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Tag: streets named after trees

Chestnut Grove, EN4

15 March 2026 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out on the gardens of the Little Grove estate. According to local historian Doreen Willcocks, in Barnet’s…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, Littlegrove estate, streets from 1930s, streets named after trees

Cedar Avenue, EN4

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Place Name According to local historian Doreen Willcocks, in Barnet’s History in its Street Names’ (1994), “some people remember a…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, streets named after trees

Cedar Park Gardens, SW19

2 April 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This street was developed in 2005 and named after the cedar trees that that were still standing from…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Merton, streets named after trees, Village, Wimbledon

Beech Close, SW19

24 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This street was developed in 1955, on what was the small heath to the east of Lady Jane’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Merton, streets named 1955, streets named after trees, Village, Wimbledon

Woodside, SW19

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Place Name Until development this was a literal name, as along its northern side ran the perimeter of Wimbledon Park…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hillside, Merton, streets named after trees, Wimbledon

Greenoak Way, SW19

17 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This late high end development was laid out in 1982, and follows a long tradition by house builders…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Merton, streets named after trees, Village, Wimbledon

Osiers Road, SW18

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Place Name Lying on the southern boundary of what was, until the late 19thCentury, once marshland and reed beds. Osiers…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Putney, streets named after trees, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Coppice Drive, SW15

3 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A reference to the historic tree belt in the extensive park of Dover House, which can be clearly…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dover House Estate, Roehampton, streets named after trees, streets named after woods, Wandsworth, woods

Burntwood Lane, SW17

1 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Early maps show that Burntwood Lane predated Burntwood Grange which stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: streets named after trees, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Becontree Avenue, RM8

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Place Name Laid out over the estate of Valence House, when the Becontree Estate was built by the London County…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Barking and Dagenham, Becontree, Dagenham, streets named after trees, Valence House

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