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Model Cottages, SW14

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Place Name First called Labourers’ Friend Cottages, these 26 properties, were built between 1852 and 1870. They are thought to…

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Mill Hill Road, SW13

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Place Name At a little over 8metres (26.78 feet) this is the highest point in Barnes which was formerly all…

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Rysbrack Street, SW3

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Place Name Jan Michiel Rijsbrack (June 24, 1694 – January 8, 1770) also variously known as Johannes Michel or John Michael…

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Elephant Road, SE1

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Road Name Takes its name from a coaching inn, the Elephant and Castle, that stood near here from around 1760.…

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Elephant and Castle, SE1

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Place Name Takes its name from a coaching inn that stood on the crossroads from around 1760. The combination of…

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Meredyth Road, SW13

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Place Name Reverend Benjamin Meredyth Kitson (sometime around 1843 – February 18, 1923) was serving as Rector Canon in Barnes…

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Melville Road, SW13

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Place Name Henry Melvill (September 14, 1798 – February 9, 1871) was Rector of Barnes between 1863 and 1870. He afterwards…

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Medcroft Gardens, SW14

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Place Name Laid out and named in 1914 this road was built on a field called Medcroft.

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Madrid Road, SW13

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Place Name Commemorating diplomat Sir Gerard Lowther’s career. Lowther “a powerfully built [who] had the habits of a country gentleman as…

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Lyric Road, SW13

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Place Name Named after the ill-fated Lyric Club which bought the large mansion house St Ann’s as a sports annexe, in March…

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