Place Name Parts of Tilehurst, now a suburb of Reading in Berkshire, were once owned by Magdalen College, Oxford, which…
Place Name Martin Joseph Routh (September 18, 1755 – December 22, 1854) was a classical scholar, devout churchman and President…
Place Name Magdalen College, Oxford University owned extensive land in Earlsfield, and began to develop it for housing from the…
Place Name Founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete, Magdalen College is one of Oxford University’s most…
Place Name William Lyford (1598 – October 3, 1653), was a nonconformist clergyman said to be of “great modesty and…
Place Name As with neighbouring streets this street was laid out over land owned and developed by Magdalen College, Oxford…
Place Name Accepted Frewen (1588 – March 28, 1664), was president of Magdalen College from 1626 and Archbishop of York…
Place Name Industrial heritage. The name recalls the Wandsworth Flock Company, described in a Post Office directory of 1870 as…
Place Name On the face of it the answer should be simple: the field belonging to some earl or the…
Place Name Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Archibald Davis Dawnay (1842 -April 23, 1919) served as mayor of Wandsworth no fewer than 11…