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Alan Road, SW19

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Place Name Alan was a family name of the Peaches, owners of Belvedere House, which stood near here from the…

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Filed under: Merton, streets from 1905, Village, Wimbledon

Atherton Drive, SW19

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Place Name Laid out in 1935 on the site of Atherton Grange (although in a map of 1874 the house…

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Filed under: Merton, streets from 1935, Streets named after a Lancashire connection, streets named after buildings, streets named after houses, Village, Wimbledon

Allington Close, SW19

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Place Name At various times called Mutton Alley, Dog & Fox Court, after a nearby inn, and Beehive Buildings, which…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, Merton, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Cedar Court, SW19

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Place Name Developed in 1968 this roads was named after a house of the same name that was on the…

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Filed under: Merton, streets named 1968, streets named after houses, Village, Wimbledon

Cedar Park Gardens, SW19

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Place Name This street was developed in 2005 and named after the cedar trees that that were still standing from…

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Filed under: Merton, streets named after trees, Village, Wimbledon

Calonne Road, SW19

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Place Name Charles Alexandre de Calonne (January 20, 1734 – October 30, 1802), titled Count of Hannonville in 1759, was…

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Filed under: Merton, streets named after a French connection, Village, Wimbledon, Wimbledon House, Wimbledon House Estate

Peek Crescent, SW19

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Place Name Sir Henry William Peek (February 26, 1825 – August 26, 1898) was an importer of spices, tea, as…

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Filed under: Merton, streets named after Conservatives, streets named after MPs, Village, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park, Wimbledon Park Estate, Wimbledon Park House

Somerset Road, SW19

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Place Name Edward Adolphus Seymour (February 24, 1775 – August 15, 1855) was the 11th Duke of Somerset who leased…

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Filed under: 11th Duke of Somerset, Merton, streets named after a Somerset connection, Village, Wimbledon

Rushmere Place, SW19

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Place Name This is a private road that was once the back garden to the Jacobean building Eagle House. It…

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Filed under: industry, Merton, Middle English, Old English, streets named 1991, Village, Wimbledon

Beltane Drive, SW19

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Place Name Beltane School was founded in Wimbledon in 1934 by teachers and others who had been forced to leave…

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Filed under: jewish london, Merton, names with a Celtic origin, streets named 1959, streets named after a connection with the Second World War, streets named after a German connection, streets named after schools, Village, Wimbledon

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