LC control no. | n 80017668 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Geographic heading | Roehampton (London, England) |
Variant(s) | London (England). Roehampton Roehampton, Eng. |
Associated country | Great Britain England |
Associated place | London (England) Wandsworth (London, England) |
Special note | SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision. |
Found in | GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 51°27ʹ06ʺN 000°14ʹ38ʺW) Wikipedia, viewed 28 June 2017 (Roehampton; suburban district in southwest London, forming the western end of the London Borough of Wandsworth; lies between the town of Barnes to the north, Putney to the east, and Wimbledon Common to the south; "Roe" in Roehampton is thought to refer to the large number of rooks that still inhabit the area; emerged as a favoured residential suburb of the 18th and 19th centuries following the opening of Putney Bridge in 1729 and development of a number of large private estates from which several of the original houses survive) Collins Britain atlas and gazetteer, 1999 (Roehampton, Gt.Lon.; suburb, in borough of Wandsworth, 6m/10km SW of Charing Cross) |
Geographic area code | e-uk-en |