Place Name Named due to its proximity to The Crescent, which itself was so-named after its shape, sandwiched as it…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. Named after farmer William Cowdrey (born sometime around 1661 – May 17, 1723). Farming had taken…
Place Name This road was laid out in 1956 on the grounds that previously belonged to Chester House. How it…
Place Name Sophia Johnstone (1785 – 1841), the Duchess of Cannizzaro (note the spelling), was a tour de force of…
Place Name Until 1588, Wimbledon was a farmers’ village, of little importance. That changed when Sir Thomas Cecil, the eldest…
Place Name Until 1588, Wimbledon was a farmers’ village, of little importance. That changed when Sir Thomas Cecil, the eldest…
Place Name Until 1588, Wimbledon was a farmers’ village, of little importance. That changed when Sir Thomas Cecil, the eldest…
Place Name Until 1588, Wimbledon was a farmers’ village, of little importance. That changed when Sir Thomas Cecil, the eldest…
Place Name Field Name. Once agricultural land which was part of the large Mount Ararat estate, this was among the…
Place Name The Reverend Thomas Lancaster was a village schoolmaster, who later ordained as a minister and set up a…