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Gipsy Lane, SW13

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Place Name Historical. This was the site of a Gypsy encampment. Mary Grimwade and Charles Hailstone in Highways and Byways…

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Gerard Road, SW13

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Place Name Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther (February 16, 1858 – April 5, 1916), a Barnes landowner, former ambassador who served…

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Fielding Mews, SW13

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Place Name A relatively new development, laid out over the junction of Nowell Road and Castelnau. Remembers Henry Fielding (April…

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Ferry Lane, SW13

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Place Name The small surviving section of Ferry Lane, the rest of it since renamed as Ferry Road and Verdun…

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Essex Court, SW13

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Place Name The historic Milbourne House, that overlooks the village green, is considered to be the oldest house in Barnes.…

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Elm Grove Road, SW13

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Place Name Elm Grove House which stood near the entrance to Barn Elms and had extensive grounds which went beyond…

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Quill Lane, SW15

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Place Name Originally part of the “Church Path” that the inhabitants of Roehampton used to reach St Mary’s before they…

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Elm Bank Gardens, SW13

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Place Name Named after a large property on Barnes Terrace, which had previously been known as Albion House. It was…

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Devereux Lane, SW13

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Place Name Robert Devereux (November 10, 1565 – February 25, 1601) was a courtier, soldier, statesman and poet, who became a…

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Common Road, SW13

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Place Name This was originally a footpath or bridleway across Barnes Common, running to the east of its highest point,…

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