Place Name Laid out in the 1890s it is named after John Smeaton (June 8, 1724 – October 28, 1792),…
Place Name Industrial heritage. The name recalls the Wandsworth Flock Company, described in a Post Office directory of 1870 as…
Place Name Industrial heritage. Despite its unpromising boggy ground this small corner of Wandsworth sitting at the mouth of the…
Place Name Dunt’s Hill was first recorded in the 17thCentury and later became the site of Duntshill Mills calico printing…
Place Name Stanford’s map of 1864 clearly shows how marshy and wet the Wandle Delta used to be. North of…
Place Name Although not featured on any Ordnance Survey map this was originally Brickfield Lane, a clue to its industrial…
Place Name Industrial heritage. A mill is said to have stood on the spot from 1782, when George Ansell, a…
Place Name Industrial heritage. A reference to the former paper mill that once straddled the River Wandle. It is thought…
Place Name This road overlooks the original sand pits that were excavated in the area for local brick manufacture. So,…
Place Name This road overlooks the original sand pits that were excavated in the area for local brick manufacture. So,…