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Tag: Wandsworth

Whitlock Drive, SW19

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Place Name Edward Whitlock (January 18, 1885 – 1969) was a popular and hardworking Alderman of Wandsworth Council. A director…

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Filed under: named after councillor/council employee, Putney, Wandsworth, West Hill

George Wyver Close, SW19

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Place Name George Wyver was a trade unionist who on on April 6, 1904 was one of the founders of…

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Filed under: Putney, streets named after trade unionists, Wandsworth, West Hill

Ambleside, SW19

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Place Name Takes its name from a former property, one of a number of large country villas that were built…

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Filed under: Cumbria, Southfields, streets named after houses, Wandsworth, Wimbledon Park Estate

Kingsmere Road, SW19

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Place Name To mark the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887, workmen dammed a stream running through meadowland near…

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Filed under: fake history, Putney, Wandsworth, West Hill, Wimbledon

Queensmere Road, SW19

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Place Name Originally Durham Road. In 1923 a drainage application incorporating a Plan of Proposed Layout was submitted for The…

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Filed under: Putney, Queen Victoria, Queenmere estate, Southfields, Wandsworth, West Hill

Albert Drive, SW19

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Place Name Originally called Albert Road. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861) was…

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Filed under: Putney, Queen Victoria, royal, streets named after royals, Wandsworth, West Hill, Wimbledon

Bemish Road, SW15

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Place Name Caroline Esther Bemish (1795 – 1872) was the wife of William Stratford, a local landowner. It is thought…

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Filed under: Putney, streets named after women, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Coalecroft Road, SW15

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Place Name Agricultural heritage, renamed in 1935. Named after a 94 1/4 acre field, first last out in the Anglo-Saxon…

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Filed under: Agricultural, field name, name change, Putney, streets named after houses, Wandsworth, West Putney

Brewhouse Lane, SW15

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Place Name A large brewery – featured on Nicolas Lane’s map of the area from 1636 – stood to the…

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Filed under: breweries, industry, Putney, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Anerley Street, SW11

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Place Name For many centuries Penge was a detached hamlet of the ancient parish of Battersea in the Brixton hundred…

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Filed under: Battersea, dialect, Latchmere, Scotland, Wandsworth

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