Place Name Laid out over a former footpath that led to the Church Farm Industrial School. The street itself is…
Place Name Takes its name from the nearby St James’s Church, New Barnet – although not directly, given that the…
Place Name Originally, this was a footpath that ran behind the church, leading to the Vicarage and the Trent Church…
Place Name Edward Penner was a (now obscure) churchwarden of St Mary’s Church, Wimbledon, in 1803, according to the Wandsworth…
Place Name Originally Wimbledon Lane – this has in fact undergone many name changes in its time. Neil Ransome, in…
Place Name Originally a continuation of Church Lane. This is one of the oldest streets in the area, leading to…
Place Name Originally this was just a continuation of Merton Lane (later Western Road), and later was plain Church Road.…
Place Name Takes its name, unsurprisingly, from the church of the same name, to serve the growing population of north…
Place Name Laid out over land belonging to Worcester Cathedral. In 1546 Henry VIII gave the right to appoint Wimbledon’s…
Place Name Lord Alwyne Compton (July 18, 1825 – April 4, 1906) was an Anglican bishop who as Dean of…