Place Name Bowling has been popular in Putney since the early 17thCentury, the green that was laid here in 1636…
Place Name William Ponsonby (1704 – March 11, 1793) was the 2nd Earl of Bessborough, who in 1761 commissioned Sir…
Place Name The area takes its name from an estate called Arnos Grove which was built in 1723 by James…
Place name This was laid out in the grounds of a property called Grove Park House. The Grove refers to…
Place Name Takes its name from Chiswick Grove, which was first mentioned sometime around 1210 as Grava, from the Old…
Place Name Yeoman William (died 1484) and Alice Stubber bought land in North Ockendon that was to form the Stubbers…
Place Name Blendon Hall was one of Bexleyheath’s largest estates built in 1763, that stood near here. The Bladindon family…
Place Name Named after the former Twyford Abbey, which was not in fact a religious house, but the name of…
Place name Named after the former Manor House on Turpin Lane, immediately north of where this road enters Chigwell parish…
Place Name Thought to be named after a medieval manor, known as Little Beehive, which was located between Beehive Lane…