Place Name Lacock Abbey, in Wiltshire, was founded in 1232 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a nunnery for Augustinian…
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Place Name Lacock Abbey, in Wiltshire, was founded in 1232 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a nunnery for Augustinian…
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Place Name Takes its name, unsurprisingly, from the church of the same name, to serve the growing population of north…
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Place Name As with many of the streets in South Wimbledon this is named after a former religious house, due…
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Place Name A continuation of Merton High Street, the south side of this parade of shops, which originally ran between…
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Place Name A reference to what was once one of the most important buildings in England, the chapter house of…
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Place Name While the hamlet or village of Tooting stretches back to Saxon times, first recorded in AD675, the addition…
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Place Name As the name suggests, it leads to Abbey Wood, which was just a small part of the extensive…
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Place Name A religious house of one sort or the other existed in the area from before AD715 but is…
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Place Name As with the nearby Abbey Recreation Ground the name references the large Augustinian Priory of Merton which was…
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Place Name Laid out around 1823 it was originally called Willow Grove and for a time Willow Terrace. By 1837…
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