Elizabethan Connection: Burghley Place and Cecil Place
Channel: Mitcham Notes
Date: 19/05/2023

Both of these roads derive their name from William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the chief adviser to Elizabeth I.

Links:

Mitcham History Notes
https://mitchamhistorynotes.com/2020/07/09/burghley-place/
https://mitchamhistorynotes.com/2020/07/10/cecil-place/

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cecil,_1st_Baron_Burghley
Painting of Lord Burghley
Attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Cecil,_1st_Baron_Burghley_from_NPG_(2)FXD.jpg

OS map reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland, reuse CC-BY
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18.0&lat=51.39593&lon=-0.16250&layers=170&b=1