Putney

Putney

Putney , ward of Wandsworth borough, London, England. It is the starting point of the Oxford-Cambridge boat races. Thomas Cromwell and Edward Gibbon were born in Putney, and Algernon Swinburne and William Pitt lived there. Putney Heath was the scene of a duel in 1798 between Pitt and George Tierney and of one in 1809 between Lord Castlereagh and George Canning .

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Putney

Putney Gtr. London. Putelei [sic] 1086 (DB), Puttenhuthe 1279. ‘Landing-place of the hawk, or of a man called Putta’. OE *putta or OE pers. name (genitive -n) + hȳth.

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