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Larpent Avenue, SW15

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Place Name Laid out in two stages in 1903 and 1906, this street recalls the Larpent family who were prominent…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: politics, Putney, slavery, streets named after Whigs, Wandsworth, West Putney

Jews Row, SW18

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Place Name Thought to be named after its Jewish inhabitants. It was one of several Jew’s Rows that appeared around…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: jewish london, Putney, St Mary's, Wandsworth

Jersey Road, SW17

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Place Name Takes its name from the largest of the Channel Islands. It became part of the Duchy of Normandy…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: alphabet streets, Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Tooting, Tooting Golf Course

Kingsclere Close, SW15

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Place Name Kingsclere, between Newbury and Basingstoke, was first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of AD872 as Cynig’s Clere, meaning…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Alton Estate, cluster, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Isis Street, SW18

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Place Name As with neighbouring streets this street was laid out over land owned and developed by Magdalen College, Oxford…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, River Thames, streets named after rivers, Wandsworth, Wandsworth and Merton, Wandsworth Common

Ipswich Road, SW17

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Place Name Takes its name from the county town of Suffolk, one of England’s oldest continuously inhabited communities, that has…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: alphabet streets, Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Suffolk, Tooting Golf Course

Ibsley Gardens, SW15

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Place Name Ibsley is a small hamlet in the New Forest, with the surrounding fertile lands supporting local agriculture for…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Alton Estate, cluster, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Huntingfield Road, SW15

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Place Name Named after Joshua Vanneck, Lord Huntingfield (December 31, 1745 – August 15, 1816), who bought Roehampton Great House,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Putney, streets name after MPs, streets named after a Dutch connection, streets named after Tories, Wandsworth, West Putney

Hotham Road, SW15

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Place Name In 1835 Jane Seymour Colman married Admiral Sir William Hotham, a Royal Navy officer who had seen service…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Pettiward Estate, Putney, streets named after women, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Horndean Close, SW15

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Place Name Horndean, near the South Downs, lies, like the Alton Estate itself, on the old London to Portsmouth road.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Alton Estate, cluster, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

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