Place Name This road, which was only developed in the final years of the 19thCentury, as the town’s population expanded…
Place Name Henry William Haygarth (1821 – December 31, 1902) was the “kindly, open and sincere” long-serving vicar of Wimbledon,…
Place Name Originally St John’s Road. The name changed shortly after the Second World War. The Polish Church of St…
Place Name Named for the nearby St Barnabas church. Barnabas was one of the disciples, who carried out missionary journeys…
Place Name Originally called The Grove. Like St Ann’s Crescent, which was, confusingly, called St Anne’s Hill, it is named…
Place Name Curiously while St Ann’s Crescent has retained its apostrophe throughout the decades, it has lost an e in…
Place Name Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (November 9, 1880 – February 8, 1960) was an architect best known for his…
Place Name Martin Joseph Routh (September 18, 1755 – December 22, 1854) was a classical scholar, devout churchman and President…
Place Name Edward Ellerton (1770 – 1851) was a former a master of Magdalen College, Oxford University, and was later…
Place Name York Place, known variously as Sylverton, Bridge Court, and York House, was once the London residence of the…