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Leigham Court Road, SW16

27 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Features on Stanford’s 1964 Library Map of London and its Environs as Leigham Court Road or St Julian’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dulwich and West Norwood, Knight's Hill, Lambeth, Leigham Court Manor, Old English, Streatham, Streatham Wells

Laverstoke Gardens, SW15

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Place Name Takes its name from small village in the Test Valley, Hampshire. According to the Basingstoke and Deane  Conservation…

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

Lavender Avenue, CR4

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Place Name Agricultural heritage. This was the original lane between the Lavender fields. It was developed between the wars. The…

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

Larpent Avenue, SW15

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Place Name Laid out in two stages in 1903 and 1906, this street recalls the Larpent family who were prominent…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: politics, Putney, slavery, streets named after Whigs, Wandsworth, West Putney

Jews Row, SW18

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Place Name Thought to be named after its Jewish inhabitants. It was one of several Jew’s Rows that appeared around…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: jewish london, Putney, St Mary's, Wandsworth

Jersey Road, SW17

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Place Name Takes its name from the largest of the Channel Islands. It became part of the Duchy of Normandy…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: alphabet streets, Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Tooting, Tooting Golf Course

Kingsclere Close, SW15

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Place Name Kingsclere, between Newbury and Basingstoke, was first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of AD872 as Cynig’s Clere, meaning…

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

Isis Street, SW18

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Place Name As with neighbouring streets this street was laid out over land owned and developed by Magdalen College, Oxford…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, River Thames, streets named after rivers, Wandsworth, Wandsworth and Merton, Wandsworth Common

Ipswich Road, SW17

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Place Name Takes its name from the county town of Suffolk, one of England’s oldest continuously inhabited communities, that has…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: alphabet streets, Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Suffolk, Tooting Golf Course

Ibsley Gardens, SW15

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Place Name Ibsley is a small hamlet in the New Forest, with the surrounding fertile lands supporting local agriculture for…

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

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