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Tag: West Putney

Bowling Green Close, SW15

29 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Bowling has been popular in Putney since the early 17thCentury, the green that was laid here in 1636…

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Filed under: Crime, Putney, streets named after houses, streets named after sports connections, Wandsworth, West Putney, William Pitt the Younger

Portsmouth Road, SW15

27 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name It is the original route of the main highway to Portsmouth and the south-west England as it passed…

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Filed under: street names connected with transport, streets named after seaside towns, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth, West Putney

Bensbury Close, SW15

26 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name An admittedly oblique reference to the nearby Caesar’s Camp on Wimbledon Common. Elizabethan antiquary William Camden referenced the…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, fake history, streets named after a Roman connection, Wandsworth, West Putney

Bader Way, SW15

25 September 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, (February 21, 1910 – September 5, 1982) was a British RAF…

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Filed under: Queen Mary's Hospital, RAF, Roehampton, streets named after a connection with the Second World War, Wandsworth, West Putney, World War Two

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