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Tag: Wandsworth

Castello Avenue, SW15

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Place Name Thought to be a reference to Castello di Vincigliata, an Italian medieval castle on a rocky hill to…

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Filed under: streets named after a connection with the Second World War, streets named after an Italian connection, streets named after houses, Wandsworth, West Putney

Burntwood Lane, SW17

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Place Name Early maps show that Burntwood Lane predated Burntwood Grange which stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for…

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Filed under: streets named after trees, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Beechcroft Road, SW17

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Place Name Originally called Obligation Road, meaning a road which was obliged to stay open for public use and maintained…

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Filed under: name change, Tooting, Trinity, Wandsworth

Burntwood Close, SW17

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Place Name Laid out on the grounds of Burntwood Grange which stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for nearly…

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Filed under: streets named after houses, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Burntwood Grange Road, SW17

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Place Name Burntwood Grange stood between Wandsworth Common and Garratt Lane for nearly a century. It was built in 1832…

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Filed under: Earlsfield, streets named after houses, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Broadwater Road, SW17

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Place Name Thought to be a reference to either the Broadwater family, feudal tenants of Tooting Manor, or (more likely)…

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Filed under: pleasure garden, Tooting, Tooting Bec, Wandsworth

Telegraph Road, SW15

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Place Name Commemorates the telegraph signal station which was set up here by the Admiralty in 1796 to convey messages…

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Filed under: communications, military, Napoleonic Wars, Putney, Royal Navy, Wandsworth, West Putney

Bridgford Street, SW18

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Place Name Takes its name from Bridgford in Nottinghamshire, now known as West Bridgford. Originally a small agricultural village, its…

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Filed under: Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford University, streets named after a Nottinghamshire connection, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Breamore Close, SW15

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Place Name Breamore, is a village in the west of Hampshire, which is particularly noted for its 10thCentury church, St.…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, cluster, Domesday Book, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Bowling Green Close, SW15

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Place Name Bowling has been popular in Putney since the early 17thCentury, the green that was laid here in 1636…

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Filed under: Crime, Putney, streets named after houses, streets named after sports connections, Wandsworth, West Putney, William Pitt the Younger

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