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Tag: Church of England

St Barnabas Road, CR4

18 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named for the nearby St Barnabas church. Barnabas was one of the disciples, who carried out missionary journeys…

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Filed under: Church of England, Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, roads named after saints, street named after a church, Tooting

St Ann’s Hill, SW18

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Place Name Originally called The Grove. Like St Ann’s Crescent, which was, confusingly, called St Anne’s Hill, it is named…

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Filed under: Church of England, Putney, street named after a church, streets named after saints, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

St Ann’s Crescent, SW18

17 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Curiously while St Ann’s Crescent has retained its apostrophe throughout the decades, it has lost an e in…

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Filed under: Church of England, misspelt, name change, Putney, street named after a church, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Scott Avenue, SW15

11 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (November 9, 1880 – February 8, 1960) was an architect best known for his…

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Filed under: Church of England, Putney, streets named after architects, Wandsworth, West Hill

Routh Road, SW18

10 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Martin Joseph Routh (September 18, 1755 – December 22, 1854) was a classical scholar, devout churchman and President…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Church of England, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford University, streets named after Oxford graduates, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Ellerton Road, SW18

9 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Edward Ellerton (1770 – 1851) was a former a master of Magdalen College, Oxford University, and was later…

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Filed under: Church of England, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, streets named after Oxford graduates, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

York Road, SW11

2 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name York Place, known variously as Sylverton, Bridge Court, and York House, was once the London residence of the…

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Filed under: Archbishop of York, Battersea, Church of England, St Mary's, streets named after houses, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, Wandsworth

Borrodaile Road, SW18

28 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name William Borradaile (10 July 1792 – February 16, 1838) vicar of Wandsworth in the 1830s, who killed himself,…

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Filed under: Church of England, misspelt, streets named after sports connections, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

All Saints Passage, SW18

24 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from the Grade II*-listed parish church of Wandsworth. It stands on the site of an…

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Filed under: Church of England, Henry V, street named after a church, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Juxon Close, HA3

29 July 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name William Juxon, (1582 – June 4, 1663) was Bishop of London from 1633 to 1646 and Archbishop of…

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Filed under: Bishop of London, Church of England, Harrow, Harrow Weald, Henry VIII, Oxford, Oxford University, Reformation, slavery, streets named after Archbishops of Canterbury, streets named after Oxford graduates

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