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Marne Avenue, DA16

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Place Name Commemorating the Battle of Marne fought between September 6 – 9, 1914 during the First World War. The engagement…

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Lovel Avenue, DA16

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Place Name Previously called Firth Street, it was renamed after Francis Lovel (1456 – sometime around 1487), a Lord of the…

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Leigh Place, DA16

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Place Name After Richard Leigh, who was the leaseholder of Bexley Manor House around 1836 or possibly after John Leigh,…

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Yew Tree Close, DA16

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Place Name Laid out over the site of an early 20thCentury lodge of East Wickham House. Standing next to the…

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Nags Head Lane, DA16

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Place Name Perhaps unsurprisingly it is named after the public house that was first recorded in the mid-18thCentury as the Nags…

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Olyffe Avenue, DA16

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Place Name Named after John Olyffe, an Alderman of London, who held the Manor of East Wickham during Elizabeth I’s reign.…

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Falconwood Parade, DA16

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Place Name Named after the wood which straddles the London boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley. Its meaning is literal and…

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Burnell Avenue, DA16

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Place Name After Robert Burnell (circa 1239 – October 25, 1292), Bishop of Bath & Wells, who from 1284 was Lord…

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Welling Way, DA16

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Place Name Directional. The road leading to Welling. Several reasons have been given as to how the settlement of Welling…

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Avondale Road, DA16

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Place Name Built on the former site of allotment gardens it is named in honour of Prince Albert Victor, Duke…

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