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Tag: field name

Byegrove Road, SW19

21 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

Arterberry Road, SW19

8 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Field Name. Once agricultural land which was part of the large Mount Ararat estate, this was among the…

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Filed under: agriculture, field name, Merton, Middle English, Mount Ararat estate, Village, Wimbledon

Coalecroft Road, SW15

26 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage, renamed in 1935. Named after a 94 1/4 acre field, first last out in the Anglo-Saxon…

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Filed under: Agricultural, field name, name change, Putney, streets named after houses, Wandsworth, West Putney

Meopham Road, CR4

21 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Name change. The historic name of a field, Meophams, which lay on the north side of the road.…

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Filed under: agriculture, field name, Longthornton, Merton, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden, name change, Streatham

Swains Road, SW17

16 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural. This was once a lane leading to Swain’s Farm, which was developed for housing between the wars.…

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

Swandon Way, SW18

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Place Name Agricultural. Until the 1980s this was a former industrial site with both gas works and a coal depot,…

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Filed under: field name, Putney, St Mary's, Wandsworth

Southfields Road, SW18

15 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. Until this area was developed ion the late 19thCentury it was farmland and, as the name…

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Filed under: Agricultural, East Putney, field name, Southfields, Wandsworth

Ram Street, SW18

9 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally called Red Lion Street, it later became part of York Road before adopting its current name. The…

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Filed under: breweries, field name, name change, Ram Brewery, streets named after pubs, Wandsworth, Wandsworth and Merton, Wandsworth Town

Northfields, SW18

31 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Until this area was developed it was farmland and as the name suggests this would have been a…

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Filed under: field name, Putney, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Heathfield Road, SW18

15 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from Heathfield Cottages, which stood overlooking Wandsworth Common from the first half of the 19thCentury,…

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Filed under: field name, Wandle, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

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