We could not match "PUTNEY" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 21 possible matches we have found for you:

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  Unit Name	Type of Unit	Containing Unit (and Type)
  PUTNEY LG_Ward	Parish-level Unit	WANDSWORTH MetB (Local Government District)

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "PUTNEY":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BALHAM	Surrey	Putney. The chapelry bears the name of Balham-Hill. Pop., 1,786. The living is a vicarage in the diocese	Imperial
  Bowling Green House	Surrey	seat, 1 mile S. of Putney, mid. Surrey; was the residence of William Pitt, first Earl of Chatham (1708-1778).	Bartholomew
  BOWLING-GREEN HOUSE	Surrey	Putney Heath, about a mile S of Putney, in Surrey. It was for some years the residence, then the death	Imperial
  FULHAM	Middlesex	Putney, 6½ miles SW of St. Paul's, London; is on a railway from the Hammersmith and City line	Imperial
  LONDON	London London	Putney, Lower Tooting, Streatham, Camberwell, Rotherhithe, St. Paul-Deptford, St. Nicholas-Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, Charlton-next-Woolwich, Plumstead, Eltham, Lee, Lewisham	Imperial
  MELROSE HALL	Surrey	near Wimbledon, and 7 miles SW of London. There is a post office of Melrose Hall under Putney, London SW.	Imperial
  Parson's Green	Middlesex	Parson's Green , ry. sta., Fulham par., Middlesex, in W. of London, ¾ mile NE. of Putney Bridge sta.	Bartholomew
  Putney	Surrey	Putney , town and par., Surrey, on right bank of river Thames, opposite Fulham, and within the parliamentary limits of Wandsworth	Bartholomew
  PUTNEY	Surrey	PUTNEY , a large village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Wandsworth district, Surrey. The village stands on the river	Imperial
  Putney Bridge	Middlesex	Putney Bridge , ry. sta., Middlesex, on river Thames, opposite Putney.	Bartholomew
  RICHMOND	Surrey	Putney; measures about 2, 300 acres in area, and nearly 9 miles in circuit; was first enclosed by Charles I.; owes	Imperial
  ROBINHOOD-GATE, or Kingston-Vale	Surrey	Putney, London, S W. Pop., 270. Houses, 49. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value	Imperial
  Roehampton	Surrey	eccl. dist., Putney par., Surrey, 1½ mile SW. of Putney, and within the parl. limits of Wandsworth, pop. 1986.	Bartholomew
  ROEHAMPTON	Surrey	Putney parish, Surrey. The village stands near Richmond park, 1 mile S of Barnes r. station, and 1½ W S W of Putney	Imperial
  Sneakenhall	Surrey	Sneakenhall , hamlet, Barnes par., Surrey, on river Thames, 2 miles NW. of Putney.	Bartholomew
  SNEAKENHALL	Surrey	SNEAKENHALL , a hamlet in Barnes parish, Surrey; on the river Thames, 2 miles NW of Putney.	Imperial
  Walham Green	Middlesex	miles SW. of St Paul's, London, pop. 10,312; the sta. is 1½ mile NE. of Putney Bridge.	Bartholomew
  WALHAM-GREEN	Middlesex	Putney r. station, and 6 SW by W of St. Paul's, London. It was constituted in 1835; and it has a post	Imperial
  Wandsworth	Surrey	Putney), 8148 ac., pop. 68,792. Wandsworth is mentioned in Domesday Book, and became a seat of several important manufactures	Bartholomew
  WANDSWORTH	Surrey	Putney, Lower Tooting, Streatham, and Battersea parishes, except Penge hamlet. Acres of the district. 11,695. Poor rates in 1863, £44,571. Pop. in 1851, 50,764; in 1861, 70,403. Houses	Imperial

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• Place-names also appear in our collection of British travel writing. If the place-name you are interested in appears in our simplified list of "places", the search you have just done should lead you to mentions by travellers. However, many other places are mentioned, including places outside Britain and weird mis-spellings. You can search for them in the Travel Writing section of this site.



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