Place Name Named after Joshua Vanneck, Lord Huntingfield (December 31, 1745 – August 15, 1816), who bought Roehampton Great House,…
Place Name Literal, it is located on Putney Heath, and has commanding views of the surrounding area. The heath’s isolation…
Place Name Edward Gibbon (May 8, 1737 – January 16, 1794) was an essayist, historian, and politician. His most important…
Place Name Laid out over the former kitchen garden of Bowling Green House with Holly Lodge, which was rebuilt sometime…
Place Name Dover Park Drive is the centrepiece of the Doverhouse Estate, built by the London County Council after WW1,…
Place Name From around the mid-18thCentury this was one of the most exclusive areas of (what was to become) Greater…
Place Name A somewhat grand name to describe this street which was laid out on the lip of a hill…
Place Name Thought to be a reference to Castello di Vincigliata, an Italian medieval castle on a rocky hill to…
Place Name Commemorates the telegraph signal station which was set up here by the Admiralty in 1796 to convey messages…
Place Name Bowling has been popular in Putney since the early 17thCentury, the green that was laid here in 1636…