River Gardens
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River Gardens
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 7 Oct 2022
c.1930s housing in a road alongside the River Wandle, first shown on the 1935 25 inch map. Earlier maps show this area to have been the grounds of Shepley House, named after the Shepleys who operated a leather mill on the River Wandle for many years. the last owner, before the house was demolished in the 1930s was a wine merchant Charles Dingwall.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.373349
Longitude
-0.159161