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Tag: Merton

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

Links Way, SW17

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Place Name On November 28, 1888 an article appeared in the Edinburgh Evening News under the headline New Golf Green…

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Filed under: Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, sport, streets named after sports connections, Tooting Golf Course

Lavender Avenue, CR4

23 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. This was the original lane between the Lavender fields. It was developed between the wars. The…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Lavender Fields, Merton, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden

Jersey Road, SW17

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Place Name Takes its name from the largest of the Channel Islands. It became part of the Duchy of Normandy…

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Filed under: alphabet streets, Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Tooting, Tooting Golf Course

Ipswich Road, SW17

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Place Name Takes its name from the county town of Suffolk, one of England’s oldest continuously inhabited communities, that has…

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Filed under: alphabet streets, Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Suffolk, Tooting Golf Course

Hailsham Road, SW17

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Place Name Takes its name from the East Sussex market town with a history dating back to Saxon times. It…

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Filed under: alphabet streets, cluster, Graveney, Merton, streets named after an East Sussex connection, Tooting Golf Course

Hasty Close, CR4

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Place Name Patrick Joseph Hasty (March 17, 1934 – August 2000) was a Northern Irish footballer who represented Great Britain…

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Filed under: Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Olympics, sport, streets named after footballers, streets named after olympians, streets with an Irish connection

Gunton Road, SW17

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Place Name Gunton takes its name from one of two villages in East Anglia, one in Norfolk and one in…

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Filed under: alphabet streets, cluster, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Old English, Old Norse, street names with a Norfolk connection, Suffolk

Frinton Road, SW17

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Place Name Frinton-on-Sea, in Essex, was developed as an exclusive coastal resort in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.…

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Filed under: alphabet streets, cluster, Essex, Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, streets named after seaside towns, Tooting Golf Course

East Gardens, SW17

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Place Name East Gardens and neighbouring West Gardens were laid out on the site of a former plant nursery around…

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

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