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Tag: Agricultural

Haydons Road, SW19

24 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Previously Haydon’s Lane and Heydon’s Lane. It can be traced back to a 15thCentury track leading to Butlers…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Bond-Hopkins estate, British Land Company, Merton, National Freehold Land Society, Wandle, Wimbledon

Cowdrey Road, SW19

11 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. Named after farmer William Cowdrey (born sometime around 1661 – May 17, 1723). Farming had taken…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Bond-Hopkins estate, George I, Merton, Wandle, Wimbledon

Coalecroft Road, SW15

26 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage, renamed in 1935. Named after a 94 1/4 acre field, first last out in the Anglo-Saxon…

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Filed under: Agricultural, field name, name change, Putney, streets named after houses, Wandsworth, West Putney

Swains Road, SW17

16 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural. This was once a lane leading to Swain’s Farm, which was developed for housing between the wars.…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Collier's Wood, field name, Merton, Mitcham and Morden

Southfields Road, SW18

15 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. Until this area was developed ion the late 19thCentury it was farmland and, as the name…

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Filed under: Agricultural, East Putney, field name, Southfields, Wandsworth

Lavender Avenue, CR4

23 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. This was the original lane between the Lavender fields. It was developed between the wars. The…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Lavender Fields, Merton, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden

Eastfields Avenue, SW18

7 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. This street was laid out on the East Field, a literal description since it was to…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, field name, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Ashen Grove, SW19

25 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Ashen Grove a small woodland of ash trees (hence the name) stood to the west of the 200…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Earl Spencer, Merton, Southfields Grid, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park

Carshalton Road, SM1

19 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

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

Battersea Rise, SW11

3 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. Today’s name was featured in 1718 referencing a local field which was first mentioned as le…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Battersea, field name, Lavender, Surrey, Wandsworth

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