Emmanuel Road is a popular residential street within the area of
Balham, known as
Hyde Farm Estate.
The estate was originally one large medieval field of some sixty acres. In 1587 the field was purchased by Richard Martyn who then sold it to
Emmanuel College, Cambridge, which had been founded three years earlier. The names of Emmanuel Road and Scholars Road commemorate this history. The Hyde farm was reputedly particularly well known for its pigs.
The Estate was developed between 1896 and 1916. Prior to development starting, the historic field boundary with Tooting Common was realigned. The narrow strip of the common to the east of Cavendish Road was enclosed and the line of Emmanuel Road (formerly Bleak Hall Lane) was moved north to provide a compensating wider portion of common land to the north of the railway line.
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