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Coppice Drive, SW15

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Place Name A reference to the historic tree belt in the extensive park of Dover House, which can be clearly…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dover House Estate, Roehampton, streets named after trees, streets named after woods, Wandsworth, woods

Crestway, SW15

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Place Name A somewhat grand name to describe this street which was laid out on the lip of a hill…

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

Charlwood Road, SW15

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Place Name Originally Worple Road, as shown on Rocque’s Map of 1741 – 1745, this was literally a track through…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: market garden, name change, Putney, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

York Road, SW11

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Place Name York Place, known variously as Sylverton, Bridge Court, and York House, was once the London residence of the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Archbishop of York, Battersea, Church of England, St Mary's, streets named after houses, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, Wandsworth

The Causeway, SW18

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Place Name Stanford’s map of 1864 clearly shows how marshy and wet the Wandle Delta used to be. North of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: industry, river, River Wandle, Wandle, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Castello Avenue, SW15

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Place Name Thought to be a reference to Castello di Vincigliata, an Italian medieval castle on a rocky hill to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: streets named after a connection with the Second World War, streets named after an Italian connection, streets named after houses, Wandsworth, West Putney

Burntwood Lane, SW17

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Place Name Early maps show that Burntwood Lane predated Burntwood Grange which stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: streets named after trees, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Beechcroft Road, SW17

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Place Name Originally called Obligation Road, meaning a road which was obliged to stay open for public use and maintained…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: name change, Tooting, Trinity, Wandsworth

Burntwood Close, SW17

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Place Name Laid out on the grounds of Burntwood Grange which stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for nearly…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: streets named after houses, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Burntwood Grange Road, SW17

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Place Name Burntwood Grange stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for nearly a century. It was built in 1832…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Earlsfield, streets named after houses, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

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