Place Name Takes its name from the house, Wildcroft Manor, built by David Hartley following the death of local landowner…
Place Name The Pettiward family have held land in Putney since around 1630 when a John Pettiward married Sarah White,…
Place Name Petersfield is a market town in East Hampshire, founded in the 1100s by William Fitz Robert, Earl of…
Place Name So called because it was built on the site of the paddock attached to Bowling Green House. The…
Place Name Lying on the southern boundary of what was, until the late 19thCentury, once marshland and reed beds. Osiers…
Place Name Directional, this road links Wandsworth to South Wimbledon/Merton. Merton, formerly an ancient Surrey parish, is now a London…
Place Name Minstead is in the New Forest; the village’s name is thought to derive from the Old English word…
Place Name Until this area was developed it was farmland and as the name suggests this would have been a…
Place Name Mary Florence Luttrell, dowager Baroness Westbury (died August 1, 1901), was a daughter of the Reverend Alexander Fownes…
Place Name Daniel Lysons (April 28, 1762 – 1834) who was known by the nickname Stumpity Stump was curate of…