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Tag: Wimbledon

Rushmere Place, SW19

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Place Name This is a private road that was once the back garden to the Jacobean building Eagle House. It…

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Filed under: industry, Merton, Middle English, Old English, streets named 1991, Village, Wimbledon

Beltane Drive, SW19

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Place Name Beltane School was founded in Wimbledon in 1934 by teachers and others who had been forced to leave…

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Filed under: jewish london, Merton, names with a Celtic origin, streets named 1959, streets named after a connection with the Second World War, streets named after a German connection, streets named after schools, Village, Wimbledon

Beech Close, SW19

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Place Name This street was developed in 1955, on what was the small heath to the east of Lady Jane’s…

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Filed under: Merton, streets named 1955, streets named after trees, Village, Wimbledon

Haydons Road, SW19

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Place Name Previously Haydon’s Lane and Heydon’s Lane. It can be traced back to a 15thCentury track leading to Butlers…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Bond-Hopkins estate, British Land Company, Merton, National Freehold Land Society, Wandle, Wimbledon

Windmill Road, SW19

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Place Name There has been a windmill in Wimbledon since 1817, when it was built by Charles March. Even then…

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Filed under: agriculture, Merton, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Woodside, SW19

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Place Name Until development this was a literal name, as along its northern side ran the perimeter of Wimbledon Park…

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Filed under: Hillside, Merton, streets named after trees, Wimbledon

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

Thornton Road, SW19

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Place Name Richard Thornton (September 20, 1776 – June 20, 1865) is probably the richest man you’ve never heard of.…

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Filed under: Hillside, Leathersellers Company, Merton, Napoleonic Wars, street named 1859, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, Wimbledon

Ridgway, SW19

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Place Name As the name suggests, this sits near the top of the hill that gave Wimbledon its name. It…

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Filed under: hills, Hillside, Merton, Wimbledon

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