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Tag: Putney

Laverstoke Gardens, SW15

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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

Larpent Avenue, SW15

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Place Name Laid out in two stages in 1903 and 1906, this street recalls the Larpent family who were prominent…

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Filed under: politics, Putney, slavery, streets named after Whigs, Wandsworth, West Putney

Jews Row, SW18

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Place Name Thought to be named after its Jewish inhabitants. It was one of several Jew’s Rows that appeared around…

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Filed under: jewish london, Putney, St Mary's, Wandsworth

Kingsclere Close, SW15

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Place Name Kingsclere, between Newbury and Basingstoke, was first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of AD872 as Cynig’s Clere, meaning…

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

Ibsley Gardens, SW15

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Place Name Ibsley is a small hamlet in the New Forest, with the surrounding fertile lands supporting local agriculture for…

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

Huntingfield Road, SW15

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Place Name Named after Joshua Vanneck, Lord Huntingfield (December 31, 1745 – August 15, 1816), who bought Roehampton Great House,…

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Filed under: Putney, streets name after MPs, streets named after a Dutch connection, streets named after Tories, Wandsworth, West Putney

Hotham Road, SW15

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Place Name In 1835 Jane Seymour Colman married Admiral Sir William Hotham, a Royal Navy officer who had seen service…

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

Horndean Close, SW15

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Place Name Horndean, near the South Downs, lies, like the Alton Estate itself, on the old London to Portsmouth road.…

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

Holybourne Avenue, SW15

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Place Name Holybourne is a village on the outskirts of Alton. Its name is thought to derive from Haligburna, meaning…

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

Holford Way, SW15

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Place Name Mary Eleanor Gwynne-Holford (1865 – December 18, 1947), was known for her philanthropic efforts and played a pivotal…

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Filed under: former hospital site, Putney, Roehampton, Roehampton Hospital, streets named after connection with the First World War, streets named after women, Wandsworth, World War One

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