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Tag: Wandle

Wandle Side, SM6

20 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Quite literal. Named after the River Wandle that flows nearby, rising near Croydon and flowing into the Thames…

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Filed under: river, River Wandle, streets named after rivers, Sutton, Wallington, Wallington North, Wandle

Carshalton Road, SM1

19 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The road leading to Carshalton, this is the main road that leads between Sutton and Carshalton. The original…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Anglo-Saxon, Carshalton Central, River Wandle, Sutton, Wandle

Vellum Drive, SM5

18 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Industrial heritage. A mill is said to have stood on the spot from 1782, when George Ansell, a…

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Filed under: Carshalton, industry, river, River Wandle, Sutton, tobacco, Wallington North, Wandle

Papermill Close, SM5

17 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Industrial heritage. A reference to the former paper mill that once straddled the River Wandle. It is thought…

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Filed under: Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Carshalton Central, industry, Sutton, Wandle

Allfarthing Lane, SW18

8 October 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was previously the site of the manor of Alferthyng, which means half of a fouth part, in…

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Filed under: Old English, Wandle, Wandsworth

Abingdon Close, SW19

9 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Peter of Abingdon, presumably a native of Abingdon in Oxfordshire, was the first Warden of Merton College, Oxford,…

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Filed under: Collier's Wood, Merton, Oxford, Oxford University, Wandle, Wimbledon

Carshalton Road, SM5

6 February 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

PLace name The road leading to Carshalton, this is the main road that leads between Sutton and Carshalton. The original…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Carshalton and Wallington, Carshalton Central, River Wandle, Sutton, Wandle

Wandle Road, SM4

5 February 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after the River Wandle that flows nearby, rising near Croydon and flowing into the Thames at Wandsworth,…

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Filed under: Merton, Mitcham and Morden, Ravensbury, River Wandle, streets named after rivers, Wandle

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