Place Name York Place, known variously as Sylverton, Bridge Court, and York House, was once the London residence of the…
Place Name Stanford’s map of 1864 clearly shows how marshy and wet the Wandle Delta used to be. North of…
Place Name Thought to be a reference to Castello di Vincigliata, an Italian medieval castle on a rocky hill to…
Place Name Early maps show that Burntwood Lane predated Burntwood Grange which stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for…
Place Name Originally called Obligation Road, meaning a road which was obliged to stay open for public use and maintained…
Place Name Laid out on the grounds of Burntwood Grange which stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for nearly…
Place Name Burntwood Grange stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for nearly a century. It was built in 1832…
Place Name Thought to be a reference to either the Broadwater family, feudal tenants of Tooting Manor, or (more likely)…
Place Name Commemorates the telegraph signal station which was set up here by the Admiralty in 1796 to convey messages…
Place Name Takes its name from Bridgford in Nottinghamshire, now known as West Bridgford. Originally a small agricultural village, its…