Place Name Once a quiet country lane that meandered along fields, it began to be developed between the wars. Its…
Place Name A reference to the nearby River Beam, which is a continuation of the River Rom flowing through the…
Place Name This was once the main route out of the City to Oxford and it was here that travellers…
Place Name This is a reference to the wood of the same name three miles away – and was probably…
Place name Previously Suffolk Street West and, more recently, Battle Bridge Road. As names go few evoke a sense of…
Place Name A church has stood in Battersea since as early as AD800. Indeed the church lasted throughout the Middle…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. Today’s name was featured in 1718 referencing a local field which was first mentioned as le…
Place Name Originally plain High Street. The name Battersea was first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon charters of AD693 as Badrices…
Place Name Originally called Battersea Road, the western section of this thoroughfare was at one time called Lower Wandsworth Road…
Place Name For a street that started as an access road, across farmland to a varnish maker and floorcloth manufacturer…