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Harbridge Avenue, SW15

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Place Name Harbridge is a tiny hamlet in the New Forest District, near the towns of Ringwood and Fordingbridge. It…

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

Greatham Walk, SW15

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Place Name Greatham is a small Hampshire village located near the town of Liss. It was first recorded in the…

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

Fontley Way, SW15

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Place Name Fontley is a small hamlet located near Fareham, Hampshire. Its name comes from the Anglo-Saxon, Funtaleg, meaning spring…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, Anglo-Saxon street name, cluster, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Farlington Place, SW15

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Place Name Now a suburb of Portsmouth, Farlington has roots dating back to the medieval period. The name is derived…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, cluster, Roehampton, social housing, Wandsworth

Ellisfield Drive, SW15

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Place Name Ellisfield, is a Hampshire village just outside of Basingstoke. The name, which appears in the Domesday Book of…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, 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

Dawnay Road, SW18

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

Danebury Avenue, SW15

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Place Name Danebury Ring, also known as Danebury Hillfort, is one of the best-preserved Iron Age hillforts in southern England.…

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

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