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Tag: Wandsworth Common

Tilehurst Road, SW18

19 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Parts of Tilehurst, now a suburb of Reading in Berkshire, were once owned by Magdalen College, Oxford, which…

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Filed under: Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Magdalen Estate, Oxford University, streets with a Berkshire connection, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Swaby Road, SW18

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Place Name Named for the manor and village of Swaby in Lincolnshire, where Magdalen College, Oxford, held patronage, giving it…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Magdalen College, Old Norse, Oxford University, streets named with a Lincolnshire connection, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Routh Road, SW18

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Place Name Martin Joseph Routh (September 18, 1755 – December 22, 1854) was a classical scholar, devout churchman and President…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Church of England, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford University, streets named after Oxford graduates, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Openview, SW18

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Place Name Magdalen College, Oxford University owned extensive land in Earlsfield, and began to develop it for housing from the…

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Filed under: Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Openview Estate, Oxford University, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Magdalen Road, SW18

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Place Name Founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete, Magdalen College is one of Oxford University’s most…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Multon Road, SW18

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Place Name Recalling a long lost manor house in Multon, Lincolnshire, which today survives only in the name of Multon…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, streets named with a Lincolnshire connection, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Lyford Road, SW18

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Place Name William Lyford (1598 – October 3, 1653), was a nonconformist clergyman said to be of “great modesty and…

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Filed under: All Fathing manor, Calvinist, Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, Quakers, streets named after Oxford graduates, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common, witchcraft

Lidiard Road, SW18

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Place Name John Lidiard (1835 – March 20, 1917), was the first Mayor of Wandsworth, with his term of office…

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Filed under: named after councillor/council employee, Openview Estate, streets named after Conservatives, streets named after Tories, Wandsworth, Wandsworth and Merton, Wandsworth Common

Isis Street, SW18

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Place Name As with neighbouring streets this street was laid out over land owned and developed by Magdalen College, Oxford…

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Filed under: Earlsfield, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, River Thames, streets named after rivers, Wandsworth, Wandsworth and Merton, Wandsworth Common

Heathfield Road, SW18

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Place Name Takes its name from Heathfield Cottages, which stood overlooking Wandsworth Common from the first half of the 19thCentury,…

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Filed under: field name, Wandle, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

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