Place Name Until this area was developed it was farmland and as the name suggests this would have been a…
Place Name Takes its name from Heathfield Cottages, which stood overlooking Wandsworth Common from the first half of the 19thCentury,…
Place Name A literal description, as this street looks over The Spencer Club playing fields founded in 1872, although this…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. This street was laid out on the East Field, a literal description since it was to…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. Today’s name was featured in 1718 referencing a local field which was first mentioned as le…
Place Name Formerly Ripple Street. A ripple was a strip of land, in this case referring to the narrow stretch…
Place Name First written as Eldeholt in 1380 from the Old English words elde meaning old (which survives today in the…
Place Name Directional, the lane leading to Old Oak Common from East Acton. First written as Eldeholt in 1380 from…
Place Name First written as Eldeholt in 1380 from the Old English words elde meaning old (which survives today in the…
Place Name The Middle English word mede, itself from Old English mæd, means meadow, and before development there was indeed agricultural…