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Smallberry Avenue, TW7

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Place Name Remembers the former name for this area of Hounslow. Gillian Morris in the History of Spring Grove explains:…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hounslow, Isleworth, Old English

Clifton Road, SW19

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Place Name Takes its name from the affluent Bristol suburb of Clifton. William Elliott Oliver, a solicitor, inherited a sizeable…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bristol, Merton, streets named 1880, Village, Wimbledon

Clement Road, SW19

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Place Name Clement Peache (1747 – October 23, 1815) was the great-grandfather of the James Courthope Peache junior – who…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Belvedere Estate Company, Merton, streets named 1905, Village, Wimbledon

Church Road, SW19

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Place Name Originally Wimbledon Lane – this has in fact undergone many name changes in its time. Neil Ransome, in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Church of England, Merton, name change, street named after a church, Village, Wimbledon

Church Path, SW19

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Place Name Originally a continuation of Church Lane. This is one of the oldest streets in the area, leading to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Australia, Church of England, Merton, Merton Park, Nelson, street named after a church, Wimbledon

Castle Close, SW19

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Place Name As with Castle Way, Castle Tower/s – later the Castle Towers Hotel – was a substantial villa that…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Merton, streets named 1960, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Castle Way, SW19

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Place Name Castle Tower/s – later the Castle Towers Hotel – was a substantial villa that stood, prior to demolition,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Merton, street named 1959, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Burghley Road, SW19

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Place Name Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and 2nd Baron Burghley (May 5, 1542 – February 8, 1623) already…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cecil family, Elizabeth I, Merton, streets named 1901, Thomas Cecil, Village, Wimbldeon

Berkeley Place, SW19

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Place Name Takes its name from Edward Berkeley Phillips (February 2, 1839 – January 8, 1908), a member of the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hillside, Mansel family, Merton, Wimbldeon

Barham Road, SW19

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Place Name Laid out as part of the Old Park estate development in 1929, it is named after a former…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Drax family, Merton, military, Old Park estate, slavery, streets made after ships, Village, Wimbldeon

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