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Tag: Collier’s Wood

Christchurch Road, SW19

13 April 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally this was just a continuation of Merton Lane (later Western Road), and later was plain Church Road.…

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Filed under: Church of England, Collier's Wood, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, name change, street named after a church

Christchurch Close, SW19

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Place Name Takes its name, unsurprisingly, from the church of the same name, to serve the growing population of north…

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Filed under: Church of England, Collier's Wood, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, name change, street named after a church, streets named after religious houses

Boundary Road, SW19

30 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name So called because its entire length runs along what was the boundary of Streatham Parish (which included Tooting)…

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Filed under: Collier's Wood, Merton, Mitcham and Morden

Tandem Way, SW19

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Place Name Industrial heritage. In 1907 a German company formed the Tandem Smelting Syndicate, setting up close to the railway…

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Filed under: Collier's Wood, industry, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, streets named after a German connection, World War One

Byegrove Road, SW19

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Place Name Takes its name from Byegrove House and Byegrove Cottage, both shown in historical maps. The former was a…

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Filed under: agriculture, Cambridge University, Collier's Wood, Dissolution of the monasteries, Emmanuel College, field name, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, streets named after houses

South Road, SW19

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Place Name This unimaginatively named road was once part of a small development in New Wimbledon, as this area was…

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Filed under: British Land Company, Collier's Wood, Merton, National Freehold Land Society, social housing, Wimbledon

North Road, SW19

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Place Name The unimaginatively named northern road of a small development in New Wimbledon, as this area was called in…

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Filed under: British Land Company, Collier's Wood, Merton, National Freehold Land Society, social housing, Wimbledon

East Road, SW19

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Place Name The unimaginatively named eastern road of a small development in New Wimbledon, as this area was called in…

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Filed under: British Land Company, Collier's Wood, Merton, National Freehold Land Society, Wandle

Keats Close, SW19

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Place Name John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was, with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, one…

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Filed under: cluster, Collier's Wood, Merton, streets named after poets, Wandle, Wimbledon

Chapter Way, SW19

1 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A reference to what was once one of the most important buildings in England, the chapter house of…

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Filed under: Collier's Wood, Medieval, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, streets named after religious houses

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