Place Name Agricultural heritage. A reminder that until the 17thCentury this area was once wide open countryside as this street…
Place Name Louis Charles Joseph Blériot (July 1, 1872 – August 1, 1936), the brilliant French inventor and aviator, who…
Place Name The Sopwith Aviation Company, manufactured aeroplanes mainly for the British Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Flying Corps, and later the…
PLACE NAME James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (August 21, 1670 – June 12, 1734) was an English nobleman, leading military…
Place Name It has been suggested that this may be a corruption of Samuel Hardin, the farmer of many Woolwich fields…
Place name Jonathan Battishill (May 1738 – December 10, 1801), was a composer and organist, who lived his final months…
Place Name Directional, the road leading from Surbiton to Hook. First recorded in 1227 as Hoke, which was a reference…
Place Name Likely inspired, like its neighbour Derwent Road, by the lakes of Broomfield Park. Derwentwater and Ullswater (the name…
Place Name Likely inspired, like its neighbour Ulleswater Road, by the lakes of Broomfield Park. Derwentwater and Ullswater (the name…
Place Name Most likely a joke by the developers of this street. Although the road does lead to Broomfield Park,…