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Tag: Roehampton

Dilton Gardens, SW15

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Place Name Takes its name from Dilton a hamlet to the west of Beaulieu Heath and on the eastern edge…

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

Clarence Lane, SW15

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Place Name The Duke of Clarence (August 21, 1765 – June 20, 1837) bought Petersham Lodge for 1,200 guineas from…

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Filed under: Putney Heath, Roehampton, streets named after houses, streets named after royals, Wandsworth, William IV

Clare Place, SW15

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Place Name Named for the nearby Mount Clare, a Grade I listed house, designed by architect Sir Robert Taylor, and…

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Filed under: East India Company, Roehampton, streets named after an Indian connection, streets named after houses, streets with a connection to the East India Company, Wandsworth

Coppice Drive, SW15

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Place Name A reference to the historic tree belt in the extensive park of Dover House, which can be clearly…

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Filed under: Dover House Estate, Roehampton, streets named after trees, streets named after woods, Wandsworth, woods

Breamore Close, SW15

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Place Name Breamore, is a village in the west of Hampshire, which is particularly noted for its 10thCentury church, St.…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, cluster, Domesday Book, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Bordon Walk, SW15

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Place Name Takes its name from Bordon, in the east of Hampshire, dates back only to 1863 when it was…

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

Bessborough Road, SW15

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Place Name William Ponsonby (1704 – March 11, 1793) was the 2nd Earl of Bessborough, who in 1761 commissioned Sir…

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Filed under: Roehampton, streets named after houses, streets with an Irish connection, Wandsworth

Bader Way, SW15

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Place Name Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, (February 21, 1910 – September 5, 1982) was a British RAF…

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Filed under: Queen Mary's Hospital, RAF, Roehampton, streets named after a connection with the Second World War, Wandsworth, West Putney, World War Two

Arnewood Close, SW15

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Place Name Takes its name from the Hampshire manor of Arnewood, near Lymington, which never quite formed a village of…

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

Alton Road, SW15

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Place Name In 1951 the architect’s department at the London County Council selected this area of Roehampton as the site…

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Filed under: Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

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