Place name Edward Smith-Stanley (March 29, 1799 – October 23, 1869) was the 14th Earl of Derby. He was known…
Place Name A reference to what was once one of the most important buildings in England, the chapter house of…
Place Name As with Camp Road this was named from the erroneous 19thCentury notion that Julius Caesar had camped near…
Place Name Previously Workhouse Lane, the name was changed sometime around the turn of the 19thCentury. Comes from the erroneous…
Place Name Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) was the famed Scottish poet whose works include Auld…
Place Name The Royal Homes for the Widows and Daughters of Naval and Military Officers, also known as Queen Alexandra’s…
Place Name Miss Barbara Thrupp was the energetic former Mitcham Council housing manager who devoted her life to local authority…
Place Name Name change. The historic name of a field, Meophams, which lay on the north side of the road.…
Place Name Yorkshire, England’s largest historic county, is divided into three ridings (from a Viking word meaning third) – North,…
Place Name Westmorland is an historic county in northwest England, famous for its landscapes, including parts of the Lake District.…