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Graveney Road, SW17

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Place Name Richard de Gravenel was a landowner who held a large swathe of Lower or South Tooting around 1215,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Chertsey Abbey, names from Norman French, River Graveney, streets named after a Kent connection, Tooting Broadway, Wandsworth

Greatham Walk, SW15

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Place Name Greatham is a small Hampshire village located near the town of Liss. It was first recorded in the…

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

Gunton Road, SW17

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Place Name Gunton takes its name from one of two villages in East Anglia, one in Norfolk and one in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: alphabet streets, cluster, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Old English, Old Norse, street names with a Norfolk connection, Suffolk

Gibbon Walk, SW15

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Place Name Edward Gibbon (May 8, 1737 – January 16, 1794) was an essayist, historian, and politician. His most important…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Putney, streets named after an author, streets named after Oxford graduates, streets named after Tories, streets named after Westminster School connection, streets named after Whigs, streets named with a Cornish connection, Wandsworth, West Putney

Garden Close, SW15

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Place Name Laid out over the former kitchen garden of Bowling Green House with Holly Lodge, which was rebuilt sometime…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Putney, Roehampton, Wandsworth, West Putney

Frinton Road, SW17

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Place Name Frinton-on-Sea, in Essex, was developed as an exclusive coastal resort in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: alphabet streets, cluster, Essex, Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, streets named after seaside towns, Tooting Golf Course

Frewin Road, SW18

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Place Name Accepted Frewen (1588 – March 28, 1664), was president of Magdalen College from 1626 and Archbishop of York…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: All Fathing manor, cluster, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, misspelt, Oxford University, streets named after Oxford graduates, Wandsworth and Merton, Wandsworth Common

Fontley Way, SW15

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Place Name Fontley is a small hamlet located near Fareham, Hampshire. Its name comes from the Anglo-Saxon, Funtaleg, meaning spring…

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

Flock Mill Place, SW18

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Place Name Industrial heritage. The name recalls the Wandsworth Flock Company, described in a Post Office directory of 1870 as…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Earlsfield, industry, River Wandle, Tooting, Wandle, Wandsworth

Fieldview, SW18

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Place Name A literal description, as this street looks over The Spencer Club playing fields founded in 1872, although this…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: field name, Magdalen College, Oxford University, Wandsworth, Wandsworth and Merton, Wandsworth Common

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