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Wandle Side, SM6

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Place Name Quite literal. Named after the River Wandle that flows nearby, rising near Croydon and flowing into the Thames…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: river, River Wandle, streets named after rivers, Sutton, Wallington, Wallington North, Wandle

Brookfield Avenue, SM1

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Place Name Although not featured on any Ordnance Survey map this was originally Brickfield Lane, a clue to its industrial…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, gentrification, industry, name change

Gaynesford Road, SM5

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Place Name The Gaynesfords were an important and powerful Carshalton family around the time of the Wars of the Roses…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Carshalton South and Clockhouse, Edward IV, Henry VI, Henry VII, Richard III, streets named after people who have been in prison, Sutton, War of the Roses

Aultone Way, SM1

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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

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