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Portsmouth Road, SW15

27 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name It is the original route of the main highway to Portsmouth and the south-west England as it passed…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: street names connected with transport, streets named after seaside towns, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth, West Putney

Bessborough Road, SW15

26 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name William Ponsonby (1704 – March 11, 1793) was the 2nd Earl of Bessborough, who in 1761 commissioned Sir…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Roehampton, streets named after houses, streets with an Irish connection, Wandsworth

Bensbury Close, SW15

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Place Name An admittedly oblique reference to the nearby Caesar’s Camp on Wimbledon Common. Elizabethan antiquary William Camden referenced the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, fake history, streets named after a Roman connection, Wandsworth, West Putney

Bellwether Lane, SW18

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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

24 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

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