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Tag: Mitcham

Caernarvon Close, CR4

21 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Caernarfon, in North Wales, is a county town known for its impressive medieval history and Caernarfon Castle, a…

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Filed under: cluster, Merton, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden, names with a Welsh connection, Pollards Hill, Pollards Hill Estate, post-war, social housing

Buckingham Road, CR4

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Place Name Buckingham, a historic market town in England, dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period and is believed to have…

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

Brecon Close, CR4

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Place Name Brecon, a historic market and county town in Wales, was originally a Roman fort. It became a significant…

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Filed under: cluster, Merton, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden, names with a Welsh connection, Pollards Hill, Pollards Hill Estate, post-war, social housing

Berkshire Way, CR4

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Place Name Berkshire, often called the Royal County, has a rich history deeply intertwined with the British monarchy; it is…

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Filed under: cluster, Merton, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden, Pollards Hill, Pollards Hill Estate, post-war, social housing, streets named after places, streets with a Berkshire connection

Dennis Reeve Close, CR4

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Place Name Dennis Reeve was one of the founders and leaders of the Capstan Youth Club, which was set up…

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

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

Batsworth Road, CR4

3 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name For a street that started as an access road, across farmland to a varnish maker and floorcloth manufacturer…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Cricket Green, Merton, Mitcham, Old English

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

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

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