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I think Anerley, also in south London, derives its name from a Scottish word for "lonely" and was the name given to a house built in an isolated spot way back when. I learned this from a fascinating chap who wrote an A-Z of London placenames and their derivation, back in the early '90s.
dg writes: indeed
Waterhouse | 09.12.22 - 7:37 a.m. | #
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Enjoyed learning about a random street in Mitcham.
Greg | 09.12.22 - 8:21 a.m. | #
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With all that woodland nearby, I wonder if there is a 'Trail of the Lonesome Pine'.
Alan S | 09.12.22 - 9:07 a.m. | #
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My recollection is that the silver birch came of its own accord when the land was still owned by BR.
Bryn Davies | 09.12.22 - 9:14 a.m. | #
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Delivering handsomely on the Mitcham cul-de-sac front! In my South London days it was an adventure to head down Streatham Vale to where the Mitcham street-lighting began. Like another world, in fact. Across the railway, but nearby as the crow flies, Rural Way and Rustic Avenue would also be fruitful territory, I feel sure.
cau1khead | 09.12.22 - 10:01 a.m. | #
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Typical of this blog and it's Mitcham-centric perspective, when will you give the people what they really want with in-depth analysis of Chislehurst?
TomH | 09.12.22 - 11:11 a.m. | #
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Given its product list of poisons and explosives, I'm not surprised that the Lonesome Chemical Works was left to its lonesome devices.
Peter | 09.12.22 - 11:51 a.m. | #
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Did the Graveney form the boundary between Surrey and London as it used to on the other side of the railway line at Roe Bridge? An ancient Anglo Saxon boundary.
south london lad | 09.12.22 - 1:22 p.m. | #
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I was once told that the nearby place Anerley gets its name from a Scottish word meaning "the lonely one". The Wikipedia entry gives some support to this.
dg writes: see first comment.
Andrew | 09.12.22 - 4:21 p.m. | #
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During the 1960s, Eardley sidings was known in railway circles as the final resting place for old Southern Railway carriages. Rows of green, wooden bodied carriages could be found there, having been replaced by younger trains, but held in case of a future rise in demand. This never came and they were broken up. They would have been like gold dust to the heritage railways of today.
Petras409 | 09.12.22 - 5:06 p.m. | #
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Lonesome Way had me thinking it was going to be a post about singledom!
Cornish Cockney | 09.12.22 - 7:54 p.m. | #
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I was thinking a little while ago that a possible idea for you would be to look at 'borough enclaves/exclaves' - that is, London boroughs with bits you can only access by leaving it, going through another, and returning.
Looks like Lonesome Way, Briggs Close, and Allen Close all fit this idea, being streets in Lambeth that you can only get to if you go into Merton first.
Another example is in Worcester Park here, where Pembury Av, Risborough Dr, Hughenden Rd, and Kingshill Av are in Kingston but with access only from Sutton.
RG | 10.12.22 - 5:09 a.m. | #
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RG, also nearby is Orchard Court off the The Avenue in Epsom & Ewell. Sutton has two schools that are located in Epsom & Ewell, Nonsuch Primary School and Nonsuch High School for Girls.
Mike | 10.12.22 - 8:52 a.m. | #
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One wonders if the house that suffers from the diagonal Borough boundary passing through it receives a council tax bill and bin collections from both - confusing!
Ambient | 10.12.22 - 10:25 a.m. | #
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It seems to be the usual council tactics to put a travellers site or similar amenity right on the edge of the borough. The county boundary does not follow the Graveny here as the local pub the Mitcham mint was on the surrey side of Greyhound terrace and had 1030 closing, alas.
The bit of woodland is a "exchange" of greenary when the A23 was widened at Streatham common a bit of common was lost and this area was created to keep the required green numbers up.
In addition to the chemical works there was Paynes firework factory just down the road, don't know when it ceased production but the wooden buildings went in the late 60's for the housing estate
AS | 12.12.22 - 3:38 p.m. | #
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