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Tag: name change

Church Road, SW19

5 May 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally Wimbledon Lane – this has in fact undergone many name changes in its time. Neil Ransome, in…

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Filed under: Church of England, Merton, name change, street named after a church, Village, Wimbledon

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

Rutlish Road, SW19

11 April 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally named Station Road as it led to Merton Park Station (originally Lower Merton Junction). How it came…

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Filed under: Abbey, Charles II, John Innes Estate, Merton, name change, street names connected with transport, streets named after philanthropists, Wimbledon

All Saints Road, SW19

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Place Name Originally called Hubert Road, after Hugh or Hubert de Burgh. All Saints, South Wimbledon, was formed in 1892,…

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Filed under: Merton, name change, South Wimbledon, street named after a church, Wandle, Wimbledon

Denmark Avenue, SW19

15 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally a continuation of Denmark Road, it changed to its present name sometime in the late 19thCentury as…

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Filed under: Hillside, Merton, name change, streets named after pubs, streets with a Danish connection, Wimbledon

Camp Road, SW19

28 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Previously Workhouse Lane, the name was changed sometime around the turn of the 19thCentury. Comes from the erroneous…

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Filed under: fake history, gentrification, Merton, name change, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after historical events, Village, Wimbledon

Coalecroft Road, SW15

26 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage, renamed in 1935. Named after a 94 1/4 acre field, first last out in the Anglo-Saxon…

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Filed under: Agricultural, field name, name change, Putney, streets named after houses, Wandsworth, West Putney

Meopham Road, CR4

21 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

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

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