the British monarchy; it is…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cluster, Merton, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden, Pollards Hill, Pollards Hill Estate, post-war, social housing, streets named after places, streets with a Berkshire connection

Dennis Reeve Close, CR4

9 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Dennis Reeve was one of the founders and leaders of the Capstan Youth Club, which was set up…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Lavender Fields, Merton, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden

Beclands Road, SW17

8 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name While the hamlet or village of Tooting stretches back to Saxon times, first recorded in AD675, the addition…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Benedictine, Furzedown, names from Norman French, streets named after a French connection, streets named after abbeys, streets named after religious houses, streets with a Scandinavian connection, Tooting, Tooting Bec, Wandsworth

Spanish Road, SW18

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Place Name Thought to be a reference to a former lord of the manor’s Continental roots. The Wandsworth History Society,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Allfarthing Manor, Battersea, Charles I, Streets named after a Spanish connection, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Wandsworth Plain, SW18

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Place Name On the face of it this short, busy, and dirty looking road, that connects the A205 in the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: streets named after the landscape, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Tilehurst Road, SW18

19 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Parts of Tilehurst, now a suburb of Reading in Berkshire, were once owned by Magdalen College, Oxford, which…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Magdalen Estate, Oxford University, streets with a Berkshire connection, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

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