Place Name Caroline Esther Bemish (1795 – 1872) was the wife of William Stratford, a local landowner. It is thought…
Place Name A large brewery – featured on Nicolas Lane’s map of the area from 1636 – stood to the…
Place Name The great landowners would often name the streets laid out on their London estates after places associated with…
Place Name The embankment of the River Thames between Putney Bridge and the mouth of the Beverley Brook was constructed…
Place Name Putney Common and immediate surrounds remained open pasture and farmland until enclosure in 1469 by John Twigge, who…
Place Name Lying on the southern boundary of what was, until the late 19thCentury, once marshland and reed beds. Osiers…
Place Name Until this area was developed it was farmland and as the name suggests this would have been a…
Place Name In 1835 Jane Seymour Colman married Admiral Sir William Hotham, a Royal Navy officer who had seen service…
Place Name Industrial heritage. Despite its unpromising boggy ground this small corner of Wandsworth sitting at the mouth of the…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. This street was laid out on the East Field, a literal description since it was to…