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South Worple Avenue, SW14

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Place Name This was laid out between the wars, following the expansion of the hospital. Charles Hailstone in Alleyways of…

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Worple Street, SW14

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Place Name Originally Worple Road. The Worple Way was a bridleway existing from at least the medieval period that ran…

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South Worple Way, SW14

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Place Name Charles Hailstone in Alleyways of Mortlake and East Sheen explains: “The Wapple, Whapple, Warple, Warepall or Worple Way,…

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The Crescent, SW13

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Place Name A previously unnamed path, it takes its name from the shape of the road that skirts around the…

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Woodlands Road, SW13

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Place Name Named after The Woodlands Villa or Cottage, a house now Number 12 Vine Street. The property itself was…

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Westmoreland Road, SW13

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Place Name Named after the extensive northern estates – now part of Cumbria – owned by the Lowther family, who…

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Westhay Gardens, SW14

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Place Name Built on the grounds of a property called Westhay, in Temple Sheen, which was built in 1876. In January…

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West Park Avenue, TW9

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Place Name The road was laid out  in 1925 over the grounds of an old manor house West Park, a…

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Marksbury Avenue, TW9

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Place Name Named after the manors of Houndstreet and Marksbury, in Somerset, which belonged to the Leyborne Popham family, who…

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Well Lane, SW14

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Place Name Until water pipes were laid water was supplied from wells, springs or directly from the River Thames. Known…

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