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Tag: Wandsworth

Horndean Close, SW15

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Place Name Horndean, near the South Downs, lies, like the Alton Estate itself, on the old London to Portsmouth road.…

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

Holybourne Avenue, SW15

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Place Name Holybourne is a village on the outskirts of Alton. Its name is thought to derive from Haligburna, meaning…

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

Holford Way, SW15

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Place Name Mary Eleanor Gwynne-Holford (1865 – December 18, 1947), was known for her philanthropic efforts and played a pivotal…

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Filed under: former hospital site, Putney, Roehampton, Roehampton Hospital, streets named after connection with the First World War, streets named after women, Wandsworth, World War One

Highlands Heath, SW15

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Place Name Highlands Heath was laid out in 1936, and takes its name from the single large house (built in…

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Filed under: Putney, Putney Heath, streets named after houses, Wandsworth

Highcross Way, SW15

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Place Name So named after High Cross, a small hamlet located near Froxfield and Petersfield, in Hampshire. Many of its…

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

Highcliffe Drive, SW15

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Place Name Takes its name from a coastal suburb of Christchurch now in Dorset but historically part of Hampshire. Its…

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

Heathview Gardens, SW15

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Place Name Literal, it is located on Putney Heath, and has commanding views of the surrounding area. The heath’s isolation…

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Filed under: Putney, Putney Heath, Wandsworth, West Putney

Heathfield Road, SW18

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Place Name Takes its name from Heathfield Cottages, which stood overlooking Wandsworth Common from the first half of the 19thCentury,…

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Filed under: field name, Wandle, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common

Graveney Road, SW17

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Place Name Richard de Gravenel was a landowner who held a large swathe of Lower or South Tooting around 1215,…

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Filed under: Chertsey Abbey, names from Norman French, River Graveney, streets named after a Kent connection, Tooting Broadway, Wandsworth

Greatham Walk, SW15

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Place Name Greatham is a small Hampshire village located near the town of Liss. It was first recorded in the…

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

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