Place Name Takes its name from the Hampshire manor of Arnewood, near Lymington, which never quite formed a village of…
Place Name This was once a quiet backwater known as Wandsworth Plain, gentile enough for royal mistress Elizabeth “Jane” Shore,…
Place Name In 1951 the architect’s department at the London County Council selected this area of Roehampton as the site…
Place Name Takes its name from the Grade II*-listed parish church of Wandsworth. It stands on the site of an…
Place Name Takes its name from the East Sussex village of Alfriston, which means Ælfric’s town or settlement. This is…
Place Name Originally Alfred Street. It was renamed in 1937 as part of the London County Council’s periodic clean up…
Place Name Commemorating the visit of the Prince of Wales and his wife Princess Alexandra of Denmark (December 1, 1844…
Place Name The Carleton family were by the 18thCentury already one of the old established families of Carshalton and “at…
Place Name Sir William Scawen (born sometime around 1644 – October 18, 1722) was an MP and Governor of the…
Place Name The acanthus leaf is one of the most common ornamental features to used in decorative architecture throughout history.…