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Second Avenue, SW14

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Place Name The road was built in 1905. The highly unoriginal naming of this road meant that the neighbouring road called…

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Scarth Road, SW13

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Place Name Henry Scarth (February 16, 1802 – December 16, 1870), was a Putney-born landowner, solicitor, and developer who lived at Mill…

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St Leonards Road, SW14

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Place Name Originally called Hampton Road and only going as far as Model Cottages. Takes its name from St Leonard’s the…

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St Anns Road, SW13

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Place Name Takes its name from the former mansion that stood here in extensive grounds from around the mid-18thCentury. The…

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Sprigg’s Passage, SW13

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Place Name Originally Hope’s Alley. After local landowner Nathaniel Sprigg who had made a fortune in the Jamaica slave trade…

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Rocks Lane, SW13

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Place Name Originally Rock’s Lane and named after a local resident Thomas Rock (died in 1811). Rock was a dealer…

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Ranelagh Avenue, SW13

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Place Name Named after the private sporting club founded in 1878 by William Reginald Herbert, Monmouthshire’s Master of the Fox Hounds…

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Queen’s Ride, SW13

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Place Name Named after an original shortcut over Barnes Common that was ordered by Queen Caroline sometime around 1732 so…

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Priory Gardens, SW13

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Place Name Takes its name from the Grade II Listed The Priory, Roehampton. This large mansion boasted extensive grounds which…

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Priests Bridge, SW14

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Place Name The road was officially named in 1930, with the construction of a new section of the Upper Richmond…

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