Place Name Named in honour of the Dutch town of Hengelo which became Mitcham’s adopted town in 1946. This practice,…
Place Name One of two roads named after the seven hills of Rome, nearby Esquiline Lane is the other, possibly…
Place Name Named after the herb that began to be grown commercially around Mitcham in the mid-18thCentury. It was used…
Place Name Named after Mrs Elizabeth Taylor, a descendant of explorer Captain James Cook, who was owner of Crusoe Farm…
Place Name The avenue was named to commemorate King George VI’s coronation in 1937. It was originally unnamed.
Place Name Alluding to the village in Mitcham. Not named after the bird but in fact meaning Ralph’s manor. The…
Place Name This street name means the stream in the hollow, from the Old English words holh ad burna. It…
Place Name Directional. The road leading to Figge’s Marsh which was itself named after a 14thCentury landowner named William Fige,…
Place Name Mitcham is Old English in origin – micel and häm – and means big settlement. Before the Romans…
Place Name Directional. Means the hill by marshes, albeit a slight rise between the valleys of Beverley Brook and the…