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Parkhurst Road, DA5

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Place Name Built on the estate of Parkhurst House, the name itself means the enclosed wooded hill. Development of the…

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Hall Place Crescent, DA5

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Place Name Named after the manor house Hall Place which was built for Sir John Champenys, a former Lord Mayor…

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Tile Kiln Lane, DA5

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Place name By the 15thCentury, a small industry was established making bricks in Tile Kiln Lane, the furnace was owned…

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Oxford Mews, DA5

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Place Name Named after Oxford University which was bequeathed land around Bexley by then historian William Camden (May 2, 1551…

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Camden Road, DA5

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Place Name Named after William Camden (May 2, 1551 – November 9, 1623) an antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best…

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Joyden’s Wood Road, DA5

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Place Name Joyden is derived from the name of William Jordayne, from Dartford, who was granted woodland in the area…

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Tanyard Lane, DA5

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Place name It is a historic lane marked on the 1840 Tithe Map and is bridged by the railway line.…

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Parkwood Road, DA5

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Place Name Until the early park of the 20thCentury this was part of Bexley Park Wood, the name is likely…

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Cold Blow Crescent, DA5

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Place Name Taken from the local area’s former name of Coldblow, although this was relatively recent only first making an…

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Faesten Way, DA5

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Place name Named after Faesten Dyke, the medieval frontier work that survives in Joyden’s Wood. Faesten Dic, as it was…

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