Kenley Gardens, CR7

Place Name

Alluding to the Croydon village of Kenley, which means Cœna’s woodland clearing. It was first mentioned in the records as Kenele in 1255 and by the early 15thCentury as Kenle. The road name is rather fanciful, it being laid out over a former gravel pit.

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