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Eastfields Avenue, SW18

7 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. This street was laid out on the East Field, a literal description since it was to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, field name, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Earlsfield Road, SW18

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Place Name On the face of it the answer should be simple: the field belonging to some earl or the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Earlsfield, names with an Irish connection, streets named after houses, streets named after women, Wandle, Wandsworth

Duntshill Road, SW18

6 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Dunt’s Hill was first recorded in the 17thCentury and later became the site of Duntshill Mills calico printing…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: hills, industry, Tooting, Wandle, Wandsworth

Dover Park Drive, SW15

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Place Name Dover Park Drive is the centrepiece of the Doverhouse Estate, built by the London County Council after WW1,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dover House Estate, Putney, Putney Park, Roehampton, social history, social housing, Wandsworth, West Putney

Dover House Road, SW15

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Place Name From around the mid-18thCentury this was one of the most exclusive areas of (what was to become) Greater…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dover House Estate, Putney, Roehampton, social history, social housing, streets named after houses, Wandsworth, West Putney

Durford Crescent, SW15

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Place Name Historically in Hampshire, Durford is the name of a number of scattered properties, most notably the site and…

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

Eastbourne Road, SW17

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Place Name Originally a small fishing village, Eastbourne’s transformation into a fashionable seaside resort began in the 19th century, when…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Graveney, Merton, streets named after an East Sussex connection, streets named after seaside towns

Deal Road, SW17

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Place Name Deal, a coastal town in Kent, was an important naval base during the Tudor period, and Deal Castle,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Domesday Book, Graveney, Kent villages, Merton, streets named after a Kent connection, streets named after seaside towns

Dawnay Road, SW18

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Place Name Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Archibald Davis Dawnay (1842 -April 23, 1919) served as mayor of Wandsworth no fewer than 11…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Earlsfield, named after councillor/council employee, Openview Estate, social history, social housing, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Daniel Close, SW17

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Place Name One of a small cluster of roads referencing Robinson Crusoe, in. this case the author Daniel Defoe (1660…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: author, cluster, Collier's Wood, Daniel Defoe, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Robinson Crusoe, streets named after an author, Tooting

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