On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:21:12 -0000, "Robin" wrote:

Maybe the railway that named it should have followed GW practice and
named it something along the lines of "Southwark Park Road"?

Wasn't it rather a long way from Southwark Park Road - with Rotherhithe
New Road a major road much closer?

PS
There are historical maps at
http://maps.southwark.gov.uk/connect...ical_Selection
for anyone having problems with the link. The 1915-20 survey shows the
station and other maps the before and after.

"Something along the lines of" doesn't mean "literally". In any case
is the road from Bodmin Road (now Parkway) Station to Bodmin called
"Bodmin Road"? The map I've looked at suggests not. I was under
the impression that the "road" suffix in GW parlance implied the
nearest point for a road connection to the tow/village named which is
what I was suggesting might have been appropriate in this case if
Southwark Park alone was considered insufficient.

I did fall into the same trap as Graeme Wall it would seem in assuming
the Oval was The Oval.