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Tag: Lewisham

Pond Close, SE3

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Place Name As with nearby Pond Road this refers to an ornamental water which stood in the gardens of Wricklemarsh…

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Filed under: Blackheath, Lewisham, Wricklemarsh

Pond Road, SE3

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Place Name You’d be forgiven for thinking that this is a reference to Prince of Wales Pond on South Row,…

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Filed under: Blackheath, Lewisham, Wricklemarsh

Cliffview Road, SE13

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Place Name This road overlooks the original sand pits that were excavated in the area for local brick manufacture. So,…

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Filed under: Brockley, geology, industry, Ladywell, Lewisham

Overcliff Road, SE13

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Place Name This road overlooks the original sand pits that were excavated in the area for local brick manufacture. So,…

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Filed under: Brockley, geology, industry, Ladywell, Lewisham

Undercliff Road, SE13

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Place Name This road runs through the original sand pits that were excavated in the area for local brick manufacture.…

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Filed under: Brockley, geology, industry, Ladywell, Lewisham

Sandrock Road, SE13

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Place Name Like many of the roads around this area it is a reference to the sand pits, chalk pits…

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Filed under: Brockley, geology, industry, Ladywell, Lewisham

Fossil Road, SE13

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Place Name Like many of the roads around this area it is a reference to the sand pits, chalk pits…

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Filed under: Brockley, geology, industry, Ladywell, Lewisham

Shell Road, SE13

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Place Name Like many of the roads around this area it is a reference to the sand pits, chalk pits…

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Filed under: Brockley, geology, industry, Ladywell, Lewisham

Adolf Street, SE6

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Place Name Today the name Adolf, in the British mindset at least, is synonymous with Hitler, so it is hard…

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Filed under: Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Bellingham, cluster, Lewisham

Bankhurst Road, SE6

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Place Name This remembers the old manor name of Bankhurst, so called after the Banquel family (the name was variously…

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Filed under: Crofton Park, Lewisham, Medieval

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