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New Close, SW19

20 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name As you may expect, this is actually much older than the name would suggest. It has been a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cricket Green, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden, New Close Estate, social history, social housing

Dover Park Drive, SW15

6 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

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

Dawnay Road, SW18

4 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Archibald Davis Dawnay (1842 -April 23, 1919) served as mayor of Wandsworth no fewer than 11…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Earlsfield, named after councillor/council employee, Openview Estate, social history, social housing, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Crestway, SW15

3 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

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

Dombey Street, WC1N

31 December 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally East Street it was changed in 1936 in relation to the nearby New North Street but later…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: dickens, literature, social history
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