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Wrythe.

A suburban area (district) of Carshalton in the Borough of Sutton, Greater London.

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Meaning & usage

name
  1. A suburban area (district) of Carshalton in the Borough of Sutton, Greater London.

  2. A portion of the River Wandle as it flows through Carshalton and past the Wrythe.

    rare
Where this word comes from

The place-name was coined (or at least standardised) in the Ordnance Survey's 1:1056 scale map series, published 1867, but first attested 10 August 1866 in a document presented to the House of Commons (see quotations) using the Survey's then-unpublished map data.

name
  1. A surname.

    historical · obsolete
Where this word comes from

An alternative spelling of the surname Writhe. Related to Wriothesley.

name
  1. The claimed capital city of Austenasia, a terraced house in the Wrythe, Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton.

Where this word comes from

From Green Wrythe Lane, the road upon which the capital of Austenasia is located; itself named after the Wrythe area. Coined 20 September 2008 (see quotations).

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