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Tag: Sutton

Papermill Close, SM5

17 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Industrial heritage. A reference to the former paper mill that once straddled the River Wandle. It is thought…

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Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Carshalton Central, industry, Sutton, Wandle

Fellowes Road, SM5

16 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Sir John Fellowes (1670 – 1724) was the owner of Carshalton House having purchased it from the Crown…

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Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, slavery, South Sea Company, streets named after people who have been in prison, Sutton, The Wrythe

Beddington Cross, CR0

6 December 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Reconfiguration of the site means that the cross element of this street is now difficult to define. However,…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Beddington, Beddington North, Croydon, Sutton

Beddington Grove, SM6

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Place Name No grove is shown on early maps, so that was likely an affection on the part of the…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Beddington, Sutton, Wallington

Bandon Rise, SM6

21 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. Recalls the name of the hamlet of Bandonhill but the name goes back much further even…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Medieval, streets named after food, Sutton, Wallington, Wallington South

Avro Way, SM6

9 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Avro Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer founded in 1910 by Alliott Verdon Roe – AVRo – in…

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Filed under: Croydon Airport, former airfields, South Beddington and Roundshaw, streets named after a connection to aircraft, Sutton

Hengist Way, SM6

7 August 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name One of a number of roads commemorating some of the eight biplanes that were used by Imperial Airways,…

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Filed under: Croydon Airport, former airfields, South Beddington and Roundshaw, streets named after a connection to aircraft, streets named after technology, streets named after the unexpected, Sutton

Cirrus Close, SM6

30 July 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This street is named after the Cirrus series of  light aircraft engines, which were first introduced in 1925,…

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Filed under: Croydon Airport, former airfields, Roundshaw Estate, streets named after a connection to aircraft, Sutton, Wallington

Carshalton Road, SM5

6 February 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

PLace name The road leading to Carshalton, this is the main road that leads between Sutton and Carshalton. The original…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Carshalton and Wallington, Carshalton Central, River Wandle, Sutton, Wandle

Beddington Gardens, SM5

5 February 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out over agricultural land called Wallington Fields. Development began in the 1890s to capitalise on the nearby…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Carshalton, Sutton, Wallington South

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