Beddington Gardens, SM5

Place Name

Laid out over agricultural land called Wallington Fields. Development began in the 1890s to capitalise on the nearby Wallington Station. This street takes its name from  the nearby area of Beddington, the name refers to a farm or estate belonging to a person called Bëada or Beadda. It was first mentioned as Bedintone in AD675, and over the ensuing centuries underwent various mutations, Beaddinctun in the Anglo Saxon charters of AD901 – AD 908, Beddintone in the Domesday Book of 1086, becoming the more recognisable Bedington in 1229 and Beddyngton in 1340.

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