Place Name As with Norman Road it is a reference to the founder of Merton Abbey, variously known as Gilbert…
Place Name As with Gilbert Road it is a reference to the founder of Merton Abbey, variously known as Gilbert…
Place Name Originally called Hubert Road, after Hugh or Hubert de Burgh. All Saints, South Wimbledon, was formed in 1892,…
Place Name William Caxton (born sometime around 1422 – died sometime around 1491) revolutionised printing in England, being the first…
Place Name As with many of the streets in South Wimbledon this is named after a former religious house, due…
Place Name Previously Haydon’s Lane and Heydon’s Lane. It can be traced back to a 15thCentury track leading to Butlers…
Place Name The unimaginatively named eastern road of a small development in New Wimbledon, as this area was called in…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. Named after farmer William Cowdrey (born sometime around 1661 – May 17, 1723). Farming had taken…
Place Name Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.…
Place Name John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was, with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, one…