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Tag: Carshalton

Radcliffe Gardens, SM5

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Place Name John Radcliffe (1650 – November 1, 1714) was the preeminent physician of his day whose expertise was sought…

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Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton South and Clockhouse, Mary II, medicine, Oxford, Oxford University, Queen Anne, streets named after MPs, streets named after Oxford graduates, streets named after Tories, Sutton, William III

Carleton Avenue, SM6

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Place Name The Carleton family were by the 18thCentury already one of the old established families of Carshalton and “at…

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Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, South Beddington and Roundshaw, streets named after bankrupts, Sutton, Wallington

Scawen Close, SM5

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Place Name Sir William Scawen (born sometime around 1644 – October 18, 1722) was an MP and Governor of the…

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Filed under: Bank of England, Carshalton, Carshalton Central, East India Company, streets named with a Cornish connection, streets with a connection to the East India Company, Sutton, William III

Brookfield Avenue, SM1

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Place Name Although not featured on any Ordnance Survey map this was originally Brickfield Lane, a clue to its industrial…

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Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, gentrification, industry, name change

Gaynesford Road, SM5

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Place Name The Gaynesfords were an important and powerful Carshalton family around the time of the Wars of the Roses…

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Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Carshalton South and Clockhouse, Edward IV, Henry VI, Henry VII, Richard III, streets named after people who have been in prison, Sutton, War of the Roses

Aultone Way, SM1

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Place Name A reference to the original name of Carshalton as featured in the Domesday Book of 1086, the survey…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Carshalton, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton North

Arcadia Close, SM5

18 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out over former allotment gardens. This is a common enough name used by developers hoping to capture…

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Filed under: Carshalton, poetic, Sutton, Wallington North

Vellum Drive, SM5

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Place Name Industrial heritage. A mill is said to have stood on the spot from 1782, when George Ansell, a…

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Filed under: Carshalton, industry, river, River Wandle, Sutton, tobacco, Wallington North, Wandle

Papermill Close, SM5

17 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Industrial heritage. A reference to the former paper mill that once straddled the River Wandle. It is thought…

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Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Carshalton Central, industry, Sutton, Wandle

Fellowes Road, SM5

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Place Name Sir John Fellowes (1670 – 1724) was the owner of Carshalton House having purchased it from the Crown…

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Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, slavery, South Sea Company, streets named after people who have been in prison, Sutton, The Wrythe

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