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Tag: Old English

Almer Road, SW19

21 April 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from the Dorset village of Almer which is part of the Charborough estate, owned by…

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Filed under: Drax family, Merton, Old English, Old Park estate, streets with a Dorset connection, Village, Wimbledon

Rushmere Place, SW19

28 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This is a private road that was once the back garden to the Jacobean building Eagle House. It…

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Filed under: industry, Merton, Middle English, Old English, streets named 1991, Village, Wimbledon

Sherfield Gardens, SW15

11 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Sherfield, often referred to as Sherfield-on-Loddon, is a village in north Hampshire. The name originates from the Old…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, Old English, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Roehampton Lane, SW15

10 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Directional. This was the main road to Roehampton, connecting it with Barnes and Mortlake to the north and…

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Filed under: Old English, Putney, Roehampton, Wandsworth

Merton Road, SW18

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Place Name Directional, this road links Wandsworth to South Wimbledon/Merton. Merton, formerly an ancient Surrey parish, is now a London…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Old English, Putney, River Wandle, Southfields, Wandsworth

Minstead Gardens, SW15

31 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Minstead is in the New Forest; the village’s name is thought to derive from the Old English word…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, Old English, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Leigham Court Road, SW16

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Place Name Features on Stanford’s 1964 Library Map of London and its Environs as Leigham Court Road or St Julian’s…

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Filed under: Dulwich and West Norwood, Knight's Hill, Lambeth, Leigham Court Manor, Old English, Streatham, Streatham Wells

Laverstoke Gardens, SW15

23 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from small village in the Test Valley, Hampshire. According to the Basingstoke and Deane  Conservation…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, cluster, Old English, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Gunton Road, SW17

10 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Gunton takes its name from one of two villages in East Anglia, one in Norfolk and one in…

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Filed under: alphabet streets, cluster, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Old English, Old Norse, street names with a Norfolk connection, Suffolk

Estreham Road, SW16

8 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Called Ellison Road when first laid out in the late 19thCentury, it originally ran from Natal Road (then…

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Filed under: Domesday Book, Lambeth, name change, Old English, St Leonard's, Streatham, Streatham St Leonard's, streets named after a Roman connection

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