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Barnes High Street, SW13

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Place Name Originally plain High Street. Barnes means the place by the barn or barns from the Old English word…

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Barnes Avenue, SW13

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Place Name Takes its name from the local area. Barnes means the place by the barn or barns from the…

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Alderbury Road, SW13

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Place Name Takes its name after Walter de Alderbury the short-term Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral who held the post…

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Washington Road, SW13

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Place Name Commemorates the career of Sir Gerard Lowther, a Barnes landowner, who was a diplomat whose postings included Washington,…

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Archway Street, SW13

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Place Name Literal, a reference to the archway that was build at the street’s eastern end  to preserve the ancient…

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Villiers Road, BR3

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Place Name Charles Pelham Villiers (January 3, 1802 – January 16, 1898) was a lawyer and politician from the aristocratic Villiers…

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Gunnersbury Crescent, W3

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Place Name Laid out over the site of the former Gunnersbury Lodge.  Gunnersbury has its roots in an old Scandinavian…

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Gunnersbury Avenue, TW8

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Place Name Directional. Originally Gunnersbury Lane leading from Gunnersbury to Ealing. Today it is part of the North Circular. Gunnersbury…

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Upper Butts, TW8

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Place Name The butts are a reference to the archery fields with mounds of earth or straw used for the…

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The Butts, TW8

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Place Name The butts are a reference to the archery fields with mounds of earth or straw used for the…

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