Place Name First mentioned in the Anglo Saxon Charter as Botewœlle as early as AD831 , it is thought to…
Place Name Directional, the road leading from Lee to Eltham. There are numerous suggestions about where the name Eltham comes…
Place Name Directional. Originally Yeading Road. Yeading is very early Saxon and was originally Geddingas or Geddinges, meaning the people…
Place Name Literal. A hill in Balham. John Field in his study Place Names of Greater London speculates that it…
PLace name The road leading to Carshalton, this is the main road that leads between Sutton and Carshalton. The original…
Place Name Laid out over agricultural land called Wallington Fields. Development began in the 1890s to capitalise on the nearby…
Place Name Directional, the road leading from Canning Town to Barking. John Field in his book Place Names of Greater…
Place Name Remembering the hamlet which was subsumed into Kenley in the 20thCentury. The name Waddington goes back to Saxon…
Place Name Directional. This ancient road, which along the south eastern boundary of Spring Park, leads from West Wickham to…
Place Name Hengist, the name is Old English and means Stallion, who along with his brother Horsa (Horse), was hired…