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Tag: Putney

Whitlock Drive, SW19

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Place Name Edward Whitlock (January 18, 1885 – 1969) was a popular and hardworking Alderman of Wandsworth Council. A director…

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Filed under: named after councillor/council employee, Putney, Wandsworth, West Hill

George Wyver Close, SW19

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Place Name George Wyver was a trade unionist who on on April 6, 1904 was one of the founders of…

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Filed under: Putney, streets named after trade unionists, Wandsworth, West Hill

Kingsmere Road, SW19

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Place Name To mark the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887, workmen dammed a stream running through meadowland near…

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Filed under: fake history, Putney, Wandsworth, West Hill, Wimbledon

Queensmere Road, SW19

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Place Name Originally Durham Road. In 1923 a drainage application incorporating a Plan of Proposed Layout was submitted for The…

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Filed under: Putney, Queen Victoria, Queenmere estate, Southfields, Wandsworth, West Hill

Albert Drive, SW19

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Place Name Originally called Albert Road. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861) was…

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Filed under: Putney, Queen Victoria, royal, streets named after royals, Wandsworth, West Hill, Wimbledon

Bemish Road, SW15

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Place Name Caroline Esther Bemish (1795 – 1872) was the wife of William Stratford, a local landowner. It is thought…

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Filed under: Putney, streets named after women, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Coalecroft Road, SW15

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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

Brewhouse Lane, SW15

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Place Name A large brewery – featured on Nicolas Lane’s map of the area from 1636 – stood to the…

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Filed under: breweries, industry, Putney, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Whitelands Park, SW15

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Place Name Whitelands College, which formerly occupied this site and after which the Park is named, was a woman’s teaching…

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Filed under: Putney, Roehampton, streets named after buildings, streets named after schools, Wandsworth, women

Vitali Close, SW15

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Place Name Miroslaw (Mirek) Vitali, OBE (October 5, 1914 – February 19, 1992) was a physician specialising in the treatment…

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Filed under: Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Putney, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, Roehampton Hospital, streets named after doctors, streets named after Poles, streets named after Russians, streets named after Ukrainians, Wandsworth, World War Two

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