Place name Edward Smith-Stanley (March 29, 1799 – October 23, 1869) was the 14th Earl of Derby. He was known…
Place Name As with Camp Road this was named from the erroneous 19thCentury notion that Julius Caesar had camped near…
Place Name Previously Workhouse Lane, the name was changed sometime around the turn of the 19thCentury. Comes from the erroneous…
Place Name Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) was the famed Scottish poet whose works include Auld…
Place Name The Royal Homes for the Widows and Daughters of Naval and Military Officers, also known as Queen Alexandra’s…
Place Name Originally called Albert Road. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861) was…
Place Name Originally called New Park Road, to distinguish it from Old Park, it was later renamed sometime in the…
Place Name Ashen Grove a small woodland of ash trees (hence the name) stood to the west of the 200…
Place Name Peter of Abingdon, presumably a native of Abingdon in Oxfordshire, was the first Warden of Merton College, Oxford,…
Place name One of a cluster of roads in Wimbledon that are named after former prime ministers and statesmen of…