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Tag: streets with a Shropshire connection

Shropshire Close, CR4

21 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Shropshire, bordering Wales, is England’s largest landlocked traditional county. The Romans established a fortress at Wroxeter, once the…

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Filed under: Merton, Mitcham, Mitcham and Morden, Pollards Hill, Pollards Hill Estate, post-war, social housing, streets with a Shropshire connection

Worfield Street, SW11

15 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name When wealthy market gardener Henry Juer died in 1878 he left his fortune and the family’s 16 acres…

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Filed under: Battersea, Battersea Park, market garden, streets with a Shropshire connection, victorian, Wandsworth

Beckton Road, E16

18 February 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Simon Adams Beck (1803 – 1883) was the governor of the Gas, Light and Coke Company, which in…

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Filed under: streets with a Shropshire connection, victorian

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