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Tag: Putney

Enterprise Way, SW18

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Place Name Industrial heritage. Despite its unpromising boggy ground this small corner of Wandsworth sitting at the mouth of the…

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Filed under: breweries, industry, Putney, River Wandle, streets named after a connection with the Second World War, streets named after connection with the First World War, Thamesfield, Wandle, Wandsworth

Eastleigh Walk, SW15

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Place Name Takes its name from the small Hampshire parish to the north east of Southampton, its name literally meaning…

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

Dover Park Drive, SW15

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Place Name Dover Park Drive is the centrepiece of the Doverhouse Estate, built by the London County Council after WW1,…

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Filed under: Dover House Estate, Putney, Putney Park, Roehampton, social history, social housing, Wandsworth, West Putney

Dover House Road, SW15

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Place Name From around the mid-18thCentury this was one of the most exclusive areas of (what was to become) Greater…

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Filed under: Dover House Estate, Putney, Roehampton, social history, social housing, streets named after houses, Wandsworth, West Putney

Durford Crescent, SW15

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Place Name Historically in Hampshire, Durford is the name of a number of scattered properties, most notably the site and…

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

Commondale, SW15

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Place Name As the name suggests this Putney Common and immediate surrounds remained open pasture and farmland for all, that…

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Filed under: Putney, Putney Common, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Crestway, SW15

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Place Name A somewhat grand name to describe this street which was laid out on the lip of a hill…

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Filed under: Dover House Estate, hills, Putney, social history, social housing, Wandsworth, West Putney

Charlwood Road, SW15

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Place Name Originally Worple Road, as shown on Rocque’s Map of 1741 – 1745, this was literally a track through…

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Filed under: market garden, name change, Putney, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Telegraph Road, SW15

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Place Name Commemorates the telegraph signal station which was set up here by the Admiralty in 1796 to convey messages…

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Filed under: communications, military, Napoleonic Wars, Putney, Royal Navy, Wandsworth, West Putney

Bowling Green Close, SW15

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Place Name Bowling has been popular in Putney since the early 17thCentury, the green that was laid here in 1636…

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Filed under: Crime, Putney, streets named after houses, streets named after sports connections, Wandsworth, West Putney, William Pitt the Younger

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