Place Name York Place, known variously as Sylverton, Bridge Court, and York House, was once the London residence of the…
Place Name Takes its name from the East Sussex village of Alfriston, which means Ælfric’s town or settlement. This is…
Place Name Originally Alfred Street. It was renamed in 1937 as part of the London County Council’s periodic clean up…
Place Name The acanthus leaf is one of the most common ornamental features to used in decorative architecture throughout history.…
Place Name A church has stood in Battersea since as early as AD800. Indeed the church lasted throughout the Middle…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. Today’s name was featured in 1718 referencing a local field which was first mentioned as le…
Place Name Originally plain High Street. The name Battersea was first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon charters of AD693 as Badrices…
Place Name Originally called Battersea Road, the western section of this thoroughfare was at one time called Lower Wandsworth Road…
Place Name When wealthy market gardener Henry Juer died in 1878 he left his fortune and the family’s 16 acres…
Place Name Remembers Henry Juer (February 6, 1807 – November 30, 1878), a market gardener, who held some 16 acres…