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…
Place Name Once part of the grounds of Abbey Lodge, this was part of the in-fill (developing odd nooks of…
Place Name Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) was the famed Scottish poet whose works include Auld…
Place Name Takes its name from Heathfield Cottages, which stood overlooking Wandsworth Common from the first half of the 19thCentury,…