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Tag: Mitcham and Morden

Christchurch Road, SW19

13 April 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally this was just a continuation of Merton Lane (later Western Road), and later was plain Church Road.…

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Filed under: Church of England, Collier's Wood, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, name change, street named after a church

Christchurch Close, SW19

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Place Name Takes its name, unsurprisingly, from the church of the same name, to serve the growing population of north…

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Filed under: Church of England, Collier's Wood, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, name change, street named after a church, streets named after religious houses

Boundary Road, SW19

30 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name So called because its entire length runs along what was the boundary of Streatham Parish (which included Tooting)…

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

Tandem Way, SW19

29 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Industrial heritage. In 1907 a German company formed the Tandem Smelting Syndicate, setting up close to the railway…

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Filed under: Collier's Wood, industry, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, streets named after a German connection, World War One

Byegrove Road, SW19

21 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from Byegrove House and Byegrove Cottage, both shown in historical maps. The former was a…

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Filed under: agriculture, Cambridge University, Collier's Wood, Dissolution of the monasteries, Emmanuel College, field name, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, streets named after houses

New Close, SW19

20 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name As you may expect, this is actually much older than the name would suggest. It has been a…

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Filed under: Cricket Green, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden, New Close Estate, social history, social housing

Chapter Way, SW19

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Place Name A reference to what was once one of the most important buildings in England, the chapter house of…

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Filed under: Collier's Wood, Medieval, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, streets named after religious houses

Thrupp Close, CR4

22 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Miss Barbara Thrupp was the energetic former Mitcham Council housing manager who devoted her life to local authority…

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Filed under: Figge's Marsh, Merton, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden, named after councillor/council employee, streets named after women

Meopham Road, CR4

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Place Name Name change. The historic name of a field, Meophams, which lay on the north side of the road.…

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Filed under: agriculture, field name, Longthornton, Merton, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden, name change, Streatham

Yorkshire Road, CR4

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Place Name Yorkshire, England’s largest historic county, is divided into three ridings (from a Viking word meaning third) – North,…

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Filed under: cluster, Merton, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden, Pollards Hill, Pollards Hill Estate, post-war, social housing

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