Place Name A somewhat grand name to describe this street which was laid out on the lip of a hill…
Place Name Originally Worple Road, as shown on Rocque’s Map of 1741 – 1745, this was literally a track through…
Place Name York Place, known variously as Sylverton, Bridge Court, and York House, was once the London residence of the…
Place Name Stanford’s map of 1864 clearly shows how marshy and wet the Wandle Delta used to be. North of…
Place Name Thought to be a reference to Castello di Vincigliata, an Italian medieval castle on a rocky hill to…
Place Name Early maps show that Burntwood Lane predated Burntwood Grange which stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for…
Place Name Originally called Obligation Road, meaning a road which was obliged to stay open for public use and maintained…
Place Name Laid out on the grounds of Burntwood Grange which stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for nearly…
Place Name Burntwood Grange stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for nearly a century. It was built in 1832…
Place Name Thought to be a reference to either the Broadwater family, feudal tenants of Tooting Manor, or (more likely)…