Fentiman Road is named after local mid-19th century developer John Fentiman.
Category: SW8
Hartington Road, SW8
The area where Hartington Road was eventually built was part of an area of Vauxhall called “The Nine Acres”.
South Lambeth Place, SW8
South Lambeth Place links South Lambeth Road to Bondway.
Nine Elms
Nine Elms is an area within Battersea in the far north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Vauxhall Cross, SW8
Vauxhall Cross is now known as the site of the MI5 headquarters.
Haines Street, SW8
Haines Street was named after the speculating solicitor, Frederick Haines, who built it in 1862.
Tweed Street, SW8
Tweed Street now lies under New Covent Garden Market.
Vauxhall
The Vauxhall area is flat, part of the great low-lying plains of clay deposits formed by the River Thames in the London Basin. Historically the area was in two parts; to the north the Mawby Estate belonging to the Manor of Kennington and to the south the Caron House Estate belonging to Vauxhall Manor. Harleyford …
Vauxhall Gardens
NOTE: This is a general introduction compiled from various sources. It is generally accepted that the etymology of Vauxhall is from the name of Falkes de Breauté, the head of King John’s mercenaries, who owned a large house in the area, which was referred to as Faulke’s Hall, later Foxhall, and eventually Vauxhall. The area …
Nine Elms Lane, SW8
In 1838, at the time of construction of the London and Southampton Railway, the area was described as “a low swampy district occasionally overflowed by the Thames [whose] osier beds, pollards and windmille and the river give it a Dutch effect“. Nine Elms railway station opened on 21 May 1838 as the first London terminus …