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Tag: Wimbledon Park

Avondale Road, SW19

26 April 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Prince Albert Victor (January 8, 1864 – January 14, 1892), Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of…

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Filed under: cluster, Merton, streets named after royals, Village, Wimbledon Park

Peek Crescent, SW19

30 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Sir Henry William Peek (February 26, 1825 – August 26, 1898) was an importer of spices, tea, as…

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Filed under: Merton, streets named after Conservatives, streets named after MPs, Village, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park, Wimbledon Park Estate, Wimbledon Park House

Camelot Close, SW19

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Place Name Laid out in 1974 and given the name because it leads off Arthur Road –  despite that street…

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Filed under: King Arthur, Knights of the Round Table, Merton, streets named after legends, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park

Arthur Road, SW19

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Place Name Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (later Windsor) (May 1, 1850 – January 16, 1942) was…

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Filed under: John Augustus Beaumont, Merton, Queen Victoria, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park

Gap Road, SW19

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Place Name Gap Lodge, was a small servant’s house that stood at what is now the junction of Leopold Road…

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Filed under: Merton, streets named after houses, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park, Wimbledon Park House

Crescent Gardens, SW19

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Place Name Named due to its proximity to The Crescent, which itself was so-named after its shape, sandwiched as it…

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Filed under: Merton, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park

Durnsford Avenue, SW19

2 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name A corrupted reference to Dunsford, a former manor, meaning a ford in the valley, in this case crossing…

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Filed under: Dissolution of the monasteries, Dunsford, Henry Cecil, Henry VIII, Merton, misspelt, Thomas Cromwell, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park

Durnsford Road, SW19

3 October 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Recalls the much flipped (to use estate agent parlance) ancient manor of Durnsford, in Wandsworth. Originally owned by…

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Filed under: Dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII, Merton, Wimbledon Park

Ashen Grove, SW19

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Place Name Ashen Grove a small woodland of ash trees (hence the name) stood to the west of the 200…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Earl Spencer, Merton, Southfields Grid, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park

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