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Tag: Tooting

Waynflete Street, SW18

25 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A reference to the Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete, who in 1458 founded Magdalen College, one of Oxford…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Magdalen Estate, Oxford University, Roman Catholic, streets named after bishops, streets named after priests, Tooting, Wandsworth

Beclands Road, SW17

8 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name While the hamlet or village of Tooting stretches back to Saxon times, first recorded in AD675, the addition…

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Filed under: Benedictine, Furzedown, names from Norman French, streets named after a French connection, streets named after abbeys, streets named after religious houses, streets with a Scandinavian connection, Tooting, Tooting Bec, Wandsworth

Tilehurst Road, SW18

19 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Parts of Tilehurst, now a suburb of Reading in Berkshire, were once owned by Magdalen College, Oxford, which…

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Filed under: Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Magdalen Estate, Oxford University, streets with a Berkshire connection, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

St Barnabas Road, CR4

18 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named for the nearby St Barnabas church. Barnabas was one of the disciples, who carried out missionary journeys…

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Filed under: Church of England, Graveney, Merton, Mitcham and Morden, roads named after saints, street named after a church, Tooting

Swaby Road, SW18

15 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named for the manor and village of Swaby in Lincolnshire, where Magdalen College, Oxford, held patronage, giving it…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Magdalen College, Old Norse, Oxford University, streets named with a Lincolnshire connection, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Routh Road, SW18

10 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Martin Joseph Routh (September 18, 1755 – December 22, 1854) was a classical scholar, devout churchman and President…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Church of England, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford University, streets named after Oxford graduates, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Openview, SW18

4 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Magdalen College, Oxford University owned extensive land in Earlsfield, and began to develop it for housing from the…

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Filed under: Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Openview Estate, Oxford University, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Magdalen Road, SW18

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Place Name Founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete, Magdalen College is one of Oxford University’s most…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Multon Road, SW18

2 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Recalling a long lost manor house in Multon, Lincolnshire, which today survives only in the name of Multon…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, streets named with a Lincolnshire connection, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

North Drive, SW16

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Place Name Somewhat confusingly, this is at the southern edge of Tooting Common. In fact, this does make sense historically…

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Filed under: Furzedown, Tooting, Wandsworth

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