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Tag: Wandsworth

Lyford Road, SW18

29 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

Laverstoke Gardens, SW15

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Place Name Takes its name from small village in the Test Valley, Hampshire. According to the Basingstoke and Deane  Conservation…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, cluster, Old English, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Larpent Avenue, SW15

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Place Name Laid out in two stages in 1903 and 1906, this street recalls the Larpent family who were prominent…

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Filed under: politics, Putney, slavery, streets named after Whigs, Wandsworth, West Putney

Jews Row, SW18

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Place Name Thought to be named after its Jewish inhabitants. It was one of several Jew’s Rows that appeared around…

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Filed under: jewish london, Putney, St Mary's, Wandsworth

Kingsclere Close, SW15

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Place Name Kingsclere, between Newbury and Basingstoke, was first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of AD872 as Cynig’s Clere, meaning…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, cluster, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

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

Ibsley Gardens, SW15

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Place Name Ibsley is a small hamlet in the New Forest, with the surrounding fertile lands supporting local agriculture for…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, cluster, Putney, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Huntingfield Road, SW15

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Place Name Named after Joshua Vanneck, Lord Huntingfield (December 31, 1745 – August 15, 1816), who bought Roehampton Great House,…

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Filed under: Putney, streets name after MPs, streets named after a Dutch connection, streets named after Tories, Wandsworth, West Putney

Hotham Road, SW15

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Place Name In 1835 Jane Seymour Colman married Admiral Sir William Hotham, a Royal Navy officer who had seen service…

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

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