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Tag: Merton

Abbey Road, SW19

30 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name As with the nearby Abbey Recreation Ground the name references the large Augustinian Priory of Merton which was…

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Filed under: Abbey, Merton, streets named after abbeys, streets named after religious houses

Abingdon Close, SW19

9 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Peter of Abingdon, presumably a native of Abingdon in Oxfordshire, was the first Warden of Merton College, Oxford,…

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Filed under: Collier's Wood, Merton, Oxford, Oxford University, Wandle, Wimbledon

Potter Close, CR4

27 August 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Ephraim Potter who along with his business partner William Moore were physic gardeners specialising in the cultivation of…

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Filed under: Merton, Mitcham

Wandle Road, SM4

5 February 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after the River Wandle that flows nearby, rising near Croydon and flowing into the Thames at Wandsworth,…

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Filed under: Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Ravensbury, River Wandle, streets named after rivers, Wandle

Gladstone Road, SW19

14 June 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place name One of a cluster of roads in Wimbledon that are named after former prime ministers and statesmen of…

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Filed under: Eton, Merton, Oxford University, slavery, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after Oxford graduates, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Town and Dundonald

Friday Road, CR4

6 June 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name In Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe, Friday was the shipwrecked adventurer’s servant who he saved from a band of…

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Filed under: author, Collier's Wood, Daniel Defoe, Merton, Mitcham, Robinson Crusoe, Tooting

Slade Way, CR4

17 June 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after Tony Slade, an amateur footballer who was part of the Tooting and Mitcham United Football Club…

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Filed under: Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, sport, streets named after footballers, streets named after sports connections

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