Place Name Historical. This was once the thatched north wall of the bishops of Ely’s famous gardens. Sir Christopher Hatton…
Place Name This was originally Hat And Tun Yard, after public house still standing on the corner, whose signboard was…
Place name Remembers Lavender Mount, a 16thCentury earthwork thought to have been a windmill base or beacon-mound. It survived, on…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. This was laid out over a former park it was developed for residential use sometime between…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. This distinctive crescent was laid out by Peter James Bennett, a developer of the 1780s. It is…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. Named after the crop that was supposedly cultivated in the market gardens of Battersea Fields in…
Place Name Remembering the area’s former county. Until 1878, Nunhead formed part of the large ancient parish of Camberwell in the…
Place Name Joseph Powell (1780 – 1834) was one of the foremost watercolourists of his time who in 1831 was…
PLACE NAME This well established route carried the name Broad Street until 1936, when the rather meaningless wick was added to…
Place Name Laid out over former allotments sometime between the First and Second World Wars. John Burns (October 20, 1858…