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Frognal Place, DA14

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Place Name Named after Frognal House which was originally built in the 15thCentury and then rebuilt sometime around 1670 as…

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Sidcup Hill, DA14

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Place Name From the Old English words sette and copp, meaning a flat hill top. The name first went on…

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Mount Culver Avenue, DA14

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Place Name Laid out on the land of the former Mount Culver Farm, the name of which is thought to…

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Bunkers Hill, DA14

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Place Name Commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill fought on June 17, 1775 during the Siege of Boston in the…

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Birkbeck Road, DA14

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Place Name Named in honour of Dr George Birkbeck (January 10, 1776 – December 1, 1841), a physician and a…

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Goodwin Drive, DA14

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Place Name Named after the Anglo-Saxon leaseholder Godwine Fot – or Godwin Foot – who held the property from before…

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Cleeve Park Gardens, DA14

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Place Name A misspelling of Cleve. Named after London pewter manufacturer and pamphleteer Bourchier Cleve (1715 – 1760). Sometime around…

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Holt Close, DA14

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Place Name Named after Sir Martin Vesey Holt, a banker and army agent, who lived at the manor house Mount…

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Waring Road, DA14

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Place Name After Samuel James Waring, later Lord Waring (April 19, 1860 – January 9, 1940). Born in Liverpool he…

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Ruxley Close, DA14

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Place Name After Ruxley Farm and the local area. Derived from the Old English words hroces leah meaning a wood where rooks…

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