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Tag: Earlsfield

Waynflete Street, SW18

25 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A reference to the Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete, who in 1458 founded Magdalen College, one of Oxford…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Magdalen Estate, Oxford University, Roman Catholic, streets named after bishops, streets named after priests, Tooting, Wandsworth

Tilehurst Road, SW18

19 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Parts of Tilehurst, now a suburb of Reading in Berkshire, were once owned by Magdalen College, Oxford, which…

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Filed under: Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Magdalen Estate, Oxford University, streets with a Berkshire connection, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

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

Openview, SW18

4 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Magdalen College, Oxford University owned extensive land in Earlsfield, and began to develop it for housing from the…

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Filed under: Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Openview Estate, Oxford University, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Magdalen Road, SW18

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Place Name Founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete, Magdalen College is one of Oxford University’s most…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Lyford Road, SW18

29 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name William Lyford (1598 – October 3, 1653), was a nonconformist clergyman said to be of “great modesty and…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Calvinist, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, Quakers, streets named after Oxford graduates, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common, witchcraft

Isis Street, SW18

18 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name As with neighbouring streets this street was laid out over land owned and developed by Magdalen College, Oxford…

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Filed under: Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, River Thames, streets named after rivers, Wandsworth, Wandsworth and Merton, Wandsworth Common

Frewin Road, SW18

10 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Accepted Frewen (1588 – March 28, 1664), was president of Magdalen College from 1626 and Archbishop of York…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, cluster, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, misspelt, Oxford University, streets named after Oxford graduates, Wandsworth and Merton, Wandsworth Common

Flock Mill Place, SW18

9 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Industrial heritage. The name recalls the Wandsworth Flock Company, described in a Post Office directory of 1870 as…

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Filed under: Earlsfield, industry, River Wandle, Tooting, Wandle, Wandsworth

Earlsfield Road, SW18

7 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name On the face of it the answer should be simple: the field belonging to some earl or the…

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Filed under: Earlsfield, names with an Irish connection, streets named after houses, streets named after women, Wandle, Wandsworth

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