Place Name Sophia Johnstone (1785 – 1841), the Duchess of Cannizzaro (note the spelling), was a tour de force of…
Place Name This road was built by Daniel (or possibly his father William) Hagon who named it – or perhaps…
Place Name Caroline Esther Bemish (1795 – 1872) was the wife of William Stratford, a local landowner. It is thought…
Place Name Miss Barbara Thrupp was the energetic former Mitcham Council housing manager who devoted her life to local authority…
Place Name Alicia Mendez (1925 – March 13, 2006), was an occupational therapist who worked at Queen Mary’s Hospital in…
Place Name Mary Florence Luttrell, dowager Baroness Westbury (died August 1, 1901), was a daughter of the Reverend Alexander Fownes…
Place Name In 1835 Jane Seymour Colman married Admiral Sir William Hotham, a Royal Navy officer who had seen service…
Place Name Mary Eleanor Gwynne-Holford (1865 – December 18, 1947), was known for her philanthropic efforts and played a pivotal…
Place Name On the face of it the answer should be simple: the field belonging to some earl or the…
Place Name Named after the US state. It was originally a hamlet, which had grown up around a large house…