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Tag: misspelt

Kinsella Gardens, SW19

19 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A group of nine large houses that were laid out over the grounds of the former Kinellan House,…

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Filed under: Merton, misspelt, streets named after a Scottish connection, Village, Wimbledon

Cannizaro Road, SW19

9 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Sophia Johnstone (1785 – 1841), the Duchess of Cannizzaro (note the spelling), was a tour de force of…

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Filed under: Georgian, Merton, misspelt, streets named after an Italian connection, streets named after houses, streets named after women, streets with a North American connection, Village, Wimbledon

Francis Grove, SW19

2 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This road was built by Daniel (or possibly his father William) Hagon who named it – or perhaps…

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Filed under: Hillside, Merton, misspelt, streets named after women, Wimbledon

Durnsford Avenue, SW19

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Place Name A corrupted reference to Dunsford, a former manor, meaning a ford in the valley, in this case crossing…

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Filed under: Dissolution of the monasteries, Dunsford, Henry Cecil, Henry VIII, Merton, misspelt, Thomas Cromwell, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park

St Ann’s Crescent, SW18

17 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Curiously while St Ann’s Crescent has retained its apostrophe throughout the decades, it has lost an e in…

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Filed under: Church of England, misspelt, name change, Putney, street named after a church, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Frewin Road, SW18

10 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Accepted Frewen (1588 – March 28, 1664), was president of Magdalen College from 1626 and Archbishop of York…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, cluster, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, misspelt, Oxford University, streets named after Oxford graduates, Wandsworth and Merton, Wandsworth Common

Borrodaile Road, SW18

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Place Name William Borradaile (10 July 1792 – February 16, 1838) vicar of Wandsworth in the 1830s, who killed himself,…

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Filed under: Church of England, misspelt, streets named after sports connections, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

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