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Tag: Wimbledon

Crooked Billet, SW19

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Place Name There has been a Crooked Billet pub – for a time Ye Olde Crooked Billet – since around…

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Filed under: Merton, streets named after pubs, Village, Wimbledon

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

Cowdrey Road, SW19

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Place Name Agricultural heritage. Named after farmer William Cowdrey (born sometime around 1661 – May 17, 1723). Farming had taken…

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Filed under: Agricultural, Bond-Hopkins estate, George I, Merton, Wandle, Wimbledon

Chester Road, SW19

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Place Name This road was laid out in 1956 on the grounds that previously belonged to Chester House. How it…

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Filed under: Chester, Merton, Old Park estate, Robert Grosvenor, streets named after houses, Village, Wimbledon

Cannizaro Road, SW19

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Place Name Sophia Johnstone (1785 – 1841), the Duchess of Cannizzaro (note the spelling), was a tour de force of…

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Filed under: Georgian, Merton, misspelt, streets named after an Italian connection, streets named after houses, streets named after women, streets with a North American connection, Village, Wimbledon

Belvedere Square, SW19

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Place Name Until 1588, Wimbledon was a farmers’ village, of little importance. That changed when Sir Thomas Cecil, the eldest…

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Filed under: Belvedere Estate Company, Belvedere House, Cecil family, Merton, streets named after houses, Village, Wimbledon

Belvedere Grove, SW19

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Place Name Until 1588, Wimbledon was a farmers’ village, of little importance. That changed when Sir Thomas Cecil, the eldest…

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Filed under: Belvedere Estate Company, Belvedere House, Cecil family, Merton, streets named after houses, Village, Wimbledon

Belvedere Avenue, SW19

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Place Name Until 1588, Wimbledon was a farmers’ village, of little importance. That changed when Sir Thomas Cecil, the eldest…

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Filed under: Belvedere Estate Company, Belvedere House, Cecil family, Merton, streets named after houses, Village, Wimbledon

Belvedere Drive, SW19

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Place Name Until 1588, Wimbledon was a farmers’ village, of little importance. That changed when Sir Thomas Cecil, the eldest…

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Filed under: Belvedere Estate Company, Belvedere House, Henry Cecil, Hillside, Merton, Wimbledon

Arterberry Road, SW19

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Place Name Field Name. Once agricultural land which was part of the large Mount Ararat estate, this was among the…

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Filed under: agriculture, field name, Merton, Middle English, Mount Ararat estate, Village, Wimbledon

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