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Aultone Way, SM1

19 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A reference to the original name of Carshalton as featured in the Domesday Book of 1086, the survey…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Carshalton, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton North

Carshalton Road, SM1

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Place Name The road leading to Carshalton, this is the main road that leads between Sutton and Carshalton. The original…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Anglo-Saxon, Carshalton Central, River Wandle, Sutton, Wandle

Arcadia Close, SM5

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Place Name Laid out over former allotment gardens. This is a common enough name used by developers hoping to capture…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Carshalton, poetic, Sutton, Wallington North

Vellum Drive, SM5

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Place Name Industrial heritage. A mill is said to have stood on the spot from 1782, when George Ansell, a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Carshalton, industry, river, River Wandle, Sutton, tobacco, Wallington North, Wandle

Papermill Close, SM5

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Place Name Industrial heritage. A reference to the former paper mill that once straddled the River Wandle. It is thought…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Carshalton Central, industry, Sutton, Wandle

Fellowes Road, SM5

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Place Name Sir John Fellowes (1670 – 1724) was the owner of Carshalton House having purchased it from the Crown…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, slavery, South Sea Company, streets named after people who have been in prison, Sutton, The Wrythe

Pond Close, SE3

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Place Name As with nearby Pond Road this refers to an ornamental water which stood in the gardens of Wricklemarsh…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Blackheath, Lewisham, Wricklemarsh

Pond Road, SE3

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Place Name You’d be forgiven for thinking that this is a reference to Prince of Wales Pond on South Row,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Blackheath, Lewisham, Wricklemarsh

Cliffview Road, SE13

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Place Name This road overlooks the original sand pits that were excavated in the area for local brick manufacture. So,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brockley, geology, industry, Ladywell, Lewisham

Overcliff Road, SE13

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Place Name This road overlooks the original sand pits that were excavated in the area for local brick manufacture. So,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brockley, geology, industry, Ladywell, Lewisham

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