Place Name Lacock Abbey, in Wiltshire, was founded in 1232 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a nunnery for Augustinian…
Place Name Hugh or Hubert de Burgh (sometime around 1170 – 1243) took sanctuary in Merton Priory, having incurred the…
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…