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Camp View, SW19

28 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name As with Camp Road this was named from the erroneous 19thCentury notion that Julius Caesar had camped near…

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Filed under: fake history, Merton, streets named after a Roman connection, Village, Wimbledon

Camp Road, SW19

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Place Name Previously Workhouse Lane, the name was changed sometime around the turn of the 19thCentury. Comes from the erroneous…

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Filed under: fake history, gentrification, Merton, name change, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after historical events, Village, Wimbledon

Bathgate Road, SW19

25 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Originally called New Park Road, to distinguish it from Old Park, it was later renamed sometime in the…

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Filed under: Conservative, Merton, name change, named after councillor/council employee, Scotland, Southfields, Village, Wimbledon

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