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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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Penrhyn Crescent, SW14

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Place Name The Leycester Penrhyn family lived at The Cedars, East Sheen, for the best part of a century. Edward…

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Shillibeer Place, W1H

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Place Name Originally Little Harcourt Street. George Shillibeer (August 11, 1797 – August 21, 1866), was a coach designer and…

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North Worple Way, SW14

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Place Name Originally called Warple Road or the Warple New Road. The names North and South Worple Way did not…

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Ulundi Road, SE3

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Place Name Commemorating the Battle of Ulundi, fought on July 4, 1879, the final confrontation of the Zulu War where Lord Chelmsford’s…

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Spencer Street, EC1V

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Place Name The land on which this was laid out belonged to the Marquis of Northampton who named it after…

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Percival Street, EC1V

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Place Name Originally Perceval Street. The land on which this was laid out belonged to the Marquis of Northampton who named…

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Perceval Avenue, NW3

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Place Name Spencer Perceval (November 1, 1762 – May 11, 1812) was a Tory politician who, as the only Prime…

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