Place Name Takes its name from a former property, one of a number of large country villas that were built…
Place Name Takes its name from Byegrove House and Byegrove Cottage, both shown in historical maps. The former was a…
Place Name A continuation of Merton High Street, the south side of this parade of shops, which originally ran between…
Place Name Haven Close was laid out in 1959 on the extensive grounds of Heathlands House. Neal Ransome, in Wimbledon…
Place Name Gap Lodge, was a small servant’s house that stood at what is now the junction of Leopold Road…
Place Name This road was laid out in 1956 on the grounds that previously belonged to Chester House. How it…
Place Name Sophia Johnstone (1785 – 1841), the Duchess of Cannizzaro (note the spelling), was a tour de force of…
Place Name Until 1588, Wimbledon was a farmers’ village, of little importance. That changed when Sir Thomas Cecil, the eldest…
Place Name Until 1588, Wimbledon was a farmers’ village, of little importance. That changed when Sir Thomas Cecil, the eldest…
Place Name Until 1588, Wimbledon was a farmers’ village, of little importance. That changed when Sir Thomas Cecil, the eldest…