Replingham Road, SW18

The area had been an expanse of meadows and market gardens, owned by Augusta Beaumont – a member of the temperance movement.

In 1889, the first trains travelled along the newly-extended Putney Bridge to Wimbledon railway line. The frequency of District Railway trains improved greatly with electrification. Over the following decade, builders George Ryan and Henry Penfold began constructing The Grid where a new three-bedroom home would typically cost £325.

There were no pubs in the first period as Augusta Beaumont drew up a restrictive covenant when she sold the land for development.

St Barnabas Church was consecrated in 1908.





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