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Tag: Wandsworth

Armoury Way, SW18

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Place Name This was once a quiet backwater known as Wandsworth Plain, gentile enough for royal mistress Elizabeth “Jane” Shore,…

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Filed under: Edward IV, military, Napoleonic Wars, River Wandle, Wandle, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Alton Road, SW15

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Place Name In 1951 the architect’s department at the London County Council selected this area of Roehampton as the site…

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Filed under: Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

All Saints Passage, SW18

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Place Name Takes its name from the Grade II*-listed parish church of Wandsworth. It stands on the site of an…

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Filed under: Church of England, Henry V, street named after a church, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

Alfriston Road, SW11

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Place Name Takes its name from the East Sussex village of Alfriston, which means Ælfric’s town or settlement. This is…

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Filed under: Battersea, cluster, East Sussex, Northcote, Wandsworth

Alfreda Street, SW11

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Place Name Originally Alfred Street. It was renamed in 1937 as part of the London County Council’s periodic clean up…

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Filed under: assassination, Australia, Battersea, name change, Queen Victoria, royal, Royal Navy, streets named after royals, Wandsworth

Alexandra Avenue, SW11

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Place Name Commemorating the visit of the Prince of Wales and his wife Princess Alexandra of Denmark (December 1, 1844…

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Filed under: Battersea Park, Edward VII, royal, streets named after royals, Wandsworth

Acanthus Road, SW11

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Place Name The acanthus leaf is one of the most common ornamental features to used in decorative architecture throughout history.…

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Filed under: Battersea, Greece, Shaftesbury, streets named after plants, Wandsworth

Bedford Hill, SW12

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Place Name The land on which this road was laid over was once owned by the dukes of Bedford. The…

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Filed under: Balham, Duke of Bedford, Heaver estate, Howland, Lambeth, St Leonard's, Streatham, streets with a connection to the East India Company, Wandsworth

Bedford Hill, SW16

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Place Name The land on which this road was laid over was once owned by the dukes of Bedford. The…

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Filed under: Balham, Duke of Bedford, East India Company, Heaver estate, Howland, Lambeth, St Leonard's, Streatham, Wandsworth

Battersea Church Road, SW11

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Place Name A church has stood in Battersea since as early as AD800. Indeed the church lasted throughout the Middle…

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Filed under: Battersea, St Mary's Park, street named after a church, Surrey, Wandsworth

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