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Fieldview, SW18

9 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A literal description, as this street looks over The Spencer Club playing fields founded in 1872, although this…

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Filed under: field name, Magdalen College, Oxford University, Wandsworth, Wandsworth and Merton, Wandsworth Common

Eastfields Avenue, SW18

7 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. This street was laid out on the East Field, a literal description since it was to…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, field name, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Battersea Rise, SW11

3 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. Today’s name was featured in 1718 referencing a local field which was first mentioned as le…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Battersea, field name, Lavender, Surrey, Wandsworth

Ripple Road, IG11

25 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Formerly Ripple Street. A ripple was a strip of land, in this case referring to the narrow stretch…

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Filed under: Abbey, Barking and Dagenham, field name

Old Oak Lane, NW10

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Place Name First written as Eldeholt in 1380 from the Old English words elde meaning old (which survives today in the…

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Filed under: Ealing, East Acton, field name

Old Oak Common Lane, W3

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Place Name Directional, the lane leading to Old Oak Common from East Acton. First written as Eldeholt in 1380 from…

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Filed under: College Park and Old Oak, field name, Hammersmith and Fulham, Shepherd's Bush

Old Oak Common Lane, NW10

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Place Name First written as Eldeholt in 1380 from the Old English words elde meaning old (which survives today in the…

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Filed under: College Park and Old Oak, field name, Hammersmith and Fulham

Mead Way, BR4

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Place Name The Middle English word mede, itself from Old English mæd, means meadow, and before development there was indeed agricultural…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Bromley, field name, West Wickham

Woodside Grove, N12

21 August 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Literally a hamlet or farmland next to woodland, although as early spellings of the area reveal this would…

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Filed under: Barnet, field name, Finchley Wood

Woodside Lane, N12

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Place Name Literally a hamlet or farmland next to woodland, although as early spellings of the area reveal this would…

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Filed under: Barnet, field name, Finchley Wood

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