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Bellwether Lane, SW18

26 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Developed in the late 2010s following the closure of the Ram Brewery on this site, the name, cleverly,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: breweries, Brewers' Company, Middle English, Ram Brewery, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Bedgebury Gardens, SW19

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Place Name A reference to the Kentish manor of Bedgebury, which was most likely suggested by the principle developer Alfred…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Kent villages, Old English, Southfields, Wandsworth

Bathgate Road, SW19

25 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally called New Park Road, to distinguish it from Old Park, it was later renamed sometime in the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Conservative, Merton, name change, named after councillor/council employee, Scotland, Southfields, Village, Wimbledon

Bader Way, SW15

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Place Name Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, (February 21, 1910 – September 5, 1982) was a British RAF…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Queen Mary's Hospital, RAF, Roehampton, streets named after a connection with the Second World War, Wandsworth, West Putney, World War Two

Ashen Grove, SW19

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Place Name Ashen Grove a small woodland of ash trees (hence the name) stood to the west of the 200…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Earl Spencer, Merton, Southfields Grid, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park

Ascot Road, SW17

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Place Name It is named after the Berkshire town famous for its racecourse. The name of which itself from the…

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

Arnewood Close, SW15

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Place Name Takes its name from the Hampshire manor of Arnewood, near Lymington, which never quite formed a village of…

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

Armoury Way, SW18

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Place Name This was once a quiet backwater known as Wandsworth Plain, gentile enough for royal mistress Elizabeth “Jane” Shore,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Edward IV, military, Napoleonic Wars, River Wandle, Wandle, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Alton Road, SW15

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Place Name In 1951 the architect’s department at the London County Council selected this area of Roehampton as the site…

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

All Saints Passage, SW18

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Place Name Takes its name from the Grade II*-listed parish church of Wandsworth. It stands on the site of an…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Church of England, Henry V, street named after a church, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

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