Place Name Dunt’s Hill was first recorded in the 17thCentury and later became the site of Duntshill Mills calico printing…
Place Name One of a small cluster of roads referencing Robinson Crusoe, in. this case the author Daniel Defoe (1660…
Place Name Early maps show that Burntwood Lane predated Burntwood Grange which stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for…
Place Name Originally called Obligation Road, meaning a road which was obliged to stay open for public use and maintained…
Place Name Laid out on the grounds of Burntwood Grange which stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for nearly…
Place Name Burntwood Grange stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for nearly a century. It was built in 1832…
Place Name Thought to be a reference to either the Broadwater family, feudal tenants of Tooting Manor, or (more likely)…
Place Name Takes its name from Bridgford in Nottinghamshire, now known as West Bridgford. Originally a small agricultural village, its…
Place Name Dr Ralph Blegborough (April 8, 1769 – January 23, 1827) was a physician and “man mid-wife” whose interest…
Place Name Requiring no leap of the imagination, this is the road that Balham Station stands on. The station was…