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Enterprise Way, SW18

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Place Name Industrial heritage. Despite its unpromising boggy ground this small corner of Wandsworth sitting at the mouth of the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: breweries, industry, Putney, River Wandle, streets named after a connection with the Second World War, streets named after connection with the First World War, Thamesfield, Wandle, Wandsworth

Eastleigh Walk, SW15

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Place Name Takes its name from the small Hampshire parish to the north east of Southampton, its name literally meaning…

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

East Gardens, SW17

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Place Name East Gardens and neighbouring West Gardens were laid out on the site of a former plant nursery around…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Collier's Wood, Merton, Mitcham and Morden

Eastfields Avenue, SW18

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Place Name Agricultural heritage. This street was laid out on the East Field, a literal description since it was to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, field name, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Earlsfield Road, SW18

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Place Name On the face of it the answer should be simple: the field belonging to some earl or the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Earlsfield, names with an Irish connection, streets named after houses, streets named after women, Wandle, Wandsworth

Duntshill Road, SW18

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Place Name Dunt’s Hill was first recorded in the 17thCentury and later became the site of Duntshill Mills calico printing…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: hills, industry, Tooting, Wandle, Wandsworth

Dover Park Drive, SW15

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Place Name Dover Park Drive is the centrepiece of the Doverhouse Estate, built by the London County Council after WW1,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dover House Estate, Putney, Putney Park, Roehampton, social history, social housing, Wandsworth, West Putney

Dover House Road, SW15

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Place Name From around the mid-18thCentury this was one of the most exclusive areas of (what was to become) Greater…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dover House Estate, Putney, Roehampton, social history, social housing, streets named after houses, Wandsworth, West Putney

Durford Crescent, SW15

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Place Name Historically in Hampshire, Durford is the name of a number of scattered properties, most notably the site and…

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

Eastbourne Road, SW17

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Place Name Originally a small fishing village, Eastbourne’s transformation into a fashionable seaside resort began in the 19th century, when…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Graveney, Merton, streets named after an East Sussex connection, streets named after seaside towns

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