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Tag: West Putney

Coalecroft Road, SW15

26 February 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage, renamed in 1935. Named after a 94 1/4 acre field, first last out in the Anglo-Saxon…

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Filed under: Agricultural, field name, name change, Putney, streets named after houses, Wandsworth, West Putney

Swinburne Road, SW15

17 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 – April 10, 1909) was one of the bad boys of poetry…

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Filed under: Balliol College, Dover House Estate, Putney, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after masochists, streets named after Oxford graduates, streets named after poets, Wandsworth, West Putney

Putney Park Lane, SW15

8 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name First mentioned in 1273, Putney Park was a 248 acre area of parkland used by the Archbishop of…

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Filed under: Archbishop of Canterbury, Putney, Putney Park, Wandsworth, West Putney

Putney Hill, SW15

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Place Name Rising to 148ft above sea level this is the highest point in Putney. The most common explanation behind…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon street name, hills, Putney, streets named after the landscape, Wandsworth, West Putney

Wildcroft Road, SW15

7 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Takes its name from the house, Wildcroft Manor, built by David Hartley following the death of local landowner…

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

Pettiward Close, SW15

6 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The Pettiward family have held land in Putney since around 1630 when a John Pettiward married Sarah White,…

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Filed under: Pettiward Estate, Putney, Wandsworth, West Putney

Parkfields, SW15

5 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A reference to Putney Park, a 300-acre deer estate first mentioned in 1274 and described as a working…

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Filed under: Wandsworth, West Putney

Paddock Way, SW15

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Place Name So called because it was built on the site of the paddock attached to Bowling Green House. The…

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Filed under: Putney, Wandsworth, West Putney

Luttrell Avenue, SW15

30 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Mary Florence Luttrell, dowager Baroness Westbury (died August 1, 1901), was a daughter of the Reverend Alexander Fownes…

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Filed under: Leader Estate, Putney, streets named after a Somerset connection, streets named after women, Wandsworth, West Putney

Lysons Walk, SW15

29 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Daniel Lysons (April 28, 1762 – 1834) who was known by the nickname Stumpity Stump was curate of…

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Filed under: Oxford, Oxford University, Putney, St Mary Hall, streets named after Oxford graduates, streets named after writers, streets with a Gloucestershire connection, Wandsworth, West Putney

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