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Tag: Village

Rushmere Place, SW19

28 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

Beech Close, SW19

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Place Name This street was developed in 1955, on what was the small heath to the east of Lady Jane’s…

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Filed under: Merton, streets named 1955, streets named after trees, Village, Wimbledon

Windmill Road, SW19

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Place Name There has been a windmill in Wimbledon since 1817, when it was built by Charles March. Even then…

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Filed under: agriculture, Merton, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Church Hill, SW19

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Place Name This road, which was only developed in the final years of the 19thCentury, as the town’s population expanded…

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Filed under: Church of England, Merton, street named after a church, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Kinsella Gardens, SW19

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Place Name A group of nine large houses that were laid out over the grounds of the former Kinellan House,…

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Filed under: Merton, misspelt, streets named after a Scottish connection, Village, Wimbledon

Haygarth Place, SW19

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Place Name Henry William Haygarth (1821 – December 31, 1902) was the “kindly, open and sincere” long-serving vicar of Wimbledon,…

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Filed under: Australia, Church of England, Exeter College, Magdalen College, Merton, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after Oxford graduates, streets named after priests, Village, Wimbledon

Haven Close, SW19

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Place Name Haven Close was laid out in 1959 on the extensive grounds of Heathlands House. Neal Ransome, in Wimbledon…

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

Greenoak Way, SW19

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Place Name This late high end development was laid out in 1982, and follows a long tradition by house builders…

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

Crooked Billet, SW19

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Place Name There has been a Crooked Billet pub – for a time Ye Olde Crooked Billet – since around…

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

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