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Tag: streets named after buildings

Castle Close, SW19

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Place Name As with Castle Way, Castle Tower/s – later the Castle Towers Hotel – was a substantial villa that…

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Filed under: Merton, streets named 1960, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Castle Way, SW19

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Place Name Castle Tower/s – later the Castle Towers Hotel – was a substantial villa that stood, prior to demolition,…

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Filed under: Merton, street named 1959, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Atkinson Close, SW20

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Place Name This street, laid out in 2014, is on the site of the former Atkinson Morley Hospital. The hospital…

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Filed under: Copse Hill, former hospital site, Merton, street named 2014, streets named after buildings, streets named after philanthropists, Village, West Wimbledon, Wimbledon

Atherton Drive, SW19

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Place Name Laid out in 1935 on the site of Atherton Grange (although in a map of 1874 the house…

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Filed under: Merton, streets from 1935, Streets named after a Lancashire connection, streets named after buildings, streets named after houses, Village, Wimbledon

Allington Close, SW19

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Place Name At various times called Mutton Alley, Dog & Fox Court, after a nearby inn, and Beehive Buildings, which…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Merton, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Windmill Road, SW19

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Place Name There has been a windmill in Wimbledon since 1817, when it was built by Charles March. Even then…

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Filed under: agriculture, Merton, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Church Hill, SW19

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Place Name This road, which was only developed in the final years of the 19thCentury, as the town’s population expanded…

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Filed under: Church of England, Merton, street named after a church, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Whitelands Park, SW15

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Place Name Whitelands College, which formerly occupied this site and after which the Park is named, was a woman’s teaching…

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Filed under: Putney, Roehampton, streets named after buildings, streets named after schools, Wandsworth, women

Putney Embankment, SW15

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Place Name The embankment of the River Thames between Putney Bridge and the mouth of the Beverley Brook was constructed…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Putney, River Thames, streets named after buildings, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Bedford Road, W4

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Place name This road once led to Bedford Park, a Georgian villa that was built by John Bedford in 1793.…

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Filed under: Chiswick Homefields, Hounslow, streets named after buildings

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