Sydenham, Leamington Spa
Sydenham is an eastern suburb of the town of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. Prior to the 1960s the area was rural, with only agricultural buildings and a small water mill existing. Sydenham as a name is a corruption of side meaning "wide or open spaces" and ham meaning "a piece of land enclosed by rivers or water courses". The three water courses in question are the small Radbrook and the much larger River Leam and the Grand Union Canal. Two railway lines crossed the area, the Rugby–Leamington line in 1851 and the Chiltern Main Line in 1852. Between 1884 and 1914 there was a Polo ground in the area. Following the closure of the grounds the area was used in the 1930s for pleasure flights given by Alan Cobham. The farm from which the suburb most directly takes its name, Sydenham Farm, first appeared on maps in 1887. On the farm land during World War Two an anti aircraft gun was positioned. In June 1903 Buffalo Bill brought his Wild West Show to the area, with the animals and staging arriving at Leamington Spa railway station before being brought on carts to the site.
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Cottage Square,
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The Sydni Centre
Cottage Square Cottage Square
CV31 1PT , Sydenham
England, United Kingdom
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