Place Name Laid out over land that was originally part of Heronhill Farm. This was developed in the early 20thCentury…
Place Name Named after the manor of Lesnes which was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Lesneis. Lessness along…
Place Name Believed to be named in honour of Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle (June 1, 1800 – May 25, 1869),…
Place Name After a field called Hatters, which was part of the Herrin Hill House estate. The 20-acre site was…
Place Name Originally called Herring Hill after Herrin Hill House, later farm, it was owned by the Abels or Abell family,…
Place name Until 1936 this was a curved section of the eastern end of Upper Abbey Road, but when the…
Place Name Prince Alfred (August 6, 1844 – July 30, 1900) was patron of the Seamen’s Home, in Belvedere, which…
Place Name Named after Jesse Stapley, a local farmer who became landlord of The Fox, a beer house (a pub…
Place Name Named after Queen Victoria’s summer residence Osborne House in East Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. Nearby Dryhill Road was…
Place Name A former field name. First recorded in 1654 when Thomas Cawstin, a wheelwright of Welling who owned property…