New Olympic suberbs take on their own identity
New Olympic Village Neighbourhoods
The names of five neighbourhoods which will be built on the site of London’s Olympic Park after the 2012 Games have been revealed. The homes will include modern versions of London’s traditional Georgian and Victorian squares and terraces, as well as riverside properties.
The new suburbs will be called Chobham Manor, East Wick, Marshgate Wharf, Sweetwater and Pudding Mill.
Almost 2,000 names were put forward in the competition to name the new neighbourhoods and suggested names for the neighbourhoods were judged by a panel including representatives from Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest councils.
Wessex Archaeology Historian Andy Crockitt said Chobham Manor would be built on site of the original manor of the same name. The manor house was originally built in 1329 and was then renamed when it was bought by John de Chobham in 1843.
Sweetwater will be built on an area where a sweet factory stood in the mid-20th Century. Pudding Mill is already an established area in east London and goes back to medieval milling on the River Lee. Pudding is a reference to flour mills.
It will be interesting to see if the new home owners in Pudding Mill name their homes after great British puddings such as Spotted Dick or Eton Mess.
What we will be watching out for is how the new builds fair up aesthetically; that they are designed for living and will stand the test of time.
